Archive for the 'weekend adventures' Category
UK River Rescue Symposium
1 Comment Published by Lowri March 13th, 2008 in General Life, Kayaking, coaching, lectures, weekend adventures, white waterLast weekend I was humbly part of an impressive? team of providers for the first River Rescue Symposium held in the UK? for over 12 years. Being part of this? event obviously meant a lot to me as I gave up? defending my title at? the National Student Rodeo and supporting the 43 members of [...]
Canoexpo 2008
0 Comments Published by Lowri February 19th, 2008 in General Life, Kayaking, exhibitions, lectures, party, weekend adventures? Photo: Lowri Davies With the BCU’s contract with the Outdoors Show ending last year, Brookbank (the UK’s biggest canoeing retailer) decided to organise a show dedicated to paddling. This was met with mixed responce; paddlers always seeming to find fault in anything people do. Admittedly, the show being organised by one retailer does mean [...]
Weekend Shenanigans
1 Comment Published by Lowri January 28th, 2008 in General Life, party, weekend adventures, white waterFinally, exams are over!! This weekend’s BUSA Slalom was a well-timed weekend of paddling, partying and seeing friends; with plenty of carnage to be entertained by. ? A few of my photos from BUSA are here,? though I only took a few. Thanks to Machester and Bangor for being so hospitable. Congratulations to the couple [...]
Hurley Rodeo
1 Comment Published by Lowri December 18th, 2007 in Kayaking, coaching, competition, freestyle, weekend adventuresThe 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 [...]
Ms Pacman does the Dee Tour
0 Comments Published by Lowri November 24th, 2007 in General Life, aber uni canoe club, fancy dress, party, weekend adventures? Introduction: This year’s Dee Tour party theme was ‘P’. As has become tradition, Aber Uni? Canoe Club found? themsleves a theme within the main one;? this time it was Pacman!? James ‘Pieboy’ Allred? came up with the plan and as such found himself with the task of constructing a Pacman costume, while I was [...]
