The Upper Giedd – Surprisingly good.

A couple of weeks ago I met up with Hugh ‘huge’ Graham in Exeter for a weekend of boating… a weekend of boating that turned in to one morning of boating.

Unfortunately, for the last three and a bit weeks I’ve been off kayaking and on painkillers, due to said morning’s boating with friends, in South Wales. After setting off from Exeter bright and early (6am to be precise) on a Saturday morning, we were aiming for the river Mellte – rain the night before had continued in to the morning, giving us ample water for the days adventure ahead.

It turned out to be so much rain that just about every high water run in Wales was browner than… well, browner than they normally are, giving us quite a few options. So standing at the take out for the Nedd Fechan, looking down at a pretty high level, some crazy cat suggested we went to have a look at the Giedd, one of the Tawe’s tributaries.

A short drive and couple of kilometres hike in later we were rewarded – the Giedd is great.

Well I managed to ruin my ankles on the last drop, unfortunate, but hey… it happens.

Thanks to Mark Shackleton for taking us up there, nice one!

And now, after my long stretch off kayaking, I’m heading back to Wales  to meet up with Nick ‘Niche’ Horwood – fire it up!

Finn