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I’ve got a new bike!
I’ve got a new bike, a Specialized Tricross Sport. Took it for a ride to Tintern via ShireNewton at the weekend. Now I just have to get a new Mountain Bike and I’m all set. And before someone says Read more
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Beginner’s course 2026
The club will be organising a beginner’s course for adults in June and July 2026. The course will consist of four 2-hour sessions on Bristol docks, on Monday evenings from 6pm. This course costs £100. The June course is on Read more
Flat water
Bristol Harbour K2 10,000m
The club organises a sprint event on Bristol docks in September – the Bristol 10K. See: http://www.bristoltenthousand.org.uk. This will be held on Sat 18th Sep 2010. Stop Press: Unfortunately, this year’s race has been postponed. More details here.
Flat water
Flatwater training
We have a keen set of paddlers who train twice a week throughout the year on Bristol docks, from approximately 6pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We also compete in various marathon and/or sprint races. The club organises a sprint event Read more
Information
New website using WordPress
I have now installed a new website, which uses WordPress. This means we can have a combination of pages supplied by the Webmaster, plus posts supplied by any club members. If you’d like to be given a username so that Read more
White water
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 Read more
White water
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 Read more