The first rapid and dropping down to the first gorge Few people will even be aware of its existence as they drive by along the A5 past the Conwy Falls cafe, just above the River Conwy but the Fairy Glen is the stuff of myths and legends. Widely regarded as a test piece paddle the …
by Jo Canoeing in Nepal, in Africa, South America and other far-flung places is an amazing experience, not only for the biggest, steepest, scariest rivers in the world and breath-taking scenery, but also for the vastly different cultures and hospitality of the people we meet river guides become firm friends, families in incredibly remote villages …
With Nepal being featured on one of the shiny TV holiday programmes earlier in the year and all the posts on UK Rivers it seems like Nepal was going to open season this year. There’s more to Nepal than the biggest lump of rock on the planet… We land at Kathmandu and are met by …
Away from the bike park that makes Whistler so famous lie a wealth of trails just waiting to be explored, if you get to know some of the locals you get the benefit of riding the best trails without the hastle of route finding. Locals earlier this summer If you bump into these two in the line …
Disneyland is a ride I have wanted to do for years , I’ve seen pictures taken up top with Howe Sound in the background in magazines and calendars and it’s one of those rides that was on my hit list., Kira booked the heli and we soon had the five we needed for the trip, Kira, Noel, …
The only sound is the tinging of my disc brakes as they cool down, below me I hear, "helooooooooooo Mr. Bear" as Duncan hollers to the local residents of the woods in an effort to avoid a bear / mountain bike confrontation. We are screaming down the singletrack to the trail end where earlier on …
by Bob Scott Bob Scott is semi retired living in Scotland, running a B&B with wife Olive, a horse called Jackie and the laziest dog I know, Jess. I hope I have half of Bob's enthusiasm when I reach his stage in life. In January of this year Bob rode his Honda varadero motorbike from …
Things can go wrong very, very quickly on a river. Nearing the end of the run I split the group into two groups of three, the eddies above the Linn are few and far between at this level, I don't want the group arriving as a six, all fighting for for space. I drop down …
Somewhere in the north of England there is a wave or perhaps not. Lyndon’s Mythical wave works at certain high river levels, ones man’s flood is another man’s surf wave.
Val Sesia With precious little in the way of snow in the Alps this winter and a text from tthe Ted I master saying all the snow had long gone we set off to Italy wondering what we were going to paddle, surely it couldn't be lower than last year! Thankfully some rain early in …