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Hi,

Sorry no I haven't but would love to when funds allow (no canoe!) but if you're looking for info I would try the forum on songofthepaddle.co.uk (if you haven't already!). Loads of info and they really seem to know their stuff!

happy paddling

 Yes but we cheat only go downstream runs due to health probs and use transport to take camping gear to next site downstream, great sport and fun especially for someone who liked all sports but is now severely restricted.

we do thames Abingdon to Henley and the windrush

>>>  Has anyone bean canoe camping in the uk before?  <<<

Yes, about 45 years ago on Loch Lomond before they turned it into a National Park and over-ran the place with tourists.

In our day you could light a fire and brew up on the shore and camp anywhere on the east coast along 20 miles of totally deserted shoreline to say nothing of the many uninhabited islands on the loch. 

However, for the ultimate Canoe Camping Trip, read a book called Blazing Paddles. That would be my dream trip.  

Quote: Originally posted by romany on 11/2/2009

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we do thames Abingdon to Henley and the windrush

    

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Quote: Originally posted by ukbusnman on 10/2/2009

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Has anyone bean canoe camping in the uk before?

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Nope but stayed on a campsite by the river Ouse(yorkshire) a few times..had the odd local canoeists dropping down the fish ladder..and once had a group of campers/canoeists stay for one night...Among them an old guy in his 80's a widower who had built his own canadian canoe and had joined this group on their trip down the river...No info for you other than it seemed to be an organised trip lasting at least the w/end...so they must have come a fair way downstream..Dont know where they started..nor where they were going...But Im sure there must be plenty of places you can enter the river with a canoe...and just go......

Jelboy.