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
Llandysul weekend – January 2004 My first weekend away with the club that is not the Dart and therefore scary, however thanks to Lisa F, I am assured it will involve rivers I can manage (even if I did have to check out that there would be ample rescuers, cheers Read more
Dart Weekend 2003 Helen Harris I’d secured my place on the clubs 2003 Dart weekend. I’d listened carefully to Teresa’s instructions to take plate and cutlery and to Lisa G’s advise not to share a room with Conor or Pete Carter, they snore badly after beer. I’d even let my Read more
The Exe Descent in a Playboat 3 Novice’s Tale! or That’s the Last Bloody time we do that! It was that time of year.. the Endeavour 50 Mile Challenge was finished, and all the hollow promises from the team to train through the winter this year had once again fallen Read more
Nant Clydach, 29 November 2003 The sum total of my kayaking this season had included a swim down the “….nasty rocky shoot that you want to avoid….” at Cobdens (on the Llugwy) and a missed Dart weekend. I was keen to paddle something well within my (lack of) kayaking experience, Read more
Trip Report – River Mellte Sunday Nov 2nd 2003 A brief break in the dry spell came just in time for an advanced club trip that was actually on the programme ! A large group of hopeful canoeists had gathered at the docks with a beginners trip to the Exe Read more
Bristol Canoe Club Magazine Autumn / Winter 2003 Here we have a bumper issue, mostly describing the wonderful trips we’ve done in the last year. If you’ve paddled anywhere as fun as these, then why not write your trip up, send it in, and I’ll put it into the next Read more
Introduction In July 2003, 12 of us went to Norway to paddle. We paddled some fantastic rivers. We had a few epics, but no major injuries. We had a fantastic time. The motley crew consisted of: Tony Barrass, Conor O’Neill, Lisa Gunton, John Leopold, Richard Gunton, Baldrick, Dominic Morgan, Lisa Read more