Six of us tackled the Tryweryn on the last weekend of July. Old timers
David Mannering, Jim Shannon, David ‘Turtle’ Pite, Peter
and Hilary Lawrence were joined by newbee Shane for a weekend of white
water in warm conditions. A trip down the lower section on Saturday morning
acted as a warm up for some and an intro to whitewater for Shane. We
were beginning to get worried that Shane was too good and not swimming
however eventually the river got the better of him and three swims were
clocked before Bala Mill. A paddle was mislaid but eventually turned
up on the second dash down the lower section later that day. A slalom
was in progress above the chipper which resulted in a fairly quiet river
elsewhere. Pete had his first swim on the top section resulting in another
lost paddle and a few bruises.
Sunday morning was unusually wet and whilst Hilary and Jim started on
the top section Dave M decided he was too tired and headed home. Was
it that second run on the lower section that Hilary had opted out of
that exhausted the guys? Luckily no more equipment was lost on the Sunday
and Turtle was beginning to look more like his old self playing on waves
and having a clean run on Bala Mill. Shane was not put off by any of
his swims and he seemed to be enjoying every minute of the trip.
All images ©2006 CSCC. Pictures by Peter and Hilary.
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