River paddle friday 22end

[rzaskar]

A few of us are haveing a bit of an xmas paddle this friday. The plan is to meet up at deganwy at 8.00am and set off up the river towards tal Y Cafn with the tide. Once we reach Tal Y Cafn we will be brewing up while we wait for the tide to turn then it will be race with the tide back towards deganwy, finishing up with a pint in either the deganwy castle or the Liverpool arms on the way past. Any one who fancies it send me a PM so I no who send any plan changes weather reports etc to. Hope to see some of ya's on friday

[clansman]

Hi Rich

If I can blag Friday off ill be there will confirm Tuesday.

George II

[rzaskar]

Nice 1 George hope you can make it bud

[TimO]

Not able to make this trip as I'm Taxi for wife's Xmas p*** up.
Have a good day

Cheers

Tim

[clansman]

Hi Rich

Sorted work out so see you Friday.

[rzaskar]

Nice 1 mate-e be on the front in Deganwy at 8am looking forward to it. ;D

[ZEBRA]

me and pat may see you there pats just sorting the day off so far it looks very promising

[rzaskar]

Nice 1 mate-e let us know if ya coming so I can bring enough supplies for everyone for when we reach the top of the river

[boomphat]

Conditions seemed ideal for a paddle yesterday, I bet it was beautiful. Where's the reports?

[rzaskar]

Conditions couldnt have been more perfect. Met Martin and spud at 8am on the front at Deganwy as we were getting all the gear together Ray pulled up to have a chat and wave us off (chiz Ray). We were in the water for around 9ish, then we headed off towards the conwy bridge.







The tide pushed us all the way up the river with a only a gentle paddle needed to keep us going. The scenary was stunning with frost on the fields and trees and snow on the mountain tops. The paddle up required minium effort which gave everyone a chance to have a good old chin wag while we progressed further up the river. There was alot of debris in the river and we came across a new fish finder for my boat ;D



The target destination was Tal y Cafn but as we had made really good time and the tide was still running we decided to carry on and in the end we reached almost as far as Dolgarrog, where we pulled up for a well deserved bowl of stew and cuppa





By the time we had been fed and watered the tide had turned and it was time to make our way back down river. Again we were going with the tide so its wasnt that hard goin which gave us a chance to chat away and take in the scenary and the peacefullness of the river











We reached the Liverpool arms in Conwy at around 3pm where were met by a friend for a pint and a chat about yakking



By the time we left Conwy the yaks were high and dry and martin got a bit stuck in the mud ;D



We paddled back over to Deganwy where the cars were waiting and that was paddle over. Big thanks to the lads, next mission is to do the Llanwrst to Conwy run in the dark, hope you can both make it as I had a brilliant day on friday, will keep you posted with the details on it. ;D

[boomphat]

great pics....evil mud though!

[hugheseysx]

Stunning post - will defo be there on the next trip.