Camping in the Cotswolds @ Swinbrook 29/30/31 st July 2016

As a kid i use to go up and down river in my canoe, couple of weirs and shallow bits where i had to get out but good fun

 

It's gonna rain Wed/Thur innit, does it rise much

 

We shall be doing the same


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Up stream about 1/2 mile at a guess, downstream to the pub.

 

Sounds good to me, can I access the pub from the bank

 

Lol but we drink beer/cider and your vodka
Don't worry I've got a stash. @Silver don't forget my wife's hat

 

Going upstream from the field, shallow bits untill Widford, about a mile and there is a weir there also, then plenty deep enough all the way to Burford, i lived at Widford for 20 years, i know rivers are shallower now but we used to go upstream in a inflatable with a Seagull engine, only problem was weed

 

FTFY

 

you can test how deep it is @WoodyLubber , just eskimo roll as you go if ya head hits bottom its deep enuff

 

Use to spend all summer on the river there in my old canvas canoe, 3 things i always remember, one was getting the fishermans flies out the trees and flogging them back to them, two was always having a hand line trailing out the back and the third was spending ages looking at the river bed with an old bucket that my father stuck a glass bottom in

 

Hi there Kieth ...hoping to come down for Friday evening from Derbyshire , but, and a big but ....my 93 year old dad is very poorly in Derby city Hospital .
So it all depends on his well being . We may come just for Saturday and Sunday if all goes well Cheers . Last time i was your way was when we stopped at the Bay Tree at Burford for the in laws golden Anniversary .
A terrific area .

 

Hope you can make it, be nice to see you again

 

Crikey have you seen the prices of steel drums?
Is Johan doing any cooking this time?

 

The old blue detergent barrels are ok

 

we could get @Silvers ted to tow it

 

He can't swim, not even doggy paddle

 

Johan is at work, his boss is an arse!
I will bring the big BBQs down for general use if you like?
Do we nee the genny/fridge?

 

really , spose theirs not many rivers in the mountains . Mind you bet your glad , he would take a while to dry out if he did.

 

He can paddle, it's no so much can't swim as won't. I tossed him in the river on one of those really hot days a couple of weeks back and he made home ok.