I was once told that the point at which the buckle would give way was a little less than the point at which your ribs would break. No evidence but it sounded good.

It's a shame they kept calling it trespass

The Kent one is complicated by tributaries; East Stour, Great Stour, Little Stour and there is a Stor running into the Arun.

Those not been made for 5 years or so. I had three pairs and were all good, I have the latest with laces although now discontinued, also have water tennies which are good but I guess these are also no longer available.

A chap in our club has one and seems happy with it. He changes his boats quite often and he wouldn't have it if it wasn't up the job. He's a good paddler (L5K and all that)

My son used to transport a 9R in the back of his Navare

Algy met a bear
A bear met Algy
The bear was bulgey
The bulge was Algy

Your best bet is to learn to paddle a sit in kayak. The Eskimo Topolino is 2.2m long albeit an old design could be had second hand. The other option is an inflatable

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It's in the second edition, says it's runnable even though the last hole looks sticky.

In the early days of these things, there were two alternative ways of threading. If you were wanting to secure yourself to a solid object on the bank to ensure you were not dragged into the river when belaying, you used the metal plate since this was secure. If you were doing a live-bait rescue, you...

Four R Couze in France and two R Auze

Very interesting in this health and safety conscious world

Regarding access to SSSIs, the government responded to a report on the subject as follows "Recommendation 13 Public access to SSSIs is important if their condition is to matter to more than a few dedicated conservationists. Of course, it is vital that visitors should not damage the sites but we beli...

You might like to refer to the Salisbury Avon Navigation Act 1665 which specifically makes the river a public navigation from Salisbury to the sea. It is still in force and his solicitor should have picked it up in searches at the time of purchase.

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Try Paul at PK Paddlesports

http://www.pkpaddlesport.co.uk/

Agreed Mike, course fishing closed season.

I've seen several anglers posting pictures proclaiming that the government have now let them out. Even though I thought it was still the closed season!

Out last evening on the Thames, never seen so many rowers, not even at weekends! Only one collision with an SUP!

I know its a water supply to Newcastle but I'm sure they've all drunk worse than my pee off the side of my boat. It's not as if you drink it without treatment. Just in case anyone was worried, all the birds crap in it, the fish too and when the level increases it washes in the dog, fox, deer crap a...

"easy white water"

Go onto the Wavesport site for this product and there is a video of the boat in use. It's a bit long and rather a lot of chat but some really nice video of the boat handling some fairly challenging water.

Sometimes you need to consider what your range of compromises comprise ( ;-) ). The Ethos is a similar length to the Perception Overflow which was used on the first expedition down the Zambezi. Indeed, you might argue it has better whitewater profile with a good front rocker profile and progressive ...

We won't convince Government to make a new law by arguing that there already is one, particularly as they have increased the stakes by proposing to make trespass criminal. I'm suggesting we don't try for a new law, we continue to argue the existence of a right. Do you have a source for that (it wou...

The 4% statement reinforces, for the objecting user groups, the validity of their argument that they have the rights and we do not. The 4% is the exception to their general interpretation. We should move to the 100% argument with vigour.

Please excuse the 'us and them' but it is relevant.

Access the petition and scroll down, poster reads "less than 4% of rivers in England and wales have clear access or uncontested right to paddle". You might argue that this is fact insofar as the rights are contested but it gave the much more prominent and vocal George Mombiot the opportunity for an ...

The latest petition asks for a "review of current policy towards access on waters in England and Wales, including consideration of new legislation to establish a public right for fair, shared ... access". Is this really what paddlers have been asking for? I thought we had moved on from this about 10...

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I understand that the term 'low head dam' is simply an American expression for 'weir'. The nature of the risk needs to be assessed on an individual basis

Whilst they are described and describe themselves as the governing body, this is really only in relation to competitive sports. As far as recreational paddling is concerned, there is no need for government and this is where members get wound up by their imposed rules. If you weren't a member of BC, ...

When Mill Falls gets really big you end up going where the water wants you. Really quite tricky to control your line in a traditional boat

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It would be possible to measure the speed of a boat, or at least to provide a measure which would convey this. But, since the speed is ultimately determined by the engine, you need to take this out of the equation. What you need is a combined drag coefficient. Now, it would need to be conducted at a...