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Downstream from Inverskilavulin bridge is a quiet reach of the River Loy ending... (more)

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There are very few places to land on a passage of Ardnamurchan head by sea... (more)

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More properly known as An t-Suileag, the Scottish Whitewater guidebook defers to... (more)

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Being at the end of a dead-end road fairly well out of the way, the farmer at... (more)

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It's always good to get a run in on a stream that is so rarely in condition... (more)

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The river from Dundreggan dam down to Invermoriston (where it meets Loch Ness)... (more)

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Whilst the Spean gorge is an excellent paddling trip when everything else is too... (more)

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Although kayakers have their own names for many features of white water rivers,... (more)

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The put-in for the Black Water at Bridge of Dalruzion gives little opportunity... (more)

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The River Carron has the advantage of being runnable (for kayakers) in low water... (more)

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At Strone, the Caledonian Canal runs higher than the valley floor - it's... (more)

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For those new to the Upper Swale, paddling in high enough water to put on at... (more)

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After a number of ledge drops and slides in the first couple of kilometres,... (more)

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As the water was dropping off from a morning peak caused by heavy overnight... (more)

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This is all but the end of the Nant-y-Gwryd, after just over four and a half... (more)

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Now wide and shallow, the heavy rain has ensured that there is still just about... (more)

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Below the portage, the Nant-y-Gwryd is not as steep as above it and is a lot... (more)

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By the time it is below 200m altitude, the Nant-y-Gwryd has lost a lot of its... (more)

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After a decent period of properly heavy rain (not a rare event in North Wales)... (more)

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Very much a spate run, the water level was already dropping on the Nant-y-Gwryd,... (more)

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Since, two days previously, there had been enough rain (four inches or so) to... (more)

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Although this was a river trip, to avoid trespassing on the railway it was much... (more)

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The River Wear downstream of Durham is a classic section for beginners and runs... (more)

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After the hectic descent of the steep creek above (for which this water level or... (more)

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Paddlers moving off downstream after successfully descending the main obstacle... (more)

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The Dunalastair dam releases a legally required minimum compensation flow... (more)

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The footbridge over the River Carron below Croick Schoolhouse (now a private... (more)

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One of the "Etive tribs", the Allt a'Chaorainn offers steep... (more)

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One of the "Etive tribs", the Allt a'Chaorainn offers steep... (more)

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One of the "Etive tribs", the Allt a'Chaorainn offers steep... (more)

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Ditch paddling at its finest involves tiny spate becks that aren't in any... (more)

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Paddlers are rightly wary of rivers flowing through woodland, especially rarely... (more)

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Following on from rocky rapids below East Amat, the River Carron flattens out... (more)

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Greenfield Beck is the easier of the two tributaries to the Upper Wharfe (the... (more)

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Oughtershaw Beck is a typical Yorkshire spate-beck. If your timing is... (more)

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At the low water levels seen here, it really isn't worth carrying on any... (more)

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After the gorge, the River Carron flattens out, with just a few short, rocky... (more)

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One of the more challenging bits of the River Carron in low water, the flow is... (more)

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On a paddle down the River Loy it's possible to take out almost anywhere as... (more)

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An inflatable kayak coming in to land just upstream from the old Bangor Bridge.

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A couple of kayakers paddle past 'Musicmaker', moored at Spier's... (more)

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The kayak is approaching a shallow area of the Clyde below Hyndford Bridge named... (more)

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Four sea kayaks sit on the beach at Lower Largo, Fife. Their owners were... (more)

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The kayaks have come from the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy at... (more)

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See J3269 : Kayaking, Shaw's Bridge, Belfast - October 2015(2). Two kayakers, under tuition, a short distance downstream from... (more)

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See J3268 : Kayak, Minnowburn Bridge, Belfast - August 2014(1). The second of the two kayakers. The bridge intrudes at lower right.

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One of two kayakers in action very close to the Minnowburn Bridge J3268 : The Minnowburn Bridge (August 2014)... (more)

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At the Castle Semple Loch Visitor Centre. Andy Jackson was a well known... (more)

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The slightly oblique lighting is producing a pleasing effect on the kayakers in... (more)

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A group of eight people arrived here at Monmouth Rowing Club... (more)

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