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HOLY ISLAND, ANGLESEY - illustrated report by Zoe Newsam. HOLYHEAD TO DUN LAOGHAIRE - trip report by Barry Shaw and Harry Whelan. ANGLESEY AND THE LLEYN PENINSULA - illustrated trip report by Jim Krawiecki. CWM PENNANT 2004 - report from "A Novice Sea Kayakers Log Book" (Illustrated) A SOLO CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF ANGLESEY - report by Barry Shaw. LLEYN PENINSULA EASTER 2002 - trip report by Jim Krawiecki. (illustrated) RAMSEY ISLAND - trip report by Mark Rainsley. (illustrated) BITCHES TRIP REPORT - by Mark Rainsley. Splendid weekend at one of the UK's best locations. CWM PENNANT Sea kayaking festival, Cwm Pennant, 2000. Report by Richard Seaby
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Welsh Canoeing Association's website - the official Association for Wales, affiliated to the BCU. Bing Maps will help you find places mentioned. Ministry of Defense contacts for some of the military exercise areas are to be found in this discussion and this one. See also the Ministry of Defence webpages for contacts. Planning your first multi-day trip? Mark Rainsley's article "a Special Kind of Freedom" is essential reading. Broken links? Please email me with details. Kayak Trails / Route Plans / Guides to specif areas Inland Waterways - details and guides to canals and other inland waters. Other sites with routes / trip reports Sean Morley paddled round all the inhabited islands of UK in 2004 - a stunning trip, well documented here. Many of the bloggers have excellent pictures and write-ups of their trips - check the Other Sites page. Bolton Canoe Club's is worth a look at for trip ideas. BITCHES PADDLING ADVICE - useful info from Canoe Wales. The Bitches - Whitewater Playspot - a lot of background about the Bitches. NWSK's web site has some reports on Welsh trips. Swaledale Outdoor Club has some excellent illustrated trip reports covering trips in a variety of locations. Song of the Paddle, although dedicated to Open Canoes, provides a useful reference to places to paddle. Local info "Easy Reference Sheet" - Western England & Wales - Summary sheet with paddling speed calculators, wind speed chart, CG contact & MSI Broadcast Times, Marine VHF channels etc Inland Waterways - details and guides to canals and other inland waters. Click the "Go Boating" link for extra details. See also this link. Photography - The Geograph project aims to collect geographically representative photographs and information for every square kilometre of Great Britain and Ireland - there are some useful coastal shots. Bothies - the Mountain Bothies Association maintains a variety of bothies throught the UK. The UKBothies forum provides a mass of useful information. Discussions from the Community Pages Anglesey - North coast - with pics Ramsey Island - with pics South Stacks, nr Holyhead - with pics, and a warning about the risks from HSS's! Stacks - from Treaddur Bay - with pics Wales - general paddling ideas & advice. |
(Updated 20-Dec-2015 )
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