I've no experience of Nepal but it surprises me how few days you plan paddling. If I'm on a trip I object to a 'rest day' which others so often suggest.

Jim, it's always a height problem, not a weight problem. It's the issue with BMI.

Spade are made by blow moulded process like Prijon so should be stronger

I'm not offering an answer here but it is worth bearing in mind that dedicated slalom paddlers will work on building significant muscle strength to enable good use of larger blades and maybe longer shafts. In this context we often recommend people only opt for large blade areas like the Powerhouse, ...

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Fri Sep 06, 2019 11:20 am

Most experiences paddler over 18 is responsible for any accidents on the river (i think)

I can think of a variety of scenarios where this would not be the case

They could have done the Cresta

Anywhere downstream of Lechlade is always OK, it is managed thus. Above Lechlade you have info on SOTP. I haven't done this stretch for a couple of years, there were three trees down, all of which could be got round or through. Please be wary of the water level in October, it can be unpredictable, i...

Are you sure the boat is unstable? The design looks very stable and I guess the target audience would be looking for stability.

To generalise, sit-on-tops get a poor press on this site but they can be entirely appropriate for some people and uses. I have general advice that if a sit-on-top looks like a sea kayak it will be better than if it looks like it will be good for fishing but for other uses, different parameters can a...

It doesn't go quite far enough but you might like to store this site for later use

http://www.kajaktour.de/frankreich.htm

Some advocate wearing a smallish throw line on a belt but under their spray-deck waist tube which limits its 'snagginess' (not easy to quick release from there?). As a canoeist I usually wear a throwline on a QR belt.

Whetman Orosi and HF Little Fish are square, flat bags.

The Granate is available as a composite boat but I would have thought most were poly.

The usual recommendation for polyethylene is Evo Stik Impact adhesive

Have you tried the AirBnB sites for parking such as 'parkonmydrive' or 'myparkingspace' ?

Presumably the local paddlers will be on to the EA or Welsh equivalent to get this removed. A couple of trees up against that and you have a flooding issue that's apart from the H&S issue, maybe get the local HSE involved, there could be fines or prison involved!

This seems like a bizarre discussion to me but I'll chip in anyway. How about a harness so you can carry it on your back in a vertical manner and maybe you need to duck a bit where the height is restricted.

Interestingly I think Doug had a LL Skip before but it was the ZG which made the big step up for wave paddling with much better speed.

I'm not sure it was really so hateful. Deb Pinneger paddled one and, without the bolt-ons it is not dissimilar to more modern short playboats. Being short it would spin and cartwheel well which was the order of the day back then

Water by Nature do Morocco, they may be able to help.

On the basis that a permit is not required or offered, it not being permitted in neither here nor there.

The Transformer was released about 15 years ago so you might struggle to get useful info. My son paddled one back then and enjoyed it but has progressively moved on to the ZG, Project, Project X and now paddles a Pyranha Jed. You might just find a second hand Transformer in an old shed somewhere but...

I think the background to this was a reason why we now have Ivan Lawler at the helm, he made a big deal of athlete welfare when he first put himself forward. The article talks about a new management but this was in place before 2017.

If there's no moving gate (automatic or permanently manned) on entrance to a car park, there's a reasonable assertion that there is public access. That is absolutely not the case. All land is private and you may only enter it within strict legal parameters; rights of way would be one which will be ...

And I guess 'individuals' is a subjective term which we should interpret sensibly. If there are three mates, that sounds fine, if there are 20 people from your club, that doesn't sound like that was intended. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/...

I think we stayed at Mrakic where they have several large apartments so you could book more than one. Few minutes walk from the town square.

Last time I booked I had the benefit of a brochure of accommodation from the tourist board listing hotels, hostels and apartments. Would be worth contacting them if they still offer this.

For many people wanting to 'get into' canoeing or kayaking, what they are after is the very independence described in the first three awards. They don't need a list of fancy strokes to be performed to perfection, they just need to be able to get about the river in a controlled manner. The awards des...

Are we still talking about the Explore Award? This is aimed at 'sheltered water' defined as still or slow moving which you could paddle against and wind conditions below force 3. We are not considering grade 2, this is for the first level of the white water awards.