Words : Del Read . Photos : Matt Brook , Stefan Whatcott , Jamie Greenhalgh & Del
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Kayaking adventures in Snowdonia
A WHITE WATER
CHRISTMAS
Words : Del Read . Photos : Matt Brook , Stefan Whatcott , Jamie Greenhalgh & Del
I saw a post on the Paddle365 social media page a couple of months ago advertising their ‘ Snowdonia Advanced Week ’ as a pre- Christmas week and thought , what a perfect way to start my Christmas holidays ! So I booked myself on and ended up having a really lovely week – a perfect Christmas gift to myself ! If you want to hear about my whitewater pre-Christmas adventures , then read on !
DAY ONE
We met as a group in the morning for coffee and chat . If you ’ ve never been on a coaching course before , this is pretty standard to give everyone an opportunity to meet each other and get an idea of what people ’ s goals are for the week . The first paddler who walked in after me was a nice man called Graham , whom I had met a year previously on a whitewater coach training course . Kayaking is a small world ! The other participants , Ben and Phil , also arrived .
Group photo on the Ogwen . Photo : Stefan Whatcott
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