Got finished packing in the morning and getting ready, got some petrol as I’d forgotten to fill the tank and Mum was here at 8.30am and we were all set to leave on time.
Mum and Derek are slow and steady drivers but thankfully we weren’t in a rush so I bit my tongue and trundled along at a snails pace for them to keep behind me! We reached Llangollen around 11.25am and found Lewis before getting something to eat with a picnic by the river. We saw other groups who’d just finished their rafting experience and you could see they were all buzzing so that bode well for us in my opinion!
We walked up to the offices, checked in and got our gear on and were driven up the road to the location that we would start the trip down the river. We were split into two boats in which one was me, Tash and Mum, the other being Lewis, Charlotte, Miles and Jack. Went through some drills and explanation of the requirements and then straight away Tash & I went in the water to run a drill for the pulling of us back into the raft! It wasn’t too cold and with the wetsuits it was fine anyway.
We were then off going through rapids, down the weirs, back up some of the rapids, boarding the other raft and pulling Charlotte into the water, “Dad, you dick!”. It was a really, really great fun experience, everyone loved it. It was challenging and comfortable in turns, I worked hard with the oaring and was stiff in the evening, very tiring!
So that went on fro over an hour and it was excellent, we finished where we knew we would and Derek was waiting for us and he managed to get some photos but between us we got some good footage – I hope!
So back to the offices to get changed and we handed our the Dark family t-shirts and set off back to the car and more food as by now everyone was very hungry. Quickly after we were off to the hotel to check in and everyone crashed out and slept for a bit. I didn’t want to so after a walk around the block Pokemon hunting I went back to the room but Tash was sound asleep so I took my swimming trunks and left her a message that I’d be in the bar and if she fancied the sauna she knew where to find me!!
About 25 minutes later her and Jack came down and I finished my pint before sitting in the sauna and whirlpool, not the best facilities but they did a job!
We all then got ready and met in the bar downstairs and we stayed there the night having drinks, chatting and a nice meal. Didn’t stay up too late but it was just lovely evening spending time together and finished off a really exceptional day all round
We asked Mum what she wanted to do as her next adventure but she couldn’t think of anything so we need to think more on that! A great day!
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