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- Sat Dec 05, 2020 10:16 am
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Public access to land and waterways time for change
- Replies: 3
- Views: 369
Re: Public access to land and waterways time for change
Really hope for success. Optimism is just tempered by the time that this has been going through the same cycle. Just think of the section on access in the Terry Storey guidebook which includes pretty much the same argument made by a member of CRACK who fought the access fight in the early 80s. Good ...
- Wed Sep 02, 2020 5:51 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Gopaddling app
- Replies: 0
- Views: 266
Gopaddling app
Has anyone thought about adding your favourite river access and egress points to the gopaddling app? It'd be a great way to democratise river access. So many people getting into sup, wild swimming and kayaking that they deserve to know where's available for paddling. More people accessing the water ...
- Thu Aug 20, 2020 10:56 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Times article
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1110
Re: Times article
Have heard him interviewed a few times and he comes across very well. Really compelling case.
- Mon Aug 17, 2020 11:34 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Times article
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1110
Re: Times article
Awesome, thanks
Interesting read, hope that the trend for sup and swimming continue and force change
Interesting read, hope that the trend for sup and swimming continue and force change
- Fri Aug 14, 2020 10:06 am
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Times article
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1110
Times article
Has anyone got access to the Times article today on river access?
Fancy copying and pasting here?
Fancy copying and pasting here?
- Mon Jul 13, 2020 11:11 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: WW rivers in the UK with the same name!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 975
Re: WW rivers in the UK with the same name!
Good call.
Esk and Avon just mean river, hence the large number of river rivers, especially where the locals aren't very imaginative.
See also Pendle hill - translation hill hill hill
Esk and Avon just mean river, hence the large number of river rivers, especially where the locals aren't very imaginative.
See also Pendle hill - translation hill hill hill
- Tue Sep 03, 2019 12:00 am
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Tryweryn - where does the water come from?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1836
Re: Tryweryn - where does the water come from?
My understanding is that the two rivers are doing quite different jobs. The mighty T is there to provide compensation flow for the Dee, the aim is therefore to run down reservoir levels during dry periods, the only restrictions would be if the top reservoir started low or the Dee was too high. The c...
- Tue May 21, 2019 7:50 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Tees Barrage June Closure!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2179
Re: Tees Barrage June Closure!
Whole thing's a shambles, how they've taken a well used facility open virtually every day and turned it into something that's open every other blue moon is beyond me.
Public money down the drain, what a waste
Public money down the drain, what a waste
- Sun Mar 31, 2019 12:44 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Canyon Gear (boat bags) - sad news & opportunity
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2000
Re: Canyon Gear (boat bags) - sad news & opportunity
How sad, she was lovely to deal with and produced the best kit
And how generous to offer the kit and expertise.
And how generous to offer the kit and expertise.
- Thu Jan 24, 2019 2:01 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Church Beck
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1906
Re: Church Beck
Indeed, realised I'd got my mid 90s not a spud zero rocker creek boats wrong. Correct probe to prijon gambler.
- Wed Jan 23, 2019 7:10 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Church Beck
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1906
Re: Church Beck
Pioneered by lakes paddling legend Richard Evans. Certainly ran everything he published. Mostly in prijon probe or latterly an RPM.
Anyone ticked all his becks?
Anyone ticked all his becks?
- Thu Jan 03, 2019 4:11 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Low Force
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1263
Re: Low Force
This one?
Needs quite a bit of water but goes fine

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Needs quite a bit of water but goes fine

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- Thu Nov 29, 2018 8:35 am
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: BC's new Access Charter
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1388
Re: BC's new Access Charter
Quite a nice vid to go with it. Pretty clear that the existing rights are being pushed.
- Tue Nov 13, 2018 12:56 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Your three fave rivers...
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2350
Re: Your three fave rivers...
Just remember the sunshine, scenery and fun. Maybe got lucky.
- Tue Nov 13, 2018 10:03 am
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Your three fave rivers...
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2350
Re: Your three fave rivers...
Inn - surely Europe's greatest river
Tilt - favourite day of UK boating, river, level, company all spot on
Skookumchuck - can I cheat and have both the rapid and the river?
Tilt - favourite day of UK boating, river, level, company all spot on
Skookumchuck - can I cheat and have both the rapid and the river?
- Mon Oct 15, 2018 4:58 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Using whistles on rivers
- Replies: 9
- Views: 882
Re: Using whistles on rivers
The use of whistles on rivers has always disturbed me. It seems to have come from New Zealand where rivers can be very steep and very remote. In the UK line of sight is much better and there's much more chance of whistles being overheard by outdoors folk who consider a whistle to be a piece of emerg...
