Trip Reports
Below you can find a summary of each of the fantastic trip reports as written by our wonderfully talented members.
21 November 2010
By Pete Thorn
Added: 12 February, 2012
I think Liz's canadian might have seen the last of it's short lived days on moving water. It was well and truly folded around the bridge just before Tiverton, very unlucky as a few inches to one side or the other and it would have missed the pin and jus...
7 November 2010
By Pete Thorn
Added: 12 February, 2012
A good day was had by all (I think). Four got down early to run from Dartmeet, on a lowish but runnable level. Joe Batts hadn't paddled it for 10 years and for Alun it was a first.
Very competent paddling got them down the test pieces upright and ...
28 November 2010
By Pete Thorn
Added: 12 February, 2012
The two groups duly attended training at RDCP with world top boater Deb Pinneger. The training was excellent...always some new thinking to improve our reactions and planning to incidents on the river. The only issue was the arctic conditions in which our h...
20 November 2010
By Pete Thprn
Added: 12 February, 2012
Today the 4 Star candidates and a few others (11 in all) gathered at Lynmouth to practice the skills needed on the upcoming training/assessment.
We used the river just 2 minutes walk upstream of the carpark. It was ideal and we splashed about doin...
Saturday 15 January 2011
By Pete Thorn
Added: 12 February, 2012
Great day on the Barle with Joe and Joe today. Big wave-trains and very fast. The level is dropping off now but more rain due from 09:00 tomorrow so would have thought it will come up again due to the land being saturated. There is a fair amount of trees e...
Swiftwater Training
By Pete Thorn
Added: 12 February, 2012
Eight joined Hugh and me to splash about in the East Lyn today, and good fun it was. After some dodgy practice with ropes in the car park the team members competed to see who could snag a floundering paddler and haul them gasping up the bank.
We e...
Sunday 16 January 2011
By Pete Thorn
Added: 12 February, 2012
Nice level on the Loop today with some nice wave-trains and play spots for us all to enjoy. The Dart at this level is ace for practising your river surfing, ferry-gliding and eddy-hoping and everyone was getting involved so thumbs up for that.
The...
Saturday 22 January 2011
By Pete Thorn
Added: 12 February, 2012
Nineteen go wild. It was -5 on Eric's thermometer but watery sun had been promised. My first run from Beaford, which is a beautiful put-in, with otter tracks under the bridge. The massive group set off to float down on the still strong flow, eyeing the ...
Saturday 5 February 2011
By Pete Thorn
Added: 12 February, 2012
Six of us turned up to help Chris and Kevin christen their newly gained Level 4 qualification. The intention was to paddle the Lower Exe, reputed to be the only patch of white water available in Devon during this current dry period.
John Hinds, St...