This blog is about our Gold Duke of Edinburgh canoeing expedition down the River Wye from Hay on Wye in Herefordshire to Symonds Yat near Monmouth. The expedition was from 15th June 2011 to 18th June 2011 with one day of acclimatisation before hand. Over the trip James kept a dairy of what happened on each day and all of the photos were taken on two cameras by Os, James and Will.
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| Part of the river Wye |
As we decided to use canoeing as our mode of transport, we took three canoes on the expedition with two people paddling tandem and with one solo paddler, which alternated between Will and Al. All of our equipement was then packed into one large blue 70 litre barrel each plus a couple of dry bags for items that need to be close to hand during the day. The camping arrangement consisted of two tents and for the third evening a canoeing tarp over the top.
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| The group of us just before we set off |
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| A main road bridge just above our first get on point. |
The weather on the trip was overall very good apart from one day where it rained for the afternoon and evening, it also happened to be Al's birthday however spirits were not dampened. The trip ran smoothly overall with the only misshape being Will dropping his paddle infront of two families who paddled alongside us for an hour.
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| A last group photo before we depart, from left Os, Kiran, Al, Will and James. |
Al
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