For Sale – Perception Java
Used Perception Java for sale, shows usual scratches for a used boat of this type but all are light with no deep gouges and no repair.
style one to massively improve comfort and fit. I am 6’1″ and paddle wear trainers whilst paddling this so you should have not problems adjusting it to suit yourself. I will also leave the airbags in the boat.
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Corris Trip
Weekend trip to Corris is booked for 04 March at - 06 March, leaving Friday evening and back Sunday.
As usual we are aiming for last orders in Corris itself and staying in the Coventry Mountaineering Hut.
Usually a bit of paddling & walking, coffee & cake. Get your name to Becky ASAP. Cars will be sorted on Thursday 3rd at the pool.
Costs are £20 for accom, excluding fuel, meals and beer.
Severn Bore
Well we managed to paddle the Severn Bore at the weekend, good fun with a carnival atmosphere and a little bit of surfing. The wave is a little bit of a one hit wonder, once your off your off, Steph managed a front loop as the wave hit and was pushed off, Dave and Nathan managed a couple of hundred meters at most before giving way to the surfers and Becky managed an impressive 2.5km!
Not many pics ourselves but heres a few videos from about the internet featuring the wave, look carefully and you might just see us!
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Boat & Caravan Show (22 – 27 February 2011)
DesMes press update: http://www.desperate-measures.co.uk/paddling-news/?cat=155
The Boat and Caravan Show is the biggest outdoor and leisure show in the UK!
2011, the shows 50th anniversary is certainly no exception, boasting everything from the UK’s largest indoor display of tents, to a hall full of narrow boats, motoryachts, RIB’s – and just about everything inbetween!
This year, not only will we be exhibiting at the Boat and Caravan Show, we will be running the Canoe and Kayak Pool (sponsored by Land Rover) with the help of Voyager Coaching.
On our show stand (1330, Hall 1), we’ll have a sizable range of kit and paddles, along with sit-on-tops, recreational kayaks and canoes from Dagger, Perception, Wilderness Systems, Ocean Kayak, We-no-Nah, Old Town and Gumotex.
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Important pool session news
The pool refurbishment is almost complete and we will be moving back in very soon.
The pool is closed next Thursday 2/12/10 – there will be no canoe session.
We re-open in the newly refurbished pool on Thursday 9/12/10.
Day 4 – Blackwater (Perthshire)
Scotland 2010 Photos and Videos
Photos and video from our latest trip to Beatties Cottage in the Caingorms.
Good rivers, good company and a whole lot of good fun.
Rivers included the Feshie, Calder, Findhorn, Lower South Esk and Blackwater. Also thrown in was a little mountain biking with a sprinkle of ridging!
Day 3 – Lower South Esk & Ridging Dark Lochnagar
Split into 2 groups the paddlers were off to the Lower South Esk whilst the walkers were off to climb and bag Dark Lochnagar.
A 11 mile walk from Glen Muick to the summit of Lochnager in good weather, although on the higher parts winds were blowing 25-35mph with gusts of up to 50mph.
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Day 2 – Findhorn
Water Level: The marker showing just above 2 on the guage at the get on.
The river was big and bouncy, everybody in the group was grinning like idiots with the sizeable wavetrains turning the river into a giant rollercoaster. Dulsie Bridge looked bigger than we had seen it before with the rocks on river right covered and a number of stoppers, including one river wide one that became a 5ft high ‘tubing’ wave as the river surged. Whilst imposing it was flushing though, as proved by Jim and Andy swimming through the lot.
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Day 1: Mountain Biking, Feshie & Calder.
Nice water level with good grade 2-3 rapids for most of its length. A good starter river for the novice members of the group with a number of swims clocked up between them.