Brain Taylor has already pointed this out! May I offer some clarity regarding CT. It is a separate company now from CW CW will utilise profits from CT to develop paddlesport in Wales. If CW and CT are completely separate, how is this possible? I had a lot of respect for CW over either CE/BCU, but th...

As Adrian has already mentioned there may have been a perfectly reasonable explanation for paddling the Loop without a BA. I did it once without one, a less able and less experienced friend had forgotten his and I thought it prudent on his first paddle of the loop that he had one, so I handed over m...

I have a Jefe chico for sale, inc lots of freebies. Based near Swindon. Looking for £500. If interested PM me for pics and more details.

Tony

Buy a good quality Tarp, so much more versatile than a tent, smaller and cheaper too!

A friend was asking if anyone knows of an alternative to our overseers! (Not you Mark but the BCU) I suggested he look at this group,

http://theworldsoutdoorcommunity.com/

Has anyone here signed up or had experience dealing with them? Do you believe they could be a viable alternative?

Tony

Here are a few photos of the redlines,

http://s277.photobucket.com/user/tonyai ... for%20sale

PM or email me if you know anyone that would be interested.

Regards

Tony

When I was learning!!!(I still am) I swam lots, after when still pushing myself on the higher grades, I swam lots. It's been a few years since my last forced swim but it's also been a few years since I pushed my limits.

My school are selling their Kayaks, to part finance the purchase of canoes. If anyone is interested here is the spec, http://www.daggereurope.com/product/index/product_homepage/club-school/redline_club/ The school is looking to sell 5 redlines for around £200 ea, but they will accept offers if all 5...

A huge thumbs up for the River Wye Canoe Hire and Mark Simons ( http://www.riverwyecanoehire.com ). We have just finished a three day exped down the Wye using Mark's kit. Not only did Mark give us a great deal but also gave valuable info and tips on how we could get the most out of our trip. I would...

Wild swimming was featured heavily on Channel 4's Rivercottage programme this evening. HFW swam 3k in the Stour and then cooked for some wild swimmers who did the Dart 10k wild swim. It should be on catch up soon, if you missed it.

Hi all, Thanks for the advice. We all arrived back safely, although a little wetter than when we left, on Friday evening. It persistently rained throughout our visit but the kids behaved themselves (mostly)! We went on the Falls walk on Tuesday and Wednesday with a small group of kids on each day. I...

Thank you Richard.

Your idea about the kids who misbehave sounds like a good plan, not sure the LEA or parents would approve though. ;-)

Hi all, On Monday I'm taking my school kids to the Gower for the week, while I'm down that way I thought I might do a couple of recce's (Walking this time)of the rivers and falls in the Neath Valley. Does anyone have any suggestions from your own experiences? I've downloaded some of the recognised w...

Got to agree with you on this one, best tape I've ever used!

It made me smile and want to go out and buy an inflatable croc! ;-)

Fenris wrote:Dr Zellweger is a riparian owner on the Withypool to Tarr Steps section of the Barle.

When I spoke with Herr Dr, he implied that he owned the land downstream of the Tarr Steps. Can anyone confirm or deny this?

I actually have no idea which party has sent this to me - someone called U. Zellweger? Dr Zellweger is the (relatively) new land owner who has objected to paddlers using his river! I exchanged details with him last year but didn't hear anything from him. If you google him lots of info (none relevan...

edhunter wrote:Does anybody have a link to the facebook page?

Here,

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dalemain- ... 2508698200

Tony

some clubs, LWA or RWA may negotiate local agreements which are neither endorsed or reviewed by HQ, so, for example, a motion to prevent the BCU entering into non-365 agreements may fall down if they are negotiated by a BCU affilliated club. eg River Axe. You cannot impose a restriction on the BCU ...

Not at all - as long as you included the kisses at the end! I was actually in the middle of writing a letter to the paper that is sourced a bit better, so shall make sure it doesn't look like it's written by the same person. Sorry, I couldn't quite bring myself to add them xxxxx's! Maybe, the next ...

With the up to date figure of 684 people (Hopefully voting members of CE?) willing to call for an EGM, and even with CE/BCU unwilling to give a accurate figure of voting members, that is certainly more than the required 1%?

So, what next?

They have a facebook page, if anyone wishes to contact them on it before they do a CE type thing, and delete what they believe are negative comments.

Big Henry, I couldn't think of a better reply than yours, so I have posted that, I hope you don't mind!

Pete Thorn, given your BCU/CE SW position, can you confirm whether you or others from BCU/CE are negotiating an access agreement for the river Dart? Sorry, I had meant to fully answer the original question in my last post but see I had not specifically referred to the Dart. In response to instructi...

Adam, I would like to add my thanks to you, for all your work over the years. I would also like to add that I appreciate your feedback over the last year re Barle and Dart, if only our NGB were as forthcoming. Good luck for the future and I hope that you will continue to contribute your experience b...

This is from page 25: Paddlers canoeing on waters without clarity and certainty of access – resulting in loss of existing agreements and loss of support for our cause. Action – clear information for all canoeists of which waters can be accessed together with communication of our environmental policy...

Be careful out there and remember to have your cameras ready!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-17011462

I'm using Firefox and the only "problem?" (not much of one) I'm having is the top title locator bar is very small.

You are here: Home Community Forums Inland Is it me, or is the forum messed up? Probably font size 6 or lower.

After that beating, the paddling continues........ He's either as mad as a box of frogs or has balls of steel! Make your own mind up!

GO But make sure it's the best paddle of your life, because if you miss the birth, each and every birthday, you will remember that you weren't there at the start, but more importantly, "shewhomustbeobeyed" will be reminding you!

there seems to be some friction bewtween new and old style coaches A sweeping opening statement! Which a partially agree with. In my experience, there is resistance from some "old school" coaches to the ideas being introduced by (mainly) young bloods, but not all of us. I have always tried to keep ...