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 ...

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 ...

Have heard him interviewed a few times and he comes across very well. Really compelling case.

Awesome, thanks

Interesting read, hope that the trend for sup and swimming continue and force change

Has anyone got access to the Times article today on river access?
Fancy copying and pasting here?

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

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...

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

How sad, she was lovely to deal with and produced the best kit
And how generous to offer the kit and expertise.

Indeed, realised I'd got my mid 90s not a spud zero rocker creek boats wrong. Correct probe to prijon gambler.

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?

This one?
Needs quite a bit of water but goes fine


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Quite a nice vid to go with it. Pretty clear that the existing rights are being pushed.

Just remember the sunshine, scenery and fun. Maybe got lucky.

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?

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...

River app is pretty good

Take a look at "RiverApp - River flows"
https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... d.riverapp

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...

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...

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.

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, ...

Tees. Ledge between warton lido and Winston bridge

I've been using a sub 7 1ball.
Works pretty well

Sad fact is that it has nothing to do with the environment or generating electricity, it's just a subsidy harvesting scheme.

It's dark, again
Time to reassess the faff-laden folk you're paddling with

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...

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.

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...

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.

Found him through the crazy witchcraft that is social media.