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THE SOUTHERN UPLANDS OF SCOTLAND (Rivers south of Glasgow) |
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RIVER CLYDE (Garrion Weir) - a newly discovered spot. |
RIVER NORTH ESK - mostly grade I/II one grade III fall at Roslin Lee. RIVER SOUTH ESK - mostly grade I/II but weirs. WATER OF LEITH (Balerno to Stockbridge) - touring on Edinburgh's river. (photos) RIVER NITH (Mennock to Glen Airlie Picnic Site) - easier than the lower section. RIVER TEVIOT (Martin's Bridge to Riverside Caravan Park) - easy whitewater near Hawick. RIVER TWEED (Peebles to Peel) RIVER TWEED (Peel to Fairnilee Farm) - Including Fairnilee Rapids. RIVER TWEED (Fairnilee Farm to St Boswells) RIVER TWEED (St Boswells to Kelso) - including Makerstoun Rapids. RIVER TWEED (Kelso to Berwick on Tweed) RIVER TYNE - East Lothian touring river. RIVER WHITEADDER - Borders river with harder rapids. |
INTERMEDIATE/ ADVANCED WHITEWATER RIVERS RIVER AVON (Edinburgh Area) - easy whitewater after heavy rain. BIG WATER OF FLEET - one of SW Scotland's many secrets... BLACK WATER (near Castle Douglas) - Short and tricky. CAIRN WATER (Lower section) - A tributary of the Nith, approx 5 miles North West of Dumfries. (photos) RIVER CLYDE (Falls of Clyde) - plenty of big falls. CRAWICK WATER - a short but intense Nith tributary. RIVER CREE - starts flat with some big drops. (photos) WATER OF DEUCH - continuous run near Carsphairn. RIVER DOON (Ness Glen) - year-round Grade 3 section! RIVER ESK (Border Esk) - a good intermediate trip, nearly in England! RIVER ETTRICK (Ettrickbridge to Selkirk) - grade 3 Southern Upland paddling. EUCHAN WATER - challenging Nith tributary. EVAN WATER - it's that river you see from the M74! WATER OF GIRVAN - grade 3 spate stream. GLENGABER BURN - Short warm-up for the Megget. GLENMUIR WATER - an obscure Ayrshire gem. LIDDEL WATER - short section on the Cumbrian Border. (photos) MACHRIE WATER - the best of Arran's spate rivers? RIVER MEGGET - grade 3 dam-fed river. WATER OF MINNOCH (lower section) - a trip of mixed difficulty. (photos) MOUSE WATER - a spate stream near Lanark. RIVER NETHAN (lower gorge) - an adventurous gorge trip in the Clyde catchment. RIVER NITH (Glen Airlie Picnic Site to Drumlanrig Bridge) - A good intermediate trip in the Lowlands. (photos) NORTH SANNOX WATER - hidden away on the top end of Arran. SCAUR WATER - a secret Dumfries river. (photos) SLIDDERY WATER - a paddle on Arran, worth doing for the name alone. RIVER SLITRIG - a short frantic run, in Hawick. WAUCHOPE WATER - spate tributary to the Border Esk. RIVER YARROW (Yarrowford to General's Brig) - grade 2/ 3 paddling near Selkirk. |
ENTERKIN BURN - a short painful stream. (photos) GAMESHOPE BURN - steep burn near the Megget. WATER OF MINNOCH (upper section) - a hard trip in SW Scotland. OLD WATER - a narrow waterfall burn. (photos) PULHOWAN BURN - very short, very steep. (photos) TALLA WATER - possibly unrun... |
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