Lowri Davies

Today was one of those beautiful days when you expect nothing but everything just falls into place. “Ferries from Holyhead are cancelled until further notice” crackled my radio as I turned my wipers that last notch? from ‘rapid’ to ‘hectic’. Perhaps today is not a Stanley day after all.? We? beared left and headed into [...]

The first weekend of December saw my brother and I driving 4 hours AWAY from a rain soaked Wales (where the rivers were up for the first time in weeks) to play on the most famous weir on the Thames, Hurley. We questioned our sanity too! But Jon was keen to pit his skills against [...]

The past few weeks have been totally non-stop for me: assignments, competitions, talks, assignments, paddling, Christmas dinners, birthday parties & more assignments has left little time for anything else! Now term has ended, assignments are in and I’m catching up on things in a student-free Aberystwyth. One thing that I didn’t do in the last [...]

A couple of years ago my car blew up in? France, leaving my brother and I stranded with this much stuff… ? ? …instead of enjoying a free,? fully catered kayaking holiday in the Alps! At the time, we wrote this poetic masterpiece to people back home, but I stumbled upon it today and thought [...]