Saturday was KG's stag day and the main event was an afternoon of "gorge scrambling" courtesy of Adventures in Kenfig, near Porthcawl. I have to admit to a measure of trepidation (as did many of the other guys), but went along, paid my money and was duly issued with a wetsuit, buoyancy aid and helmet.
Half an hour or so of driving around South Wales brought us to Pontneddfechan, towards the western end of the Brecons, we got our kit on and set off with two instructors and three people who had arrived as a separate group. Shortly afterwards we were floating down a stretch of river before beginning the scramble up a tributary.
Despite initial misgivings, this was fun. Over the next three hours we traversed rocks and walls, climbed waterfalls, swam pools, crawled through caves, yelled encouragement to each other and finally rounded things off with leaps from a couple of waterfalls, all in beautiful surroundings. All tiring (and 4 days later I'm still acheing) but enjoyable and rewarding. Plus, it's entirely possible we might do it again sometime -- even <3 and some of the other non-attendees sound like they might be up for joining us.
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