Information
Forms for Cardiff
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
News
Cardiff White Water course
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 Read more
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The worst trip in the world ever – Jan 2008
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 Read more
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Llandysul weekend – Jan 2008
Here’s an old article I found… Friday night… with KENT FORD! The club’s annual Llandysul trip had been carefully timed by Martin to coincide with nationwide flooding. And we managed to end up in the one part of the UK which had been flooded more than anywhere else. The river Read more
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River rating (chase boating)
Given the amount of chase boating in France [ 2008 ], I thought this deserved a re-write; (courtesy of JK) Class I, Easy. Fast moving water with riffles and small waves. Boat chasing is easy and fun. Boat immediately rescued and emptied on bank. People chat about how refreshing the Read more
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New International System for Rating Rapids
New International System for Rating Rapids (Found somewhere on the web) Someone asked an anonymous boater about his class IV comfort level and he answered something along the lines of “I’m comfortable that I can usually find an eddy to swim to.” Thus, the interviewer was inspired to offer this: Read more
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BCC Italia 2007
A write-up of the BCC Italy trip, 2007; PDF here. I’m not sure who was the author (JK?).
Historical
France 2006
France 2006 Nicknames Some people think kayaking trips abroad are all about the paddling – which rivers were done? What grade were they? What were the features? Now that’s all very well, but far more important is the gossip… Jon Kerswell Nickname Reason Mat “Marmoset” Jones ‘One of the club’s Read more
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Taf Fechan
Taf Fechan It’s the end of May and I’m up early to go boating… well sort of, the plan is to take our boats for a walk down the Melte as Mark hasn’t done it before. What makes this plan even more stupid is I’m driving to the cage from Read more