All those canoes and Kayaks were up for the anual Tivy Tour, a two day event on the glorious river Tivy that is a supurb river for novice and expert alike - some sections I teach on , some even I portage around!
In West Wales we have supurb sections of flat water, moderate moving water, "interesting" white water and the sea.
Open Canoes are THE way to travel and get all bushie and I know of some supurb wild camping sites (not always exactly known about by the authorities) that make for great weekends on the water.
I am more than willing to pass on my skills, I am a qualified level 4 coach, able to train and assess NGB "Star"awards to 3 star, have all the insurances etc and can loan a couple of canoes bouyancy aids paddles etc but if you want to come down with your own gear it would help as last year I sold up my canoe coaching business and disposed of most of my gear!
I can kit out a couple of folk of average size at a time and would definately look at discount for BCUK folk or accept sevices/gear in trade if agreement could be reached.
Drop me a PM if anyone is interested.
John
