Planning canoe trip HELP!!

[Wilderbeast]

Hi all,
I'm in the Essex/Suffolk area and am planning a kayak trip with dad as he is dead keen on the idea ! Does anyone know any nice routes that I could do with stop off points and places for bushcraft , anyway trip to last about 2 - 3 days and nice and relaxed if possible with plenty of time for father et son chatting!!

Cheers
Wilderbeast WIll

PS Will probs will take place in summer as highly possible I will fall in and I don't want to die........(joking.....or maybe not!!)

 

[atross]

Check out this site

http://www.songofthepaddle.co.uk/forum/index.php

They have a lot of trips in their places section

 

[Armleywhite]

You could start by trying a river / canal. Makes things easier...

 

[Canalvoyageur]

Check out this site

http://www.songofthepaddle.co.uk/forum/index.php

They have a lot of trips in their places section

Seconded, the most obvious place to start any canoe trip.
Regards Bill

 

[Shewie]

Check out this site

http://www.songofthepaddle.co.uk/forum/index.php

They have a lot of trips in their places section

I`ve just joined up myself Will so we can ask numpty questions together.

It`s got to be the best resource available for canoes, a bit like this place but a bit soggy and smells of mildew.

 

[Wilderbeast]

and I bet it's more cold.........

 

[rik_uk3]

Agree with the others, ask over on the song of the paddle forum, very friendly bunch

 

[slamdunk]

Agree with the others, ask over on the song of the paddle forum, very friendly bunch

No we're not........

 

[Scots_Charles_River]

Howabout the Broads ? never too exposed and plenty of wilder spots and the odd pub.

Nick

 

[Tarmacsoftee]

Howabout the Broads ? never too exposed and plenty of wilder spots and the odd pub.

Nick

I'll echo that too and what has been previously suggested. As you're in the Suffolk area then the southern broads system is on your doorstep , the Waveney being the most southerly, but really in the whole broads system you should find something that may cater for your taste. Are you planning to camp and on commercial sites?

Heres a link to a trip we arranged on the broads this summer which may be of interest.

http://www.canoewithaview.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=205

All the best for the trip whatever you decide.

Nige.

 

[Wilderbeast]

I'll echo that too and what has been previously suggested. As you're in the Suffolk area then the southern broads system is on your doorstep , the Waveney being the most southerly, but really in the whole broads system you should find something that may cater for your taste. Are you planning to camp and on commercial sites?

Heres a link to a trip we arranged on the broads this summer which may be of interest.

http://www.canoewithaview.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=205

All the best for the trip whatever you decide.

Nige.

cheers mate, as far as campsights go really not a fan but someone has suggested this orchard one in suffolk which encourages oopen fires so that seems nice!!

 

[The Cumbrian]

It`s got to be the best resource available for canoes, a bit like this place but a bit soggy and smells of mildew.[/QUOTE]


Hey you, I'd like to inform you that I'm very rarely soggy, and if I ever am, I can usually explain it so that it sounds as though it was on purpose.

As for the mildew smell, you'll be mistaking that for the smell of yeast / hops, as a canoe's ability to transport beer has never been equalled in the history of human powered transport.

 

[Shewie]

Hey you, I'd like to inform you that I'm very rarely soggy, and if I ever am, I can usually explain it so that it sounds as though it was on purpose.

As for the mildew smell, you'll be mistaking that for the smell of yeast / hops, as a canoe's ability to transport beer has never been equalled in the history of human powered transport.

Yeah good point about the beer Michael, I`ll give you that one.

 

[ASLAN]

Agree with the others, ask over on the song of the paddle forum, very friendly bunch

But they might try and convert you - lots of bushcrafters over on there, eh MK.

 

[squantrill]

Hi all,
I'm in the Essex/Suffolk area and am planning a kayak trip father et son chatting!!

river deban
the sea!!

checkout british canoe union remeber uk there is no right of access on most rivers best bet is sea or trip to river wye in monmouth there is free access to most of it..