British White Water Touring links

 Here are some relevant links

• The Guidebook - Mark Rainsley's Excellent UK River Guide
• River Dart webcam (now defunct).
• A Dartmoor Weather Cam.
• River Exe webcam (Environment Agency guage at Thorverton weir).
• www.sharedrivers.org.uk Shared Rivers - WCA Access information
• www.riversaccess.org Rivers Access - BCU River access information
• Canoe Wales - a new river access site from the WCA, includes Chris Sladden’s Welsh Rivers guide
• River Tryweryn release dates - hidden deep within their main webpage
• Rob Hignell’s Rolling guide
• BCU Headquarters - Access information
• Environment Agency Flood Warnings.
• And here is an Environment Agency link about trying to gain access to rivers.
• Exe Descent - a bit out of date...
• Severn Bore predictions
• River Dart access information - Supplied by Icarus and Fiona Edmonds, the access officers
• AS Watersports (Exeter) - Info about water levels in the South West
• Wilderness Lectures - Bristol-based lectures about various outdoor sports and wilderness
• 'The Poly' Canoe Club - A collection of various ex-students (Also known as http://www.thepoly.co.uk/)
• Open Canoe Association of Great Britain
• Thames weir project - Paddling on the Thames Weirs
• Self-reduction of dislocated shoulders. Relevant for many paddlers. Here is a link describing one way to fix this on the riverbank (with pictures).
• A link to physiotherapy stuff about dislocated shoulders.
• Rainchasers.com - Paddlers forums, based in the Lake District (I think).
• Also see our Accommodation page
• Canoe Control organise trips and courses in France and further afield

International Touring links

( See also the Foreign paddling links for commercial organisations. )

• Liffey Descent
• American Whitewater Affiliation River Gauges - Show us what the NRA/EA should be doing!
• US Geological Survey Water Resources - More examples of what could happen here, if only...
• Playak.com - Great Kayak Surfing waves
• Chris and Bessy's Grand Canyon Trip report - Loads of stuff about the Grand Canyon
• American Whitewater Association
• German Canoe Federation (in German)
• Old Fat Paddler's Revenge - Ireland
• Wilderness Lectures - Bristol-based lectures about various outdoor sports and wilderness
• Kayak Flying - Frazer Pearce's guide to kayak-friendly airlines
• Idaho, May 2002 - a club member paddled in Idaho