Having spent nearly two years not doing very much, my husband and I decided that we were long overdue for a bit of an adventure. And that adventure was to be white water rafting.

We had done white water rafting twice before –one experience in Bali was outstanding and our second experience was frankly poor. So booking a two hour session at the National White Water Centre located in Snowdonia National Park could have gone either way.  As it happens, we found this centre to be extremely well organised with excellent equipment.  We were in rafts for six people with a qualified guide who was in control of the raft the whole time.  We had to paddle very hard when instructed to do so and when going through the rapids had to leap onto the floor of the raft.  The rapids are fierce but with our guide issuing clear instructions, at no point did I feel frightened or unsafe.  As we watched the other rafts coming down the rapids, however, it did look very scary.