Canoeing trips ??

[SoloBoy]

Just wondering If anybody knows of any canoe trips anywhere in the North West.Or if canoes can be rented anywhere.And any legal rivers we could take them to.
Its my Dads 50th soon and I know he has allways wanted to do it .Any information/help would be great guys

 

[bloodline]

One I keep planning to do is the river Wye you can hire canoes at plenty of places and there are shed loads of campsites look at" privateers on the wye"for a good route planner. Me mate and me have done plenty of expeditions but that one is one of the longest ones in the uk and the wye is geared up for canoeing. Glasbury and Hay on Wye are a couple of good start points . Let me know how you get on.

 

[baz979]

yeah i was looking into doing some canoe touring and the river wye was the one that came up in a lot of the seaches. I'd aslo like to do the great gren way on a canoe, i walked it at the beginning of the year and the veiws were amazing!
i built a canoe a month or 2 ago but iv still not had a chance to try it out propperly

 

[SoloBoy]

Thanks guys,will check out the wye .And have you got any pikkys of your canoe you built Baz.

 

[Goose]

There is a watersport place at Kings Dock that might be able to help you.
They do courses and hire canoes,dingies and other stuff for use there but will probably have plenty of local knowledge and contacts.
Driving out of town toward Otterspool prom turn right toward the marina and they are in the building on the dock(supposed to look like an old paddle steamer) Cant miss it on your right hand side.

 

[anthonyyy]

You might find this site helpful:
http://www.ukriversguidebook.co.uk/

If you want to ask any advice there is a bulletin board.

 

[happy camper]

hello,
if you want to come north, scotland has loads of great canoeing for all abilities and the rights of access for waterways are basically unlimited (as long as you respect fisheries etc.). A great guide book is "scottish canoe touring - an sca canoe and kayak guide" printed by the s.c.a.(scottish canoe association).
One possibility for rental, if you do come north, is tiso, they're cheap i think it's £60 for a weeks rental of a ranger 15 with paddles and buoyancy aids. (they've got shops in edinburgh, glasgow and ratho ,tel. 0131 554 0804 for the main branch). wherever you decide to go i'm sure you'll have a great time!

 

[baz979]

hello solo boy i have pics but there on the pc at my house ill have a go at putting them up here when i get back

 

[fungy]

how do soloboy, just a quick message, have a look in Trail magazine they have a holiday some time in september, the trip is up and around the west coast of Scotland, if I'm right it's about £500 for the week.It's in this months issue, near the back.