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 The Tees is a great ww venue when there is a good level of water, however it can be subject to rapid rise and fall of levels. A series of open rapids lead to the gorge section, a series of steep drops the largest of which is Woden Croft - a trickly left hander with a rock guarding the exit of the rapid. Below the gorge the nature of the river changes with it flattening out becoming wider and less fast flowing. At good water levels a wide range of route opportunities with medium size choppy waves across the whole river.
The lower Abbey Rapids sprint sector offers more all weather capablity, with the river channeling in between large rock shelves at lower levels.
Not suitable for beginners, the nearby North Tyne and Tees barrage offers better lower level opportunities.
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 The Avon race at Stratford is curently advertised as Grade 1/2. Well,that was true in the winter when we recced it, but come April it'sbasically flat water with a dead easy 5ft weir and some interestingswirly bits at the bottom. It's an ideal entry level race and safe ashouses for first timers. We hold it on the weekend of the ShakespeareFestival, so we get loads of casual spectators. |
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Whilst the Wye is not used any more for racing (there used to be a popular descent race in the autumn), it is a good piece of training water.
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 This is a very popular early season Div. B race that provides a long
but interesting course. The start is located adjacent to the car park
of the Square and Compass at Darley Bridge north of Matlock and finishes
down stream immediately below the slalom course at Matlock Bath. The course
length is 7 km. The Derwent has unrestricted access from Artist's Corner
car park to the bottom of the slalom course (the Derwent Dash course),
access for the race section is only granted for the race and other sections
have no access.
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 The Irwell at Burrs is a good introductory race, with full bank access.
The nearby Mersey follows it up as a training venue with slighty easier
water but a longer course. Both these race courses can be paddled at practically
any level, even if there has not been recent rain. The Irwell comes up
and down quite fast. River levels can be found by ringing the Rivercall
service run by the EA (0930 107702), select option 3. (this is a premium
rate call, but the information is brief and to the point so it's not expensive).
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 The River Nith flows east from the hills of South Ayrshire, then south
through the towns of New Cumnock, Sanquhar, Thornhill and Dumfries, some
64km to the Solway Firth. Much of the river is of slack water with occasional
falls of Grade I, mainly in the lower section. However, for a stretch
of about 12km the river runs through the Drumlanrig Gorge and here its
fall is more pronounced. In this section alone the fall of the river is
about 250m and the river flows over a series of rapids, which can be as
difficult at Grade V in high water. For its last few miles, after the
town of Dumfries, the river flows into a tidal estuary. The Nith is a
relatively short river with a small catchment area and hence it rises
and falls fairly dramatically. The river is certainly at its best after
heavy rain and it can be in condition at any time of the year. For most
of the length the river valley is used by the A76, which is the main Dumfries
- Cumnock trunk road and allows easy access to the river at various locations.
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