Click on the image below to watch a short video. If you cannot see this then create an account with www.youtube.com it is free and will allow you to see all videos I post.It is always good to get out in the boat between Christmas and the New Year - somehow it justifies all the over eating, ok it doesn't but humour me.
Today was an interesting day, an early start, a long shuttle and a little wind and rain - and boy did it get worse. What started off as a reasonable volume and damp day ended with the river going into spate - not too much though so it was challenging but very doable.
As usual the obligatory shuttle, although this time we surpassed ourselves and performed the quickest, slickest and most economical shuttle I have seen for years, well done guys!
The Cothi is a sensitive river and so we must treat it with respect - spate conditions only and no damage to the banks etc. 
The put in is in the picturesque and award winning village of Abergorlech outside Brechfa. Well done Abergorlech for maintaing such a pretty and welcoming village. There is a small tributary that runs from the forestry carpark but while this offers the only realistic access to the Cothi is is strewn with trees. Today there was a tree bloccking two of the three arches across the Cothi Bridge in Abergorlech so only the far river right is passable.
The put in is in the picturesque and award winning village of Abergorlech outside Brechfa. Well done Abergorlech for maintaing such a pretty and welcoming village. There is a small tributary that runs from the forestry carpark but while this offers the only realistic access to the Cothi is is strewn with trees. Today there was a tree bloccking two of the three arches across the Cothi Bridge in Abergorlech so only the far river right is passable.
The rain and the wind were a bit off puting at the start although it did ease up a bit during the day - the river continued to rise and the curent ran quite a bit faster - somehting to keep in mind when paddling rivers that have a tendency to spate.
This is a steep sided valley with more than its fair share of trees and so you need to keep your wits about you at all times, especially when there are few eddies to get into and the trees seem to want to encroach even further into the river every year.
I have did not mamange to get many photos on this run as the rain meant I have to keep the camera covered and while I will try most times to get the photos it was just too wet today.
I think this photo just about sums up the weather for the day but in case you need more proof here is one of me, I just knew that poncho would come in handy one day!!!
And Steve a big thank you for looking after the boats while we brought the vehicles back from the put in. 
Finally thank you to kind gentleman of the Cothi Bridge Hotel for allowing us to egress and also to The Cresselly Arms for serving us good coffee and a particularly good Baked potato with prawns marie rose. 
