Whitewater Kayaking Changed My Life.

Thoughts, feelings and poetry of a kayaker.

Exploring the rivers you know

Probably a bit mistimed as we are heading into our season and we can all get on some different rivers (rain willing). But I've spent this summer trying to explore the places that I know well and it's really opened my eyes. Hope you enjoy reading

Saturday (31st Sept 2024) was an incredible experience, with genuine fun and joy of the river, coloured with grief and sadness. Our brilliant and loving community came together to pay our respects to an amazing kayaker and human being...

Celebration of Bren

A few weeks ago I went to the #shepaddles White Water Festival at the Trywern I had a fantastic time. This is an overview of my experience of the weekend, and why I think events like this are important.

#shepaddles Tryweryn White Water Festival

What I Learned from Getting Pinned on the Dulas

In March this year I got in a pretty awkward and kinda (very) scary pin on the Corris Dulas. 100% avoidable and 100% my fault. Here is my point of view of the events and the rescue that followed. And the lessons I learned from this.

The loss of a role model: Bren Orton

I rarely write for myself these days, but I had been playing for a while with the idea of starting a blog about kayaking. I really wish this wasn't the reason I finally decided to do it though.

I have been struggling to come to terms with the emotions I have been feeling ....

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