Editorial
Another magazine. A good crop of whitewater paddling articles this time, but not much of other paddling. Surely some other people are doing something? Please write it down and send it in.
The deadline for the next issue will be around 20th April 2005.
Thanks – Conor O’Neill
Membership
Membership renewals were due on 1st November. If your name is not listed on the membership list enclosed with this magazine, it means that your renewal had not been received by Jim Ratcliffe by the end of January.
Please send in your renewal NOW. Contact Jim on James.Ratcliffe @ astrazeneca.com if you need a copy of the membership form.
West Wales paddling trip, Oct 2004.
See report by Nick Clendon here.
Upper Wye, October 2004
See report by John Kerswell here and some photos here [now maybe lost – ed].
The Electronic Canoe Club
A reminder that the canoe club has an electronic side to it.
There is an active email list, with discussions about where to paddle and arrangements for trips, etc. If you’d like to be added to this list, please contact Conor on webmaster@bristolcanoeclub.org.uk.
We also have a web page, with information about the club, and many links to (hopefully) useful related information. Have a look at: http://www.bristolcanoeclub.org.uk/
Cheers – Conor
Tawe, Jan 2005
See report by Richard Puttock here and some photos here [now maybe lost – ed].
Some paddling jokes
How many kayakers does it take to change a light bulb?
9; 1 to change it and 8 to lie about the size of the hole.
How many slalom paddlers does it take to change a light bulb?
4; 1 to change it and 3 to go: Nice Turn. Nice Turn. Nice Turn.
Q. How is sex in an open boat and American beer similar?
A. They are both F******G close to water!
Q: What’s the difference between a kayak instructor and a Savings Bond?
A: A Savings Bond matures after twenty-five years.
Q:What’s the difference between a kayaker and a catfish?
A: One has whiskers and smells bad, and the other one’s a fish.
Two Eskimo’s sitting in a kayak were chilly, but when they lit a fire in the craft it sank… proving once and for all that you can’t have your kayak and heat it, too.
A blonde driving down a road spots another blonde in a canoe trying to paddle across the top of a wheat field. She got out of her car and calls out to the “canoe” blonde and says, “It’s blondes like you, that give blondes like me a bad name! I’d go over there and kick your arse, if only I could swim!”
Credits: these were copied off UK Rivers Guidebook
Polo division report
See report by Mark Gillett here.
The Dee, Nov 2004
See report by Teresa Treasure here.
Frome Trip, Jan 2005
See report here.
How to paddle a waterfall
See report here.