Adventure Paddlers Weekend, Dartmoor

Walking into the Erme (Photo: Tom Laws)
 
The Gene 17 Adventure Paddlers weekend at the River Dart Country Park has been getting bigger and better over the past few years and is now a firm fixture in the diaries of many paddlers. At last year’s event, inspired by beer and some fantastic talks, I agreed [...]

Midweek Slacking on Manchester’s Spate Ditches

Get on for the Etherow
It’s been raining in Manchester. The sort of torrential rain that keeps you awake at night at when you do drift off to sleep, it’s to dreams of bank-full rivers and epic days on the water. So when I got a text from Chris asking if I fancied taking [...]