Archive for October, 2007
Teifi Tour 2007 – best one yet?
0 Comments Published by Lowri October 30th, 2007 in Kayaking, aber uni canoe club, white waterAber Uni have been heavily involved in helping to run the Teifi Tour in Llandysul for several years now, this year being no exception. The Wednesday before the event we took 5 cars of people down to set up the marquee and pool; and most importantly we ran the bar on both nights… Photo taken [...]
WCA access campaign video
0 Comments Published by Lowri October 29th, 2007 in Kayaking, access, videosThe WCA are continuing their battle to get kayakers and canoeists recognised legal access to all rivers and to promote the issue they have made this video: See http://youtube.com/profile?user=kayakingisnotacrime? and www.kayakingisnotacrime.org.uk
Student Safety Symposium
0 Comments Published by Lowri October 25th, 2007 in Kayaking, coaching, photography, white water? On October 20-21st Plas-y-Brenin hosted the 11th annual Student Safety Symposium, designed to combat the typical issues faced by University Canoe Clubs across the UK. Tom Parker invited me to come and help with the weekend, which was great fun! Saturday morning the students were all given a talk; topics included effective communication, safety [...]
Noticeably Happier
0 Comments Published by Lowri October 18th, 2007 in Aberystwyth, General Life, Kayaking, photography, surfApparently I am “noticeably happier” when I’m in Aber? – a statement? I can easily believe. A couple of weeks ago? as I wandered down the hill? from my lectures on a beautiful sunny evening, I thought how great it’d be of there was some surf – even just a little for a sundown splash.? [...]
This weekend I was in Kent for the wedding of Antony Woodcock and Anne Flower. Celebrating such a happy occassion only made what I later learnt had happened to cause the delays on? our journey home seem all the more upsetting. At around 3.15pm on? Sunday 30th September, a? family’s car experienced a blowout in [...]
