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"New Glasgow to Edinburgh canoe trail opens"

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  1. chdot
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    CANOEISTS will be able to paddle between Edinburgh and Glasgow with the launch today of a 57-mile Scottish Canals trail by public health minister Michael Matheson.

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    Er isn't that the canals?

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    The Falkirk Wheel boat lift between the Union and Forth & Clyde canals carried canoes for the first time since it was opened in 2012 to mark the opening of the £130,000 route.

    Ooh

    It includes 30 dedicated canal access point for canoeists, including at Speirs Wharf, just north of Glasgow city centre, Edinburgh Quay at Fountainbridge, Auchinstarry Marina near Kirkintilloch, and Ratho.

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    OK - 'active travel', 'sport' or 'tourism'?

    http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/new-glasgow-to-edinburgh-canoe-trail-opens-1-3459236

    Posted 10 years ago #

  2. SRD
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    the whole point to a canoe is that anyone who can paddle one should be able to carry one too. and you can put them in and out anywhere.

    sheesh.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  3. chdot
    Admin

    "the whole point to a canoe is that anyone who can paddle one should be able to carry one too. and you can put them in and out anywhere."

    I did wonder...

    Is it segregated though?

    Posted 10 years ago #

  4. chdot
    Admin

    I hope they keep to the speed limit...

    Posted 10 years ago #

  5. Greenroofer
    Member

    This explains the new floating platform that's appeared near Hailes Quarry Park. While I suppose it's technically possible to get into a canoe anywhere, I assume it's much easier if there's a platform close to water level to do it from.

    It's also quite popular with sunbathers, fisherpeople and bouncing children.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  6. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    Sounds brilliant. I'd be impressed if anyone did this and came home via the Crinan Canal and the Great Glen canoe trail. Take a while I expect.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  7. Tulyar
    Member

    Whatever happened to portage? Still with a 28lb 12 ft Canadian than I have carried over my shoulder on the Brompton, I'm almost multi-modal*.

    *freeboard with me in is a bit small - add the bike and it gets really hairy

    Posted 10 years ago #

  8. urchaidh
    Member

    I have a 16' canoe and I can carry it on my shoulders, but I wouldn't like to do it for any distance - it weighs about 30kg. There are a few different materials used to make canoes now and, just like bikes, you pay more to get a lighter craft.

    I have a trolley for portaging which, if you get the balance right, turns the boat into a wheelbarrow and allows you to move the boat/kit together. The idea of strapping my canoe to the carry freedom to get it down to the beach is currently under active consideration, but don't hold your breath.

    As far as a C2C route goes, the hard core alternative to to Great Glen is to go up from Kinlochleven, across Rannoch Moor and out to Perth via The Tay catchment. I've done most of the scenic (i.e. flat or downhill) bits of this but doubt I'll ever summon up sufficient enthusiasm to tackle the initial yomp from Kinlochleven .

    Posted 10 years ago #

  9. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    'Yomp' as in canoe up the river Leven and carry it over the 'shed?

    God in heaven.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  10. SRD
    Moderator

    i can carry a wood and canvas canoe on my shoulders if i need to. I prefer our kevlar boat for carrying (it has a yoke built in), but not for paddling.

    all the canoes i have seen/been in here are ridiculously heavy.

    by coincidence i was sent a pic from a friend who had taken canoe to lake on bike trailer, put trailer and bikes in canoe, paddled across lake, then re-assembled trailer and bikes. Asked permission to put it up here, but haven't received it yet.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  11. urchaidh
    Member

    The yomp - pretty much - follow the hydro pipes up from Kinlochleven to the Blackwater Reservoir. From the east end of the reservoir another portage over the 'shed and down to Loch Gaur. All downhill from there, with some fantastic paddling.

    I've paddled east across Rannoch Moor, starting at Loch Ba on Black Mount and via Loch Laidon to get to The Gaur but never seriously contemplated the full C2C.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  12. Lezzles
    Member

    We've got wooden sea kayaks. I certainly can't carry it on my own - I can drag it a fair way but then I get in trouble for scraping all the paint off the bottom. I do however have a funky little trolley that fits into my front locker that I can use when moving between the car and the water.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  13. SRD
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    here we go:

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    Posted 10 years ago #

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