MY HOME RUN: THE FAIRY GLEN GORGE

No Place Like Home, presented by NRS, highlights our backyard runs, ones that have helped shape paddling communities. All rivers are special. Micro creek or big volume classic, there is no place like home.

DAN YATES

NRS MY HOME RUN The Fairy Glen Gorge of the Afon Conwy is lost in time, a piece of the past, where kayakers travel a river accessible only to them that looks and feels the way it did before humans first discovered this place. But only because they have fought to keep it this way. Snowdonia National Park, or Eryri, covers 823 square miles and is Wales' largest National Park. Eryri's landscape is steeped with culture, history, and heritage. Its towering mountains and breathtaking valleys have fostered some of the world's greatest climbers and mountain bikers—and one or two decent kayakers. At the heart of Eryri flows the Afon (River) Conwy. From the high moors of the Migneint to the medieval port town of Conwy, its 55 km provides some…

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Kayak Session (Digital) - 1 Issue, Summer 2023

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