Upper Wye, October 31st [ Photos are here. ] Kiwi ‘Jungle Boy’ Nick’s determination to paddle every godforsaken ditch in the UK led us to ‘pop up’ to Rhayader in Wales to run the Upper Wye. Five of us met up at the docks and took the decision to use Read more…
West Wales Paddling Trip Oct 2004 With the quality of the British weather of late, and following the highly successful white water safety course it was time for a paddling weekend abroad (Wales) to hone our skills. With keen interest from a dozen intrepid paddlers it appeared the weekend would Read more…
Myself & “friend” ran the River Ure Hack Falls to Slenningford Water Mill Section on the 10th August in the biggest water I’ve paddled this river in 20 years. The non stop torrential down pour, environment agency flood warnings & a balmy summer evening made for a very amusing/hairy run. Read more…
If you are a paddler and into your white water and associated trips then at some point you undoubtedly end up in the French Alps. It just kinda happens that way! This was my third time there and I had a couple of virgins with me (at this destination). Sam Read more…
Editorial A smaller issue this time, even though I have to apologise for the delay in producing this magazine. I will try harder next time… The deadline for the next issue will be around 1st November 2004. Thanks – Conor O’Neill Slalom News Bernie Cole, after 26 years in division Read more…
BCC Scotland Trip27th March – 3rd April 2004 Some photos from this trip are here. The line up for this year’s jaunt was as follows: Alamo ‘Tortoise’ Spaargaren, Nick ‘Jungle Boy’ Clendon, Richard ‘Gollom’ Pinchin, Mat ‘Lord Snowdon’ Jones and Jim ‘the swim’ Ratcliffe. With a ratio of experienced paddlers Read more…
Below are the final results (March 2004) for the National SW Div 4 League. Team Played Won Lost Drawn Goals For Goals Against GD Points Ranking Aberfan 18 17 1 0 66 13 53 86 1 Bere Forest 18 12 3 3 61 24 37 72 2 Avon 18 11 Read more…
Bristol Canoe Club Magazine Spring 2004 Another big issue, mostly describing the wonderful trips we’ve done in the last few months. Thanks for this set of articles – it really gives a flavour of what the club is doing. The deadline for the next issue will be around 1st April Read more…
Tony Barrass News of good weather reached us early on Monday : The Environment Agency – has issued 64 flood watches and 25 flood warnings across Wales. We checked the Environment Agencies advice to see what we should do: ENVIRONMENT AGENCY ADVICE Encouraged by this good advice we planned a Read more…
My Clydach Harvey Lyons Everyone has rivers that hold a special place in their mind. Special moments of pleasure, pain, fear or happiness that come flooding back just at the mention of the name. For me this is Clydach. Now there are several Clydach’s in South Wales but the one Read more…