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Circumnavigations: Wales

The circumnavigation of Wales is an interesting paddle that takes in both fresh and saltwater. It includes stretches on the Rivers Dee and Severn. The River Dee stretch is memorable for those who get their timings right and are able to surf the Bore up to Chester; the Severn returns the paddler to saltwater. The river stretches are separated with a number of days cruising on peaceful canals.
Following this of course is the multi-day coastal trip along the Welsh coastline to wrap things up.
This trip makes a good intro into multi-day paddling with a purpose.

Image: In search of the Bore, Dee Estuary

Wales Circumnav

Route Distance: ~425 nm / 787 km
Prevailing direction: CW

Solo

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Posn.	K1W	Cat	Paddler	Elapsed	Date	Start	Boat	Verified	Note	Link1	Dir
1		K1M	Glyn Brackenbury	12	06-Jun-21	Slimbridge	Mega Velocity	--		Blog
2		K1M	Steve Porter	15	15-Jun-03	Llandudno	SKUK Romany Explorer	--
2		K1M	John Willacy	15	26-May-19	Rhossili	Rockpool Taran	--		Article
4		K1M	John Willacy	29	28-Jun-03	Llandudno	P+H Quest	--
5		K1M	Finn Burnham	43	13-Oct-18	Llandudno	SKUK Explorer	--		Video

5 solo paddlers.
CW = clockwise, CCW = counter-clockwise

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Teams

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Posn.	Cat	Paddler	Elapsed	Date	Start	Boat	Verified	Note	Link1	Dir
1	Team	Justine Curgenven Fiona Whitehead	18	02-Aug-01	Beaumaris		--		Link1
2	Team	Ray Goodwin Hefin Peregrine Arwel Phillips Alun Pugh	24?	23-Jun-10	Aberaeron		--		Website
2	Team	Paul Barrett Roger Chandler Di Lee	24	26-Apr-11	Beaumaris		--		Blog

9 team paddlers in 3 teams

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Various

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Cat	Paddler	Elapsed	Date	Start	Boat	Verified	Note	Link1	Dir
K1M	Roger Pyves	36	12-Aug-12	Llandudno	P+H Cetus HV	--	Sail	Link1

1 paddlers in 1 teams

Notes

Roger Pyves : (12-Aug-12)
Bypass of flooded area by motor transport.

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Comments

Steve Porter : (15-Jun-03)
Steve also raised £3500 for an AIDS-orphans charity and completed 135 km on the final day. 14 days 6 hrs 30 min claimed.

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Wales Circumnav
9 completions -- 5 solo + 3 team + 1 escorted
15 paddlers in total (5 solo / 9 team / 1 escorted

Route Distance: ~425 nm / 787 km
Prevailing direction: CW
Recorded Start Points:

• Aberaeron (1)
• Beaumaris (2)
• Llandudno (4)
• Rhossili (1)
• Slimbridge (1)




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