{"id":15443,"date":"2013-08-24T23:41:49","date_gmt":"2013-08-24T23:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/?p=15443"},"modified":"2013-08-24T23:41:49","modified_gmt":"2013-08-24T23:41:49","slug":"summer-loving-in-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/summer-loving-in-wales\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Loving in Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Its been another stereotypical British summer this year. After a surprising amount of nice weather the rain finally came along.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 343px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img4016.photobox.co.uk\/69807330d53506f28631feb994c38b6426330229f1865198c239dee6586bf1de6f920b46.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" class \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fairy Falls on a sunny day<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Unfortunately I&#8217;ve been working most of the summer, so whenever the rain has come I&#8217;ve just headed to Betws-y-Coed for the good old Fairy Glen, pretty much a sure thing whenever it is wet. Obviously there is a reason for this, it has to be one of the most stunning gorges in the UK with some fantastic whitewater.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img4016.photobox.co.uk\/02998192a08725bffa9e5090c407c48f4fabcbb04008276c011f39a9543550b4bdf57776.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Elbow<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img4016.photobox.co.uk\/6428715069515b4e8f48cecda26f6f97bf4fac932cbb8e50a92349f7cee47876d5757deb.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The end of the second gorge on the Fairy Glen<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ve also been able to catch the Mellte a few times this summer, and finally at some half decent flows!!!<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 343px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img4016.photobox.co.uk\/44190952dcdb76673b777d511739edc9aa342541db23ad45c42987ebbf9195e683f3050d.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" class \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The sun comes out after some big rains in South Wales<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Hugh Graham has just put this funky little video together from our run the other day. Forget the Zet logos, all you need to know is the Shiva fished his ass out of that river!!!<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"590\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VxsJxBAwWQY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Cheers to Dave Brown and Ieuan Belshaw for the pics from the Glen!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Its been another stereotypical British summer this year. After a surprising amount of nice weather the rain finally came along. Unfortunately I&#8217;ve been working most of the summer, so whenever the rain has come I&#8217;ve just headed to Betws-y-Coed for the good old Fairy Glen, pretty much a sure thing whenever it is wet. 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