Open Canoe Festival Drome, France.

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Open Canoe Festival Drome, France.

Postby Scots_Charles_River » Sun Apr 15, 2012 3:35 pm

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Re: Open Canoe Festival Drome, France.

Postby Adrian Cooper » Tue Apr 17, 2012 1:39 pm

Need to dawdle more. No pictures of me.
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Re: Open Canoe Festival Drome, France.

Postby Scots_Charles_River » Tue Apr 17, 2012 9:20 pm

Were the campsite facilities good ?
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Re: Open Canoe Festival Drome, France.

Postby Adrian Cooper » Mon Apr 23, 2012 12:41 pm

Entirely sufficient for my needs. Patch of grass to put up a tent. Designated pitches. Toilets cleaned, showers hot. Total cost for the three nights 27 Euros.
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Re: Open Canoe Festival Drome, France.

Postby Scots_Charles_River » Mon Apr 23, 2012 8:15 pm

Sounds good. Did most Brits car/van share ?
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Re: Open Canoe Festival Drome, France.

Postby Adrian Cooper » Tue Apr 24, 2012 12:07 pm

I don't think so.

Greg went with his family
Matt T shared a lift
Peter went with his wife
I went with my wife
Jason and wife from the OCA took their camper
Dan and Charlie were both from SW France and travelled separately

I was pleased to meet Cath from Cerne Canoe Club who I hadn't seen in about 10 years.

Struggling to remember others, sorry.
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Re: Open Canoe Festival Drome, France.

Postby Scots_Charles_River » Tue Apr 24, 2012 9:31 pm

Cool. I'm thinking about hiring a van and getting five others to share. Probably cheaper and should fit the boats on/in and share the drive.

Anyway, wish I had gone now !
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Re: Open Canoe Festival Drome, France.

Postby Juliejules » Thu Apr 26, 2012 4:42 pm

I also wish I had gone,
Scots_Charles_River wrote: I'm thinking about hiring a van and getting five others to share


count me in next year

At less than 3 hours from Chambery airport fly/hire may workout too- or even a week boarding then a week paddling - all too tempting
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Re: Open Canoe Festival Drome, France.

Postby Impcanoe » Fri Jun 22, 2012 8:30 pm

Just seen this thread. I paddled the Grand Descent on the Sunday with Adrian, and appear in a couple of shots, one of which has him in the background, and if you know where to look we are eating our lunch in the background of another shot.

Seriously though. a brilliantly organised and run event, with a lot of canoeing. Reluctant to go next year for fear it isn't as good!!

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