Lee Valley White Water Centre, Raft Guide Training begins
Last week the Lee Valley White Water Center kicked off their Raft Guide training program. The team from London headed over and met up with the course providers Matt Blue and Talc the head guide of CIWW assisting us was also the Head Guide of Lee Valley and British Raft Team Captain Paskell Blackwell. Day one saw us honing our techniques on the lake at Llandysul before heading off down the mighty Teifi for some eddy hopping practice. Day two saw us heading over a few valleys into the beautiful Tywi Valley below Llyn Brianne reservoir, this stretch of river is a narrow grade 2 / 3 that twists and turns through some stunning scenery if the Tywi Gauge is over 0.60 this is a cracking run in all craft. A few stops along the way saw us introducing all the necessary rope work skills and even gave us time for some throw bag practice from the raft. On day three we decided to head East to ease the end of day drive for the Londoners, and found ourselves on the Usk from Talybont another lovely section that takes in a small drop at Mill Falls, then it was high fives all round as the guys headed back to London in preparation for the pumps to start churning. Over the next few months teams of trainees will be heading into Wales for their training as well as using the course in London if interested in become a guide to work at one of the many sites around the UK either contact us or Paskell at Lee Valley White Water Center.
