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THE RIVERS OF SOUTH WALES (South of Severn/ Rheidol catchment) |
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THE BITCHES (Tidal rapid) - Classic playspots in Ramsey Sound. (photos) |
RIVER CAMDDWR - Swift remote grade 2. RIVER CRAI - a tributary of the Usk. AFON ELAN - a Wye tributary. (photos) AFON GWAUN - a tree strewn Pembrokeshire stream. RIVER RHONDDA FAWR (Head of Valley to Porth) - Low volume stream exploration. RIVER SENNI - another tiny Usk tributary. RIVER TAFF (Quaker's Yard to Trefforest) - grade 2 touring, getting cleaner! (photos) RIVER TAFF (Pontypridd to Cardiff) - easy year-round touring. (photos) RIVER TAFF (near Llandaff) - short tidal paddle. RIVERS TAFF AND ELY (Ely Bridge to Millenium Stadium Bridge via Cardiff Bay) - touring through Cardiff. RIVER TAWE (Abercraf to Ystradgynlais) - a grade 2-3 trip below the classic harder sections. (photos) RIVER TEIFI (Llanddewi Brevi to Lampeter) - spate touring. RIVER TEIFI (Llanfirangel to Llandysul) - flat water section. RIVER TEIFI (Cenarth to Llechryd) - classic flatwater touring. RIVER TEIFI (Llechryd to the sea) - a pleasant easy trip with the potential for surfing at the end. RIVER TYWI (From near Castel Dryslwyn) - glorious float trip. RIVER TYWI (Junction Pool to Dolauhirion) - excellent grade 2-3 fun. RIVER USK (Sennybridge to Aberbran) - an excellent introduction to whitewater. (photos) RIVER USK (Brecon to Talybont) - an easy and scenic long trip. RIVER USK (Talybont to Llangynidr) - an easy trip with a harder rapid at the end. RIVER WYE (Rhayader to Llanwrthwl) RIVER WYE (Newbridge to Builth Wells) - an easy touring paddle. RIVER WYE (Builth Wells to Boughrood) - a classic intro to whitewater, including 'Hell Hole'! (photos) RIVER WYE (Ross on Wye to Symonds Yat East) - a classic touring paddle. |
INTERMEDIATE/ ADVANCED WHITEWATER RIVERS AFON AERON (Ciliay Aeron to Aberaeron) - great in spate. NANT CLYDACH - a short difficult gorge near Pontypridd. (photos) LOWER CLYDACH RIVER - short grade 4 blast in Clydach. AFON DOETHIE - very remote paddling near Llyn Brianne. (photos) CWM DU - a short grade 3-4. AFON DULAIS (Crynant to Aberdulais) - Neath Tributary with a harder rapid. AFON EDW (Cregina to Wye Confluence) - a moderately easy Wye tributary. AFON GRWYNE FAWR (Grwyne Fawr Reservoir to the Usk) - Exciting Usk tributary. RIVER HEPSTE - Worth the slog to get to it. (photos) RIVER HONDDU - Usk trib, finishes with an urban gorge! RIVER IRFON - a little paddled mid-Wales gem. (photos) RIVER MELLTE - Take your boat walking for a day. (photos) AFON NEDD FECHAN - a great spate run near to the Hepste and Mellte. (photos) AFON NYFER - a grade 3 spate tree ditch near Newport, with a harder top section. RIVER RHONDDA FACH - an easier warmup before the Rhondda Fawr. RIVER RHONDDA FAWR (Porth to Hopkinstown)- a possibly unique urban big water experience! (photos) RIVER SAWDDE (Llwynfron to Three Horseshoes Pub) - a good addition to the lower Sawdde gorge. (photos) RIVER SAWDDE (three Horseshoes Pub to River Twyi confluence) - a lovely little gorge. (photos) RIVER TAFF FECHAN - the raging river of Merthyr Tydfil. (photos) RIVER TARELL - grade 3 Usk tributary. RIVER TAWE (Glyntawe to Abercraf) - the opposite of the upper section, but still great! RIVER TEIFI (Llandysul to Cenarth Falls) - a pleasant flatwater trip with a (very) few harder rapids or portages. RIVER TWRCH - another boat-carry...but worth it if it's been raining! RIVER TYWI (Above Llyn Brianne) - remote exploratory paddle! RIVER TYWI (Llyn Brianne to Junction Pool) - classic Welsh grade 4 pooldrop. (photos) RIVER WYE (Llangurig to Rhayader) - a classic section of grade 3-4 paddling. (photos) RIVER YSGIR (Pont Faen to Pont ar Ysgir) - Usk tributary. (photos) AFON YSTWTYH (Blaenycwm Farm to Cwmystwyth Bridge) - grade 3-4. |
AFON DILIW (Ystwyth tributary) - walk-in with hard gorge. RIVER MARTEG - tributary of the Wye with access problems. RIVER TAWE (Upper Section to Glyntawe) - a fantastic steep mountain river. (photos) |
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