Is there a map of the course that identifies the features by name? I know the place reasonably well but never have the foggiest idea what people are talking about on here. Thanks to your post I do at least now know what the 'Valentine's Wave' was. I've only been the once since it changed - can't say...

..why think of using it if hold-down eyes are common, out of harms way and definitely strong enough to hold a few kayaks? One possibility is that eyes tucked away underneath the body meant for strapping the vehicle down (or indeed towing with a horizontal rope) aren't in a good position for a strap...

That's a gnarly looking Trearddur Bay! Don't blame you for thinking twice about getting out for a paddle in your beautiful new boat. :-)

..but range is also limited to roughly the square root of the height of the transmitter. The combined heights of both antennae innit? There's you to the horizon, and then there's the other person to their horizon - if the two overlap you have 'line of sight' to each other. Kayak to kayak that might...

This one's come up a few times in conversation so I am heading towards P and H - thank you. Just got to find one now! Don't be too hasty, and you shouldn't base your choice on conversation imo, you really want to try before you buy. When you have a wee bit of experience, either in a club boat or pe...

I was definitely tempted by the slimmer Standard Horizon HX40E when it came out. Aha, I'd not seen that. It looks like just the sort of thing I was on about above - smaller (at the price of being non-buoyant), and seems to have an attachment point for a lanyard that doesn't need to to have the belt...

Pros: - not too bulky - floats There's a bit of a trade-off there as a thing will only float if it's less dense than the water, so the floatation comes at the price of making it a bit bigger than it really needs to be. The HX300 is compact but has nowhere to attach a tether unless you have the belt...

AndyC#2 wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 19, 2019 8:33 pm

.. a bit taken aback at £30 for a small inflatable drybag.

Does £16.50 sound more reasonable?

http://lomo.co.uk/acatalog/kayak-paddle ... tml#SID=69

No, that's cool, I understood that you were talking about camping not stopping for lunch. I'm glad to hear they don't object to people using their benches, they'd be a tad out of order otherwise imo. Once you get outside the curtilage of a dwelling, I think it's only right and proper that landowners...

fair enough, it's their land and their business. Well, yes, to a point. But plonking a couple of picnic benches down right next to a public right of way, a national trail no less, several hundred meters away and well outside the curtilage of the house and then leading renters of the house to believ...

1) There might be, but I don't think you'll find one available online. 2) Yes, it probably is. Quite aside from the legal situation in England and Wales, in practice if you pitch late, strike early and leave no trace (and avoid taking the piss by trying to camp in someone's front garden) it's very r...

Your first post didn't exactly give people a lot to respond to.

I know nothing about it, but you're making it sound like something is being filmed there. Some god-awful reality tv programme would be my guess.

I think Roger Chandler has an ex-fleet Romany Surf up for sale (in N Wales) at the mo:
https://www.coastalspirit.com/second-hand-sea-kayaks

Lucky bugger. :-)

Well bugger, I feel pretty silly now. But thanks! :-)

I’ve got so many favourites, but this one brings back fond memories from Arisaig, the week before going to the Scottish Sea Kayak Symposium. This year? I guess so from the sunshine and the beautiful blue skies. I was there too. Had a lovely trip out from Arisaig after the symposium, perhaps the sam...

Erm.. Ok, there's a 'cave' theme developing, I'll go with that. Love a good cave. :-)
Bit more headroom in this one...

cathalferris wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 01, 2018 2:19 pm

.. hypothetical situation.

Hmm, yes, completely. <strokes chin>

tone1147 wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 08, 2018 11:53 am

PLEASE HELP
I NEED AN ADMIN TO CONTACT ME URGENTLY

Have you tried this already? Clicky

The upper Don, from Deepcar to Oughtibridge North of Sheffield deserves a mention at Grade 2/3 ish too. It's probably easier to catch than any of the true spate streams, but even so you only really get a few hours after the rain stops. Also rumoured that Burbage Brook has been done a couple of times...

And as an approximate guide, times of low and high tides have a close relationship to the phase of the moon With this in mind - if we're opening this up to Android apps now, here's a plug for 'Daff Moon' to tell you the phase of the moon on any given date. It's a pretty thin excuse to recommend tha...

Cool, done. :-)

I found that reference in House of Commons Written Evidence . Wow. What a dismal collection of examples of the law being an ass! (And an arse.) :-( In the Hedly v Cuthbertson case, I intially assumed that was a typo in the link above. (Where it says the guide overestimated the risk of rockfall - I ...

But in that case it was clearly shown that the professional instructor had not done all that he should have done. This said, even then, he wasn't found to be 100% at fault. Or, to look at it another way.. It was shown that the injured mountain biker was a novice. But not so much of a novice that he...

But, why should you be sued by his destitute family just because you were there when he/she died? A good question. A glib answer might be that there doesn't have to be a reason, but it happens. It doesn't happen though, does it? That's my point, by having this formal structure with a "Leader" you a...

If sea kayaking was always absolutely completely safe, would we do it? I'm not sure I would - or at least not for long as anything which is completely safe doesn't really stretch us or challenge us enough to keep us interested over the long term. I think I would, if the challenge and experience rem...

I've only been kayaking a few years and mostly on the sea, but I've seen one so it seems like rather less than a million to one from here. The one I saw was relatively mild - the person pinned was taking part in a raft-race type event on a very innocuous looking grade 2 (just about) river. He came a...

No river is consistently deep, it's sort of in their nature that there will be a deep bit, then a shallow bit, then a deep bit and so on. The shallow bits are where the rapids form and the river gets a bit more interesting so they're also the bits where you're more likely to get caught out and capsi...

I'm not saying don't buy dry trousers, it may be just me that doesn't see the point! Not just you - at the very least it's me too. When it's too warm for the drysuit but too cool for just a rashy, the cag can be worn with a longjohn wetsuit, shorts or Ron Hill tracky bottoms. I suppose the dry trou...

My experience differs from some of the above - I don't think separates are any good if you're likely to be swimming. (So no good for me, as I'm *always* likely to swim at some point.) ;-) For me it's drysuit when it's cold (or when just the water is cold, and there's any chance I might be in it long...