Coming events
To Sunday 17 October 2010 - 12:59am
Two different kinds of canoeing to choose from: Whitewater on the upper Dart, or Sea/Estuary kayaking from Totnes down.
- The Kingfisher Canoe Club have invited suitably experienced members of the Canoe-camping Club to join them on their annual excursion on the Dart. The trip grading is dependent on water level: Newbridge to Holne Bridge is normally a Grade 2/3 bump and scrape with plenty of opportunity for rock and tree dodging. In high water it is claimed to go up as far as Grade 5. The section from Holne down to Totnes is generally a Grade 2 with a number of weirs which can become killers when the river is in spate.)
- Sea kayaks and suitable tourers ONLY for salt water trips, paddlers must have 2* or above.
Staying at Parkers Farm Camping Site near Ashburton, you can camp, caravan or hire a mobile home or cottage on site.
It is a wonderful area for touring, both on land and the coast. Dartmoor is as close as the sea so non-paddlers have multiple choice to spoil them. Mountain biking on Dartmoor, walking the South West Coast path or visiting nearby Plymouth with its myriad of things to do and see. There is also the Dart valley steam railway nearby and the Dart Country Park.