Useful links
Have you ever searched for a website that ought to have been easy to find. Canoe Coaching wants to bring many of these useful sites, onto one page.
- There is information for those researching prior to buying.
- There is information on many manufacturers' websites to help you put together presentations or answer exam papers for Level 3 awards.
- There are links to providers who can facilitate your adventure.
- There are links to the BCU and AALA.
- There are links to websites with access information, so we can paddle more easily.
Please forward other websites. It would be good to establish this resource for the paddling community.
Weather
- Met Office Rain Radar
- Track rain for 24 hours.
- http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/
- Uk Met Satellite pictures
- Track pictures for next 24hours
- http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/satpics/latest_uk_ir.html
- Weather Pressure Charts
- Weather chats for up to 5 days shows bwhole North Atlantic, so you can see our weather forming.
- http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/surface_pressure.html
- Met forcast, choose your mountain area
- http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/loutdoor/mountainsafety/index.html
Water levels and access
- Rain Chasers
- Cumbria river information and paddlesport information site. Includes web cams of local rivers.
- Live Cumbrian river information
- Scottish Water Levels
- Track down upto date river levels on many Scottish rivers
- Sepa guage for Scottish rivers
- Uk rivers guide book
- Information about rivers and access.
- www.ukriversguidebook.co.uk
- cumbria canoeists
- Local BCU commitee. This Site has an excellent access section as well as information about local events.
- www.cumbriacanoeists.org.uk
- river access
- access for all campaign site. Support better river access.
- www.riversaccess.org
Christians Canoeing
- Abernethy Trust Instructor Training Course
- A fantastic year long course. Training, experience and NGB's.
Abernethy Trust Instructor Training- Mainstream Christian Canoeing
- Christians who paddle have got together and formed Mainstream. check the website.
- Mainstream Christian Canoeists
- St Thomas’ Church, Kendal
- A lively growing church. Lots of outdoor people worship here. Why not join us if your up for week end?
- http://saintthomaskendal.net/site/
Canoe manufacturers
- mad river canoes
- So well known. Also graet information about hull shap and boat design
- www.madrivercanoe.com
- old town canoes
- Losing ground in Uk but still producing high quality fuctional boats.
- www.oldtowncanoe.com
- esquif
- Canadian built new into this country, well worth a look.
- www.esquif.com
- pyranha
- Now trading canoes as Venture canoes, their royalex prospector remains one of the best all round designs.
- www.pyranha.com
- wenonah
- Built with travelling fast in mind. The Prospectors are the most alround wenonah model for the UK and are great to paddle.
- www.wenonah.com
- novacraft
- Canada's leading canoe manufacturer. Test their range of boats here at Canoe Coaching.
- www.novacraft.com
Importers
- outdoor-active
- Importers for Wenonah and bell boat
- www.outdoor-active.co.uk
Paddle manufacturers
- ainsworth paddles
- Produce Paddles and Helmets.
- www.ainsworthpaddles.net
- greyowl paddles
- Paddles. excellent information site about different blade shapes and types of wood.
- www.greyowlpaddles.com
- redtail paddles
- Imported by the Canadian Canoe Company. Beautiful wooden blades.
- www.redtailpaddle.com
Boat fittings and clothing
- True North Outdoors
- Expeditions and Bushcraft. Also manufacturers of canoe expeditioning equipment.
- True North Expeditions
- paramo
- Clothing system for the outdoors. The comfy way to canoe.
- www.paramo.co.uk
- yak paddling
- Yak and Crewsaver create equipment for paddlers
- www.yak-paddling.com
- aiguillealpine
- Partner organisation in the LakeDistrict manurfactures (in the UK) boat outfittings and expedition equipment.
- www.aiguillealpine.co.uk
Partner providers
- True North Outdoors
- Expeditions and Bushcraft. Also manufacturers of canoe expeditioning equipment.
- True North Expeditions
- Swim Trek
- SwimTrek is the world's only swimming holiday operator, running swimming tours to Croatia, Greece, Malta, Germany, Australia, New Zealand and the British Isles.
- Swim Trek Holidays
- Open Adventure
- Open Adventure. Races in the Noth of England. Check the site for the Open 5, and Open 24 Race series Canoe Coaching has provided safety at sveral of their big events.
- Open Adventure
- beyond adventure
- Home of open canoeing in Scotland. Partner organisation to Canoe Coaching.
- www.beyondadventure.co.uk
- wilderness scotland
- All sorts of expeditions into remotest Scotland.
- www.wildernessscotland.com
Canoe Enthusiast Organisations
- http://www.trainer.org.uk
- Great information for coaches and trainers lots of thoughts on learning styles and NLP
- http://www.trainer.org.uk
- Rain Chasers
- Cumbria river information and paddlesport information site. Includes web cams of local rivers.
- Live Cumbrian river information
- The Canoe Symposium
- The Uk Canoe Symposium is the national event drawing Canoeists together. Revolves from Wales to England and then to Scotland. Tom Sibbald initiated the addition of an English Canoe Symposium and has coordinated the Symposium each time it has been hosted in England.
- The Uk Canoe Symposiums
- Song of the paddle
- Welcome to Song of the Paddle the online home for those with a love of, or an interest in, open canoes and canoeing. For those who hear the siren call that draws them to the water in their open canoe.
- Song of the Paddle
- cumbria canoeists
- Local BCU commitee. This Site has an excellent access section as well as information about local events.
- www.cumbriacanoeists.org.uk
- the BCU (British Canoe Union)
- Home of and packed with course information, articles, and products to support coaches and competetors and young people
- www.bcu.org.uk