Total members 30040 now there's a thought ;-) maybe Mark could email all the members for interest

Damn wish I'd kept my spare change ;-)

Do non paddlers have to pay £5 to use the park?

The Nene Whitewater Centre will be holding an Open day on the 31st of August (Yes- Bank Holiday Monday!!) We will be running Rafts, whitewater Swimming, Whitewater Kayaking, Flatwater Kayaking, Whitewater Ringos (Inner tubes down the course) Rowing demos and various other activities throughout the ...

Any river that that has a get in, a get out with some moving wet stuff in between sounds good to me :-)

It's a great series and very much shows the diverse usage of rivers, industrial and diverse recreational use. From what I've seen Griff gives a good balanced view of all different users. If people want to fish fine, if I want to paddle I will try to accomodate those fisherfolk so long as they accomo...

Just got a new deck a Lander, they are designed for the modern deck shape which non of the other decks are... They come in 3 grades starting at about 55Eur to about 115Eur, 1st time i used the mid range deck I had no water @ all in the boat rather than the normal 2-3inch's :-) Not sure where you can...

Sorry to anyone who replied to me while I was away but I had com errors this during the holiday so was not able to receive either calls, text to my moby or access the net or email :-(

PS had a great time, paddled some great rivers and meet some great people (as always in the Alps :-)

We are off to the Alps very soon, if anyone else wants to join up we already have 3 groups interested in getting together pm, email or txt me, I should be able to collect all:-)

Best bet is either txt on 07775 833788 or email and.lee@dkib.com

cheers

Mark didnt get your email as said Tried sending a PM but they seem to be gettiing stuck in the outbox...

Try calling me on 07775 833788

Anyone else who fancys joining us send a me a text

Thx all, Mark it would be great if you could join us, it would be good to get together, I know (well from 12 years ago) all the rivers I'm likely to paddle, and quite a few I have no intention of paddling!!! We will be arriving in the Alps sometime on Friday, not sure where we will be camping, think...

Update, probably be out there from the 8th Aug staying in the Durance valley, aiming for the Campsite by the small lake at Roche de Rame

I might be heading out to the french alps first full week in August with 11 and 13 year olds who are up to grade 2 maybe easier grade 3. I'm up for some proper 3 and maybe a bit of 4, if there are any groups out there then it would be great to get together

Milton would be my shout, doesnt smell quite as horrid as detol

I've lost 3 1/2 stone in the last year, simple just eat less!!! boring salads are my norm these days

From experience when you first start paddling you dont really know the risks so learn very quickly, after a few years of not paddling so much getting back to the harder stuff is much harder!!!

As previously said time and encouragement are the key things!!!

l0ooks fun

If you are just paddlers with out wifes and kids to worry about just get out there and paddle and find campsites as you go, there are lots of sites most will have space pretty much anytime. There is some wild camping as well which can be quite nice :-)

I've got a reed shorty which is great, used it all the time in the Alps this year, even when it was not that warm and rather wet was great really compfy :-)

Gamlin (or something like that) goes in low water very steep pin city...

I thought I'd ordered one, but have not received one will need to check if ive been charged

what ive done in the past when my current paddles were getting a bit knackered i split them and bought a new set as my main paddles so they are an ok set of paddles to use in emergency. in old old days that was fine a singe split worked now when you need a 4 way split thngs get a bit harder

Get yourself to a good physio they can give you some good exercises to help improve your elbow problems. Note how ever that Ive had both tennis and golf elbow and paddling doesn't actually make tennis elbow worse getting boats of and on the roof however does, golf elbow throw does how ever get worse...

Briancon area is the best their is plenty of good grade 1-2 lots of 3 and everything upto nasty grade 6. In june very few rivers are likely to be running out of water. If you get complety stupid amounts of water like this year and you are camping you can always relocate to the ardech.. Bear in mind ...

Done it a few times and i can tell you it hurts when it goes wrong.

Even when it goes well if you not on powder it still fuckers your back up!!!

It looks great.

How about stickying this post so everyone finds it nice and easily

The idea of signs is a bit of putting, but in a case that there are loads of examples of poeple missing the get out then maybe not a bad idea. In the past there were times when we tied a bit of bright tape to a tree a bit above the getout when missing it could be rather unpleasant!!

What utter tosh, we've been using the same pool for years and there is no sign of any damage to tiles... However I do know of pools that have scuba clubs using them and the get lots damage from the tanks getting dropped!!!

Very similar to a bow rudder, just change the blade angle a bit..

bought thme for the current car they are nice but wouldnt again.