Lowri Davies

Evening all. For the past month or so I have been off swanning about the continent going paddling, rafting, competing and coaching. It’s a hard life… To make sure I don’t bore you all with too much whittering at once, I am going to split my blogging into bite-size posts of roughly a week each. [...]

I realise that it has been some time since I updated this blog. That’s partly because I have been putting most of my recent adventures on the FlowFree blog; but also because I have been too busy doing stuff to write about doing stuff! If you want executive summary: coaching, NSR, coaching, snowboarding, shenanigans, coaching, Level [...]

After the Europeans, I took? Tasha Isaacs for a holiday in the French Alps. At 14 years old, having only paddled for around 18 months and already junior ladies reserve on the GB Freestyle Team, Tasha shows a great deal of promise for the future. I was keen to make sure she knew there was [...]

I’ve just finished 4 weeks of coaching and guiding in the French Alps for Canoe Control. I met some lovely people, paddled some great rivers and generally had a lot of fun. Here’s a few photos: Jon Warwick paddling the Fournel with a back brace on. Gnarly. ? Nick Pearce and I on his virgin [...]

During the six weeks I have been in the French Alps, I have seen an awful lot of carnage. At first it was the usual Uni groups with lost kit and hospital trips gallore – particularly with the high water levels. But there seems to have been a second wave of carnage now that the [...]