- Fri Oct 05, 2018 12:57 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: River Ribble levels
- Replies: 4
- Views: 631
Re: River Ribble levels
River app is pretty good
Take a look at "RiverApp - River flows"
https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... d.riverapp
Take a look at "RiverApp - River flows"
https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... d.riverapp
- Wed Jul 18, 2018 3:31 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: What river comes up quickest?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1704
Re: What river comes up quickest?
Agree with Findhorn, similar experience throwing kit up the cliffs and scrambling after it as it rose 3m in 5 mins at Randolf's. Also similar on the Ure at a slalom at West Tanfield. From div 4 course to all gates being garotting hazard in 5 mins. Strangely both on perfectly dry days with rain overn...
- Mon May 28, 2018 11:54 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Small car and travelling with a kayak help.
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2122
Re: Small car and travelling with a kayak help.
To be fair it only had 4 gears. Think engines have moved on a bit since then, the cars you're considering probably have servo assisted brakes and a passenger side mirror 4 boats on a 1l 1984 polo. Needed 3rd gear to get across A66 but it was the finest of paddle wagons. Probably >20k miles of boatin...
- Fri May 25, 2018 6:10 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Small car and travelling with a kayak help.
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2122
Re: Small car and travelling with a kayak help.
4 boats on a 1l 1984 polo. Needed 3rd gear to get across A66 but it was the finest of paddle wagons. Probably >20k miles of boating driving.
- Fri May 25, 2018 6:06 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Guidebooks - 1st descent info
- Replies: 34
- Views: 4207
Re: Guidebooks - 1st descent info
Old thread but it's drawn me in There are so many more climbs than rivers, UK whitewater GR4 and above has fewer rivers than a single big crag has routes. The way down a river is not subject to someone having the imagination to invent it, it's top to bottom. A river changes every time you're on it, ...
- Wed Feb 28, 2018 11:34 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Infinity Wezzit
- Replies: 2764
- Views: 141558
Re: Infinity Wezzit
Tees. Ledge between warton lido and Winston bridge
- Sun Sep 25, 2016 10:19 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Looking for a kayak for a young child
- Replies: 3
- Views: 626
Re: Looking for a kayak for a young child
I've been using a sub 7 1ball.
Works pretty well
Works pretty well
- Fri Aug 05, 2016 12:18 am
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Save the Conwy
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2796
Re: Save the Conwy
Sad fact is that it has nothing to do with the environment or generating electricity, it's just a subsidy harvesting scheme.
- Fri Aug 05, 2016 12:15 am
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: When you are cruising a Welsh classic river...
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2158
Re: When you are cruising a Welsh classic river...
It's dark, again
Time to reassess the faff-laden folk you're paddling with
Time to reassess the faff-laden folk you're paddling with
- Sat Mar 05, 2016 9:53 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: British canoeing survey
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1532
British canoeing survey
Anything that includes the question "please indicate how important you consider each of the following factors to be when structuring a strategic plan designed to maximise the development and delivery of Canoeing in Great Britain and Northern Ireland" has my respect http://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/9L...
- Sat Dec 19, 2015 8:54 am
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Caution after Flooding
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2400
Re: Caution after Flooding
In which case, BC and EA are to be applauded. Keep up the good work. I'd encourage everyone who comes across or knows of a weir dangerous to canoeists or other river users to identify it to BC so they can feed the info to EA when consulted on changes to weirs.
- Thu Dec 17, 2015 10:39 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Caution after Flooding
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2400
Re: Caution after Flooding
That's good of the EA, perhaps people would like to tell them of any weirs which are routinely dangerous for canoeists so they can look to sort them out too. The one in Settle on the Ribble is pretty unpleasant and dangerous. There's a nasty one on the Kent too. Perhaps some ramps like in Germany wo...
- Wed Nov 11, 2015 11:04 pm
- Forum: Squirt Boating
- Topic: Post your suspected sink spots here!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3399
Re: Post your suspected sink spots here!
Probably one for the locals, but the back of the bridge in Barny Castle strikes me as having potential every time I paddle past in decent levels.
- Tue Nov 10, 2015 11:11 pm
- Forum: Whitewater and Touring
- Topic: Tyne Tour photographer?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 707
Re: Tyne Tour photographer?
Found him through the crazy witchcraft that is social media.