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White Water Trip, River Barle and River Exe, Saturday 11 November
Conditions look promising for a trip on the rivers Barle and Exe on Saturday 11 November.
Open to canoes and kayaks, paddlers should have been on white water before.
Mike will lead the canoes and I will lead the kayaks.
Meet 0900 at Dulverton or 0730 at the club to load boats and car share, it takes about an hour to drive from the club to Dulverton. Please share transport wherever you can.
Everyone will need helmets, and usual paddling gear. As always, capsizes are not intended but remain a real possibility so we must all dress to be in the water so at least windproof.
Carry a hot drink, food and spare warm clothing in the boat and a change of clothes to come home in.
Space for 6 canoes and 12 kayaks, more if other leaders join us.
If you want to come but aren't sure, do ask us!
If we haven't paddled together before, please let us know your experience level on booking.
Booked so far:
Canoes, Mike, Susan, Will, Roger (4)
Kayaks, Brian, Paul H, Owen, Nigel, Christina, Bruce, Laura, Duncan, Rich, Jane, Dom. (11)
Comments
I would like to join you paddling kayak. I will go direct as going from Okehampton
Would I be competent enough?
Me too, Kayak please
Any chance of someone taking a kayak for me? Do we need extra cars to ferry people between A and B?
Can I come with you Paul? I will leave my car elsewhere if not needed….
I'll join you.
This looks like quite a big trip! The weather forecast looks good for the time of year and when I last looked the river level was on the high side but dropping. There's not much rain forecast so we should have a good level. We have a mix of experienced and relatively new white water paddlers so we should have a good day out.
I'm not planning to go to the club in the morning so please make sure you all bring a suitable boat with air bags, decent spray deck, buoyancy aid, helmet and windproof jacket (a well worn walking waterproof is a minimum. Shoes need to be securely fitted and fixed to your feet so that they don't come off if you take a swim! Other than that and what I say above, dress to be warm at about 10 degrees and stay warm when wet, I know not everyone has wet or dry suits yet!
When you get to Dulverton you will cross the river on a bridge, turn left at the end of the bridge and we will meet just there or, if it's busy, in the car park past the police station. You need coins to pay for parking, I'm not sure whether cards or phones work the machine. There is a toilet block at the car park but last time I was there it was closed and locked up. There is another a short walk away through Dulverton. Parking at the finish is in a pub car park so we should have a drink together when we finish, it doesn't have to be alcoholic!
If you know how to use a throwline, please bring one and a river knife. The experienced white water paddlers will bring their own safety kit so we will be well equipped.
Looking forward to a good day out and meeting some of you for the first time....
Very Excited
not quite the planned trip, but having looked at the river, it was high and running fast, so most of us decamped to the Tiverton Canal at Jubilee Bridge with a relaxed paddle to Sampford Peveral and back, for those of us in canoes, we seemed to be following a Kingfisher most of the way back.
Roger, I will get that key to you someday!!!
Thanks for a chilled trip everyone!