The new Lee Valley Whitewater Centre (the Olympic venue for canoe slalom in 2012) is now open for recreational paddling: http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/en/content/news/white_water_thrills_/white_water_thrills_.aspx For info about what you can do there, see here: http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/en/content/cms/White_Water_Canoe_Ce/Activities/Activities.aspx
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Operation Cous-Cous has returned after successfully conquering Morocco. More details and about a million photos to follow [ ed - see some photos here ], but this is a brief summary of our trip: Day 1 – Get boats past grumpy check-in supervisor. Land in Marrakesh and meet up with Sharif and The Van for [...]
‘Twas a rainy Sunday morning at Almondsbury when five of BCC’s intrepid paddlers gathered. The destination was the Clydach in South Wales. Meeting the sixth member of the team (Harvey) at the top of the river, we soon noticed that it was rather bigger and browner than we were expecting, with an inconvenient tree in [...]
Yes, we went to Morocco, and we paddled (and rode camels!). See RJ’s summary here. Some photos to give you all a taste of what it was like. https://picasaweb.google.com/conoroneilluk/201104Morocco# RJ’s photos are here (I’m not sure whether you need a facebook account): http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2458447&id=61211227&l=cd1e5fe328
I’ve just discovered that we have missed some Severn Bore dates in 2011. See http://www.severn-bore.co.uk/ for full details. There are 4-star dates in March and September this year. See dates on our calendar here: http://www.bristolcanoeclub.org.uk/club-calendar/
UK Rivers threads: http://www.ukriversguidebook.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=66212&p=488554&hilit=morocco#p488554 – Sobou River – slightly different location – 25km Gd IV! http://www.ukriversguidebook.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=60289&p=468134&hilit=morocco#p468134 – Generic Morocco thread. http://www.ukriversguidebook.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=56654&p=447241&hilit=morocco#p447241 – Contains a few links to trip reports. Dave Mamby’s 1986 trip (Three days to paddle 8 kilometres): http://www.ukriversguidebook.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=43446&p=334502 Mark Rainsley’s 2007 trip: http://www.ukriversguidebook.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=21109&p=189598#p189598 Morocco surf camp: http://www.ukriversguidebook.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=67612&p=496255&hilit=Morocco#p496255 Morocco thread from 2006: http://www.ukriversguidebook.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17767 Chris [...]
We’ve just come back from a great trip to Austria. Weather was mostly hot & sunny; plenty of water. We managed to do loads of paddling. According to my notes, the various rivers / sections done were as follows (not all done by everyone!): Rosanna, Sanna, S-Chanf Gorge, Lower Oetz, Imst Gorge, Sanna, Sanna, Inn [...]
If you want to print out and fill in the 2 forms for CIWW (Cardiff International White Water) before you go – they’re here: Safety & Risk Declaration Medical Consent Form But they must be signed at the centre. Stewart
We went to Cardiff International White-water course again the other day – for the second time. http://www.ciww.com/ I have to say it was great fun. Its a bit severe at first, but just tell yourself that it is easy really, and then you can mellow into it. It’s still bloody knackering, though! Definitely worth a [...]
And another old article… The worst trip in the world ever – Jan 2008… … or, how I became known as JK “b*****d of the Usk”. It all started at a committee meeting where it was decided that we weren’t running enough trips for beginners. I immediately decided to leap into action, and thought a [...]
