Thanks for sharing ... another trip to add to the wish list ...

Splendid. I paddled Awesome Gorge a few times, but not the following section. Back then this was known as 'Gnarly Gorge' and we were told by those who'd been in there that it contained a blind 30-footer and some awful log jams. "Never again", I think one Kiwi said. Is any of that true?

You are thinking of Nepal, a different country.

Brilliant.

They cancelled the Devizes Westminster Race this weekend. It is not suitable for a family paddle right now.

I would recommend contacting Ferdinand Steinworth direct - https://www.facebook.com/ferdinand.steinvorth

He's a paddler/ guide out there and basically their most experienced paddler. Decent guy. He will either offer to guide you himself or put you onto someone who can.

Can anyone point out something anything specific in the statement which will be different from before? Anything at all?

It also affirms their right to muddle on doing what they were doing before...access agreements, canoe trail etc.

Disappointed. To put it mildly.

I was mentioned somewhere above...the stuff I use is called 'camera armor' (sic) and is just a partial rubber cover for my SLR. Better than nothing. Lie Douglas, I take my nicest toys on the water with me, and just chance my luck whenever I remove it from the Watershed drybag. One of these days I wi...

Well done to all involved in trying to save this man's life.

Padding comes with the drybag... have a look at the Watershed website...

Good simple no-faff campsite to base yourself at first - http://rosguillholidaypark.com Otherwise...it's all good. go anywhere. Amazing place, I did a few trips including Horn Head and Tory Island. Intend to head back and paddle *all* of the coast. https://www.facebook.com/pg/Mark-Rainsley-adventure...

I'm not part of the system. I just took a look, out of curiosity, and quickly got confused.

If this is the 'streamlined and simplified' version, I dread to imagine what the current scheme looks like.

'It promises to ... simplify'

You couldn't make this stuff up.

Launch at Appledore (conjunction of Taw and Torridge estuaries), paddle in any direction...out to sea if it looks calm.

Nikon D3300, 18-300VR lens.

Watershed drybag with padded insert, carried between my knees.

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Fri Nov 10, 2017 8:43 am

What camera do you use?

The majority of the photos are mine. I use Nikon's cheapest and smallest SLR, albeit with an expensive image-stabilised 18-300 lens attached.

The article is Liz's.

Ten years after writing a guidebook (which has sold pretty well) I also am amazed how little attention Cornwall gets, especially for expedition - style trips.

Liz Garnett's account of our trip - P36 onwards.

https://issuu.com/thepaddler/docs/the_2 ... 2017_20dig

Good stuff Jim, but that is the most surreal sea kayaking report I've ever read.

Just picking up on a few points made here... - Our Cornwall holiday was a wonderful trip, but nothing extreme/ impressive in execution. With the patience to watch the weather and wait, anyone can enjoy this. - In posting about the trip, I wasn't looking for praise, just feedback and discussion: I ge...

Splendid, well done!

It was evil the other day, the water level was just enough to hide it. I managed to boof it (more by luck), my friend got sucked under it... scary but thankfully he and boat flushed through.

The East Lyn River has a *very* nasty tree hazard, just below the gorge... a log hidden in a drop, that you can't avoid in low water and won't see until the moment you potentially go under it. It's around a blind bend several drops after Crux B. Be careful out there, folks.

You presented a made-up problem No, the problem is very real. Look at the sea forum page and tell me what you overwhelmingly see... posts about going paddling, or posts about stuff? Which kinds of post get multiple responses and extensive discussion, and which flatline? And we're not even on the ge...

Yeah, pretty much as I thought.

I tend not to read much of this forum as I'm interested in paddling and places.

As someone noted, a post I recently made about going paddling garnered zero response/ interest. This post is almost viral...

Please. Post. About. Paddling.

Just an experiment to see how many views this post gets.

There's an article about our holiday in the latest Ocean Paddler magazine.

It must grind your gut that you have to be political and 'thank' the EA for doing exactly what they were supposed to have done in the first place.

I note that a load of (several) freestyle paddlers have got themselves in a tizzy over this. As far as I can tell, their irritation boils down to, "Hey, we're cool and slalom isn't...how dare slalom cross over to our territory and make us less cool." Given that the sum total of all committed slalom ...

https://scontent-lht6-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/19959305_1375117102564033_8068860128577097261_n.jpg?oh=e85317f7e1f955f020c51191ec84ad64&oe=5A4F756F Two decades ago in 1997, I paddled around Cornwall. And then again, a decade ago in 2007. Because it is 2017 I was legally obliged to do it again. Happil...