Expert traveller  What is... Hot dogging?  No, it's not as dodgy
as it sounds, and there's not a car park in sight. Hot dogging
is the latest adrenaline-pumping, water-based adventure activity
to hit Wales - and it's all good, clean fun. Hot Dogs are self-
bailing micro rafts that carry three people and can be paddled
down the plentiful white water courses of the tumultuous Welsh
rivers.  The thrill is in the speed you travel and the skill of
negotiating rapids as you follow a river guide through Wales's
most demanding white water (graded from two to four). With the
rafters sitting in a row, surrounded by the raft's barrel-shaped
sides, the resemblance to a hot dog is striking - hence the
name. Because water levels need to be fairly high, you can only
hot dog from October until March, however.  Adventure company
Black Mountain Activities offers a day hot dogging on the upper
reaches of the River Wye from £69 per person, including
waterproofs, buoyancy aids and helmets. Details at  Where to...
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