The UK Rivers Guidebook
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- Isle of Whithorn to Isle of Man - Sixbacon 07/10/2024 - Here is a trip report for this crossing which we did in July 2025. We found it difficult to get accurate information before, so hopefully this...
- Warm caps with brim - mrcharly 03/10/2024 - I like wearing a peaked cap; keeps water off my glasses, and shields eyes from the low sun in winter. Trouble is, in winter, a cotton baseball cap is like wearing a freezing band around my head. Anyone use anything equivalent that doesn't get cold when wet? My rooster aquatherm hat is warm in the wet and wind, but lacks a bill/peak. I bought by mail order a Paramo cap on someone's recommendation; sizing is weird (ok, maybe it is my head) and it had very harsh stitching...
- 2024 Llangollen film night 26th Oct - Dave Manby 02/10/2024 - Another fund raising film night in Llangollen Town Hall. Showing Alone on the River and other films Also auction to raise money for Save Our...
- Lee Valley - Fatboy 02/10/2024 - I've seen one guy in a squirt boat there (but I don't go very often, so there may be more). He only seemed to stay on the warmup lake. Is it worth the trip with a squirt boat? Can you take a squirt boat onto the moving water, or do the patrols get you? Are any of the eddylines...
- Camping on River Dee - MichaelT 01/10/2024 - Two of us are planning to canoe the River Dee from Braemar to Aberdeen over 3-4 days at the end of October. Just wondering if anybody has any...