Snowing in the French Alps last weekend so don't count chickens yet!

Kayaks are far too cheap these days to allow the manufacturer enough profit margin to re-invest in the development of new boats, new fittings, events, sales support etc. You can argue as much as you like about the rate of inflation but kayaks are far better now-a-days: the plastic is better the fitt...

Took me 73 year old dad and my 3 year old nephew down the Coruh in rafts and double a topo 15 years ago.

Allan just told me that Jeff passed away today. A combination of sadness and relief for Delia.

We sat in our kayaks on the Severn waiting for the Bore to come through at around 11.00pm. At about 12.30 we paddled into shore to discover the Bore had been passed us but there had been no wave.

I'm interested - any chance of you delivering it to Mile End climbing wall (Haverfield Rd, London E3 5BE) for me to pick up later?

It has been done from Bala to Chester in a day in a kayak and in an open double canoe but both were done when the river was HIGH which it certainly isn't at the moment!

From Trevor (Pontyscyllite aqueduct) to Chester is easy paddling. There is Trevor Rocks rapids just upstream of the aqueduct and Newbridge rapid a few miles below which are easy class 2 rapids. Below this there are two weirs Erbistock and another which should be portaged probably. Once below the wei...

SL7 also had knee bubbles if I recall correctly.

Euphrates Erzican to Ilic. Stunning trip. Fly to Erzican spend a night in town shopping for food etc. taxi to Alp launch down the river for four to five days get out at Ilic and get bus taxi back to Erzican. The train no longer runs. pm me for details. THY fly boats and inflatable kayaks would be go...

Ecuador everything Costa Rica has but closer together. OK no Caribbean beaches. Chile is none too cheap

Galicia Northern Spain?

Boats on internal flights are pretty much a no no so unless you can get routed all the way to Boise(?) be careful. Also many Idaho rivers are permit rivers: Main Salmon, Middle Fork of the Salmon, Locksau (sp?) etc. Hiring boats in Idaho is easy, reasonable and common.

I don't know about the 9R:2 but years ago I paddled the Burn mk1 own the Yusufei gorge section of the Coruh and then took the Burn mk2 down the same section. It was almost enough of a different boat to maybe warrant a different name except it looked so similar. The main improvement in the mk2 was th...

John MacLeod posted this on the UK Canoe Slalom Results page on Facebook: " Maurice made possibly the earliest fibreglass boat in UK called 'Maid of St.Helens' laid up over a skin/lath kayak. 20kg at least 💪 maybe 1961 - always contributing to the next way forward."

When, where and who was the first person to make plastic kayaks? 1st plastic kayak made by Robin Witter of ACE in 1976 Chester. Graham Mackereth, Robin and Rodney Witter invested in developing the idea. Graham pulled out as it was eating money. The Witters persevered and we had one for the training ...

Emigrate to Wales!

Jonathon your post popped up on my screen whilst I'm battling spreadsheets and recalcitrant printers and brought a smile and a tear to my face: a smile because an image of Ian with that look in his eye "this is worth the effort" when a scheme came to fruition and a tear because every so often I see ...

Jet fly boats. Well they did in 2017 and I haven't heard otherwise.

You can get to wales in a mini. (Better joke if spoken)

Euphrates Kemah or Alp to Ilic and get the train back stunning trip. Fly to Erzican

I have never put a probe next to a glass Topo - I only had a glass double Topo Sorry only had a plastic single topo I've lost my glass double topo in rasta colours lent it to my brother who lent it on and he's lost touch with them so if anyone sees a red green and yellow double topolino let me know!

I'll be up that way in June and can get it down to Llangollen - I think depends if I go in the van or Fiesta!

I have never put a probe next to a glass Topo - I only had a glass double Topo

Pioneered by lakes paddling legend Richard Evans. Certainly ran everything he published. Mostly in prijon probe or latterly an RPM. Anyone ticked all his becks? The probe was from eurokayak. The Probe was a prototype for the plastic version of the Topolino - they basically got the shrinkcage wrong ...

Just done some scanning and found these pictures that John Liddell took
http://www.davemanby.co.uk/overlander-falls/

That is un-surprising but . . . £29.75 on Amazon for the hardback edition!

So far as I know there's been a charge for launching/landing at Mile end for 20 years, but they don't charge people who paddle through the site without using any of the facilities they have created. Did the person asking for the charge specifically say it was for parking, or might it have been for ...