miket
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Do they need a licence?
Do they need a licence?
Not the ones below Tedd on an average hot day up to 100. Be interesting to see what this Friday brings !
33 degrees. Idiot weather.
It will be interesting to observe behaviour, preferably from a socially distant viewpoint.
Course they did, same as the recent Speed Camera pictures it is all spin, how many tickets did they actually issue for anything in the last month..?Spent the last couple of days at Benson. Colne came through and totally ignored the 8 blow up paddle boarding folks zotting around the lock area.
British Canoeing membership, which includes kayaks and paddle boards, has increased by over 11,000 in recent months to well over 40,000. As you say, membership includes licences for all major waterways including the Thames and BC have a block agreement with the EA.Yes, and if they join the British Canoe thingy or whatever its called this week, its included. Had a couple turn up at Boveney a few years ago, demanding to be put through the lock. I told them that without a bow and stern line, they were in contravention of TCA safety requirements and were refused passage so they scooted down the rollers.
Course they did, same as the recent Speed Camera pictures it is all spin, how many tickets did they actually issue for anything in the last month..?
... without a buoyancy aid.
the paddleboard IS the buoyancy aid as you are tethered to it. Instructions sometimes advise against them as it makes getting on harder. I never wear one on it.I have to say that the majority on my stretch wear buoyancy aids, plenty with kids on back and front but again all wearing safety kit. its the 100 quid Lidl middle aisle kayak bargains that are without anything.
That said the majority of paddleboards are hired between Tedd and Richmond
the paddleboard IS the buoyancy aid as you are tethered to it. Instructions sometimes advise against them as it makes getting on harder. I never wear one on it.
Having said that I've yet to fall off.