Souloise?

Looks like the Finstermunster, the grade 5 drop with the 'cave' in the boulder.

The Honey cafe at Bronllys (as you head toward the Black Mountains from the get out).

Excellent cakes, and good main courses for the really hungry. Also open all day weekends in the winter.

The planks are in the slot, and a narrow fast hole enabling spins, cartwheels and loops has been formed. The waves were also formed on the sides of the weir.

Enjoy.

Hi Ian,

I have looked at these rivers manya time when driving up to La Chable during the winter, and always wondered what was in the gorge on the bend!

Shame I have bikes arranged this weekend rather than boats...

Duncan

Can recommend the Star Bunhouse in Bwlch (http://www.starbunkhouse.com/), or the Castle Inn on the Black Mountains 'pass' (http://www.thecastleinn.co.uk/).

Both have pubs next to them that do good food. The Star bunkhouse has a good drying room, and kitchen facilities.

Does anybody know if the water is still flowing over the spillway (Llyn Brianne), and/or the pipes are releasing?

Many thanks.

The Bath Canoe Club runs pool sessions at the Kinsgwood pool every Monday night, and are free to members. There are a few of us who get out most weekends when teh rivers are up, just drop me a PM if you fancy coming along! Accomodation; The Bath Canoe club has a mailing list that you could use to as...

Levels generally low yesterday, but good eddies in the rapid. No wave at the top or bottom of the rapid.

The rain will take a day to bring the river up, but most of the rain hit further East of the watershed.

I have some brand new Zelezny Igos for sale at £475 in airbags. Carves well, and is great for looping, pan-am, backstabs etc...

Location Bath/Bristol, but can deliver to Dart when the river's up!

The pontoon that was breached across the shoot has been moved, and there is one plank in, but no strut to hold it in place.

D

Just got back, and after a dry and hot April the river is lower than normal at this time of year. But this means it is running crystal clear, and is good fun in playboats.
Still plenty of water to paddle though, and will keep it's level due to recent rain.

Enjoy!

Anyone got any thoughts on the battery life of these things? My current camera quickly loses battery in the cold, and as well as kayaking I can see this being used for snowboarding. The Oregon camera does not come with either batteries or memory card, and it is up to the user to buy these. Most rec...

So the best resolution is 640x380 at 30 fps. So this is not much good is it? What sort of resolution should you look for, for decent quality, that you could watch happily through your telly for example? VGA quality, ie comparible to DVD quality, is 640x480 and 25fps is PAL standard (30 fps is NTSC)...

Take a look at the Technical Specifications, and you will see that it is not designed or tested to a waterproof standard (IP68). The unit is only specified as splashproof.

Try Nafford Weir, nice shallow wave that you can front surf, spin but too shallow to blunt/loop.
Multimap link here.

Hi Bev,

We are going to Austria at the end of July and into August. The Landeck area has rivers graded from II to V+, so is iseal for mixed ability groups.

Also, I am Bath based, so can help you with transport etc.

Duncan

Bath Canoe Club!

Lots of members, but not many reading this site!

D

These are good as they are relatively flat and fit easily in the back of a boat. Click here

Just to let you know that I have 5 brand new and wrapped Igo's just waiting to get wet!

Prices and details on the website (http://www.DrKayak.com).

Demo's also available at Saltford weir on Thursday evening during the summer.

The answer to this question very much depends on the type/level of river you are paddling? If you turn up at the Dart Loop, and (as has happened) there is only 2 steps showing then the answer will be paddlers better than yourself. If you are trying a new river, then I would agree with Patrick that l...

Paddling a C2 down rivers is great, you have better vis as you sit higher, have much better manoeverablity which gives you the option of stitching up the kayakers following! However, did find that it is much harder to rescue yourself with big support strokes as the boat tends to either power flip, o...

You can hire Open Canadians quite easily on the River Wye, which will give you a few days paddling/drifting. Not sure that you can class it as wilderness though!

Scotland sea kayaking otherwise?

.. but how long for?

Was a great day yesterday, arrived at Newbridge and the level was about 6" below the slab - about what you would expect from 12mm of rain overnight. When we got to Dartmeet, it was obvious that it was a bit higher! All the snow had melted from the day before, which along with the overnight rain prod...

We were on the 'gorge' section on Sunday, and it was on the low side of paddleable. That is could get down but lots of scraping over hidden growlers!
Video clip of weir for members in the video gallery section.

The Noraga Pallerasa (sp?) has a dam release, and they used to have a rally in the Sort area 3rd week in July. This meant guarenteed releases everyday, but in Spanish time! (ie Mid morning or lunch before they switch on!)

Si,
Not exactly sure when is the best time, but think it may be on the falling tide?

D

The tidal rapid you are thinking of is called the "Hen and Chickens".
It is on the welsh side of the old Severn bridge, more info on the Canoe Wales Site

Hi Sebi,

The only online river information we have in the Uk at the moment is for Scotland (http://www.wheresthewater.com/wtw/).