On Saturday 26th June at 0315 my alarm clock went off. Why was it going off this early on a Saturday of all days? Because I had a flight to catch. I was heading off for a week of paddling near Bovec, Slovenia. However, me being me, the journey to get there was far from
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A discussion over on UK Rivers Guidebook got me thinking about the rivers that I have paddled. As I started to compile a list I was somewhat surprised at just how many different rivers I have paddled. Below is the list of rivers (not sections of rivers) that I have paddled since 1999, when I
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0700 in the morning my alarm clock goes off. This is considerably earlier than it goes off for most week days yet this was a Sunday. The reason for this crazily early start? Aaron, of SquareRock has very kindly lent me his personal boat for a few hours and I was determined to make the
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Paddling down the river on Sunday got me thinking about how fortunate we are as kayakers. Through seeking enjoyment from our sport we get to see places that other people would never normally get to see. The particular rapid which made me think about this was Swallow Falls on the River Llugwy in North Wales.
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On Sunday, Lindsay and I made a visit to Longleat Safari Park. Here are a selection of the photos we took. More photos are available at http://photos.andywicks.com/LongleatSafariPark
Following on from our trip to Norway during the summer of 2009, Simon has written an article on his blog, during which he talks about how you don’t have to be a crazy-hardcore whitewater paddler for a trip there to be worthwhile… Norway: Trolls, fjords, a-Ha and big scary grade 5 rivers. Having never been
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After a thoroughly enjoyable Christmas I managed to escape for the day on Tuesday and headed to Dartmoor. I had been watching the weather forecasts intently hoping that there would be enough water the bring the Dart up to an enjoyable level. On Monday afternoon the forecasts were looking very good for Tuesday, so I
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Well, what can I say. It would appear that I have somewhat neglected this blog over the past few months – it has been three and half months since my last post! I am sure you will be glad to hear that this is not because I have fallen off the face of the earth
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On 28th July 2009 12 paddlers made the journey from England to the whitewater mecca of Norway. 12 days and 3829 miles later we returned having managed 14 sections of river in 9 days. During the trip we paddled everything from very high volume on the Sjoa Playrun through to steep and technical on the
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After almost ten months of planning and preparing we are finally en-route to Norway. We currently sat at Dover awaiting our ferry. We have managed 109 miles of our approx 1200 mile journey to our campsite in Norway. Somehow we have managed to load all our clothes, camping kit, and paddling kit and still have
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