{"id":93,"date":"2008-10-27T18:46:04","date_gmt":"2008-10-27T18:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itsonlyahill.co.uk\/?p=93"},"modified":"2008-10-27T18:46:04","modified_gmt":"2008-10-27T18:46:04","slug":"tfi-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itsonlyahill.co.uk\/?p=93","title":{"rendered":"TFI Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I closed the guide book quickly, sometimes the guide books can be superfluous, this was such an occassion.&#160; Stevie looked over asking what the guidebook said, &#8220;you don&#8217;t want to know&#8221; I replied.&#160; Daz assured us that it was all good!<\/p>\n<p>The entry in the guide book is short, with the initial river description described as audacious, steep could be another word to describe it.&#160; The Cwm Mynach was going to provide the mornings entertainment, and it delivered in spades.&#160; Running everything on Daz&#8217;s descriptions we were assured that gravity always wins.&#160; Definitely the sort of run were you want someone who has done it before with you.&#160; Any guide couldn&#8217;t do it justice and you would be hard pushed to remember anything you had read about it.&#160; Inspect as you go.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsonlyahill.co.uk\/\/images\/stories\/mynach.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsonlyahill.co.uk\/\/images\/stories\/mynach1.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsonlyahill.co.uk\/\/images\/stories\/mynach2.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsonlyahill.co.uk\/\/images\/stories\/mynach3.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsonlyahill.co.uk\/\/images\/stories\/mynach5.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsonlyahill.co.uk\/\/images\/stories\/mynach6.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsonlyahill.co.uk\/\/images\/stories\/mynach7.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsonlyahill.co.uk\/\/images\/stories\/mynach8.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsonlyahill.co.uk\/\/images\/stories\/mynach9.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsonlyahill.co.uk\/\/images\/stories\/mynach10.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsonlyahill.co.uk\/\/images\/stories\/mynach11.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsonlyahill.co.uk\/\/images\/stories\/mynach12.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsonlyahill.co.uk\/\/images\/stories\/mynach13.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsonlyahill.co.uk\/\/images\/stories\/mynach14.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsonlyahill.co.uk\/\/images\/stories\/mynach15.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsonlyahill.co.uk\/\/images\/stories\/mynach16.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsonlyahill.co.uk\/\/images\/stories\/mynach17.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsonlyahill.co.uk\/\/images\/stories\/mynach18.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsonlyahill.co.uk\/\/images\/stories\/mynach19.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsonlyahill.co.uk\/\/images\/stories\/mynach20.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsonlyahill.co.uk\/\/images\/stories\/mynach21.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Croesor kept us busy in the afternoon, if anything it&#8217;s entry in the guide is shorter than than the Mynach&#8217;s, described as heading downhill at an alarming rate and it does!&#160; Tree infested ditch is another way of giving you an idea of what to expect, its brilliant.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsonlyahill.co.uk\/\/images\/stories\/croesor.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsonlyahill.co.uk\/\/images\/stories\/croesor1.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsonlyahill.co.uk\/\/images\/stories\/croesor2.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsonlyahill.co.uk\/\/images\/stories\/croesor3.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsonlyahill.co.uk\/\/images\/stories\/croesor4.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsonlyahill.co.uk\/\/images\/stories\/croesor5.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsonlyahill.co.uk\/\/images\/stories\/croesor6.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The biggest drop on the Croesor, portaged by most, paddled by some, Daz made the line and clocked up some air miles on the way down.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsonlyahill.co.uk\/\/images\/stories\/croesor7.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsonlyahill.co.uk\/\/images\/stories\/croesor8.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsonlyahill.co.uk\/\/images\/stories\/croesor9.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsonlyahill.co.uk\/\/images\/stories\/croesor10.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsonlyahill.co.uk\/\/images\/stories\/croesor11.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsonlyahill.co.uk\/\/images\/stories\/croesor12.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsonlyahill.co.uk\/\/images\/stories\/croesor13.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Described as a bit of an S bend, Daz omitted to mention it was situated on a bit of a drop.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsonlyahill.co.uk\/\/images\/stories\/croesor14.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>thanks to Vic for this picture<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"504\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itsonlyahill.co.uk\/\/images\/stories\/croesor15.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I closed the guide book quickly, sometimes the guide books can be superfluous, this was such an occassion.&#160; Stevie looked over asking what the guidebook said, &#8220;you don&#8217;t want to know&#8221; I replied.&#160; Daz assured us that it was all good! 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