White water trip for beinners Sunday 12th OCTOBER 2014

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  • #4250
    Ken HamblinKen Hamblin
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    Clive is away this weekend and has asked me to run the trip on Sunday you lucky people!! So any queries please direct them my way please. We will hope to be doing the lower Dart from Holne weir to Buckfast bridge panning to be there by about 1300hrs give or take a half hour. Please meet at the B&Q carpark at Marsh Mills ready to leave at 0900hrs on Sunday. If you need a lift please make arrangements to get there and hopefully we will be able to mange from there. If you have to collect kit from the Club shed make sure this is done before Sunday as we will not be going anywhere near there that morning. See the entry from Alan Ede re borrowing Club Kit on the PPCA Chat Section for times and dates to be able to collect any items ๐Ÿ™„ ๐Ÿ™„
    As you may have noticed it has got a little bit colder this week and will continue to do so through the winter so make sure you have adeqate clothing to keep you warm. We will stop for a short while about half way down for a quick bite and drink if you so desire so bring this with you if you feel you need it. Beginners please remember to bring a helmet along with the rest of your kit. It is looking much more promissing this week with the river levels but strange things do happen with the UK weather so I will update this entry on Saturday evening after about 1800hrs ( Will be at Rugby until then)
    Those or you that live nearer the Dart than Marsh Mills we will meet you up in the layby at Holne Weir at 0930hrs but could you please leave a message on here if you are doing this so that we can have a rough idea as to how many helpers we may have in ratio to the number of beginners.
    Have a good week and hope to see some old faces along with some new ones on Sunday. ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜€
    Ken

    #5004
    Test Aaron Stapleadmin
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    Hi Ken All being well I will be there.

    Andy

    #5005
    mark curtismark curtis
    Participant

    The Banjo Player will be there Ken,long time coming,Booyah!!!!!!!!!!! ๐Ÿ˜‰

    #5006
    EMUEMU
    Participant

    Looking forward to it Ken ๐Ÿ˜€

    #5007
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Yes please Ken, let’s hope we get on the river

    #5008
    Pete AndersonPete Anderson
    Participant

    Myself Sophie and Hannah will be along if levels permit. ๐Ÿ™‚
    Will check Forum on Sat eve

    #5009
    Jen & Sam Nicholls & PluckroseJenny Nicholls
    Participant

    Count me in!!

    Jen

    #5010
    Clive AshfordClive A
    Participant

    I’ve had an answerphone message saying that Sharon Steward is intending to come along. Sharon is a river novice.

    Clive A

    #5011
    Michael Selleysmeg
    Participant

    I am hoping to be there Ken, can I bring a guest, who wants to join the club? He is a young man who has not river kayaked for several years but was very competent, he can roll.

    #5012
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Where did you get that from?

    According to ukgov its the 26th.

    #5013
    mark curtismark curtis
    Participant

    Ken,
    the way the river is running at the mo not looking good,so Mr Bigbury it is, i,m sure we will catch up between now and March, ๐Ÿ˜‰ Booyah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    #5014
    Test Aaron Stapleadmin
    Keymaster

    Yeah I got my dates wrong. The info I got was from American paddling site.

    #5015
    Clive AshfordClive A
    Participant

    Dave Halloran is also intending to come along. Dave is waiting for access to the forum so is unable to post for himself at the moment.

    Dave is a competent river paddler.

    Clive A

    #5016
    Ken HamblinKen Hamblin
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    Well as you might have guessed with such an early message that the levels in the Dart are cronic and therfore I am calling the trip off for tomorrow. I am so sorry but Clive and I paddled the Loop on Thursday and it was extremely low then and the forecast for the rest of today and tonight is very light showers if any and from yesterdays level which was about .59 at Austin bridge it has dropped to .43 today which may make some sense with some of you. I told you to keep your fingers crossed but obviously somebody has been a bit lax. ๐Ÿ™„ ๐Ÿ™„ ๐Ÿ™„ ๐Ÿ™„ ๐Ÿ™„ ๐Ÿ™„ ๐Ÿ™„ ๐Ÿ™„
    Yes there may have been the alternative of using the Tamar but the fishing season does not finish on there until the 15 October so that is out until then.
    Doom and Gloom im afraid but hope to see you all on Monday evening and maybe we can have a chat about this then. ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜€
    Ken

    #5017
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Agree Ken, I was at the RDCP this morning and it was very low on School Rapids, good shout.

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