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Saturday 22nd - that magic day when England won something somewhere
a long way away - meant that we started a little late, leaving the B&B
in Brecon just after the final score in the rugby. We ran the classic
Sennybridge to Aberbran Bridge stretch. The river was pretty low, and
those of us who'd been out inspecting in the morning, were gloomy until
we started - to find that it wasn't anything like as bad as it looked.
This stretch of river has 3 ledge-drops on it - illustrated below. The
first, just round a bend in the river, was run river right - some made
it look easier than others! The second was a simple drop over the lip
at this level (would be more interesting in high water). The third, a
dog-leg ledge, was run over the main drop. The high water route down
the right hand side wasn't navigable! In high water, the left hand route
we took, could well prove lethal...
Sunday 23rd, we did the run from Talybont to Llangynidr and, for some
of us, on to Crickhowell. The best stretch is the middle bit, the mile
or so before and after Llangynidr Bridge. Unfortunately, there are a
couple
of miles of nearly flat water at the beginning and the end of the trip.
Pictures here show Mill Falls - a straightforward drop down the main
falls,
the river
left
route
was
too
low, at these
levels - and "Spuhler's Folly" (aka Gliffaes), the latter arriving
sooner after Llangynidr Bridge than we remembered.
I've added brief captions to each of the pictures.
All images ©2003 CSCC/David Pearson/Peter and Hilary Lawrence
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