{"id":11279,"date":"2012-01-09T11:07:37","date_gmt":"2012-01-09T11:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teampyranha.com.daily-host.co.uk\/?p=11279"},"modified":"2012-01-10T12:25:46","modified_gmt":"2012-01-10T12:25:46","slug":"welsh-river-running","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/welsh-river-running\/","title":{"rendered":"Welsh River Running"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For UK boaters the Afon Conway is a classic river. It is the place many spend unsure first steps. The guidebook splits it in 3 obvious section, upper \u00e2\u20ac\u201c middle \u00e2\u20ac\u201c lower, the latter featuring the Fairy Glen.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Secret River\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/secret-river-Daz-Clarkson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment wp-att-9284 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/secret-river-Daz-Clarkson.jpg\" alt=\"Secret River\" width=\"540\" height=\"357\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Above the upper section, falling from the moorland we find the section that is hidden from view. It cuts deep in a gorge. Sharp banks go from left to right, undercuts and blind bends. Bad landings and good lines. This section is a mini expedition, a strong crew required.<\/p>\n<p>Hidden falls, steep and not deep, snow, hail, rain, portages, slides, pocket siphons, undercuts, wood. Were all our gifts when we went in to this section during the midweek storms.<\/p>\n<p>This is the river that will live in my memory for years to come. Its in no classic guidebook. A true Welsh expedition. Upper Upper Conway.<\/p>\n<p>This section seems to complement the Glen section. Book marking the Conway nicely. Attempts have been made to make a full run of the Conway from source to sea but kayakers are often forced to portage, aside from the obvious at Conway Falls.<\/p>\n<p>For me, as a local, its nice to know that the area still holds some magic.<\/p>\n<p>See you in the flow<\/p>\n<p>DAZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For UK boaters the Afon Conway is a classic river. It is the place many spend unsure first steps. The guidebook splits it in 3 obvious section, upper \u00e2\u20ac\u201c middle \u00e2\u20ac\u201c lower, the latter featuring the Fairy Glen. Above the upper section, falling from the moorland we find the section that is hidden from view. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link block-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/welsh-river-running\/\">Continue reading &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":194,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-paddler-lifestyle-articles"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9tk9G-2VV","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11279"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11284,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11279\/revisions\/11284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}