Unofficial UK Slalom BBS

In that case Kendall, my apologies. I had not picked up on the fact that it was not your wording. I obviously should have been directing my comments to the originator. I agree that I don't think that a protest at the selection races is appropriate, but for different reasons. I don't think apathy rei...

Sorry Montynod, but I actually think that most of us are having a reasonable discussion about access, access awareness, how that could be promoted, and that most of the posts on this thread have been pretty reasoned. You seem to have taken criticism of Kendal's epetition as some sort of personal att...

I don't think I have missed the point in that you can't make comparisons between artificial and natural sites. As it is I actually agree with you about protesting at the selection meeting, but for a different reason, in that I don't see it serving any useful purpose. However, I don't see a mass prot...

Seedy paddler, your comparison between Lea Valley and Yeo Valley is a totally erroneous one. The first is an artificial, purpose built, site that has cost someone money to build and run and thus the owners have every right to charge for its usage. The second is a natural river which should be part o...

Hi Ho, here we go again. I'm afraid that I must take issue with the wording of Kendal's epetition as it re-inforces an incorrect view of the law around access. The statement Scotland (and most other countries) allow non-powered craft to navigate any of its waterways. However, this is deemed to be tr...