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	CW
2		K1M	Steve Porter	15	15-Jun-03	Llandudno	SKUK Romany Explorer	--			CW
2		K1M	John Willacy	15	26-May-19	Rhossili	Rockpool Taran	--		Article	CW
4		K1M	John Willacy	29	28-Jun-03	Llandudno	P+H Quest	--			CW
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	CW
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
4	Team	Penelope Goodber + various '	1101	13-Mar-19	Llangedwyn	Rockpool Isel	--	See notes

11 team paddlers in 4 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: Various

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

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Notes

Penelope Goodber / + various _ et al. (13-Mar-19)
This was an unusual route in that Pen completed it paddling in 2 directions, though of course she started each leg from the end of the previous one. She was accompanied by various friends along the way. From Pen: "Start: Llangedwyn Mill Bridge, N Powys 13th March 2019 -- End: The Anglesey Arms, Caernarfon, 18th March 2022 -- Inland section: Going south: Rivers Tanat, Vyrnwy, Severn, Gloucestershire Ship Canal, Severn Estuary, Going north: Montgomeryshire Canal, Ellesmere Canal, River Dee, Dee Estuary -- Outland section: The whole fabulous coastline of Wales Boats used: Diesel 65 for the white water, ancient plastic Avocet for camping sections, beautiful carbon Rockpool Isel for the rest."

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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
10 completions -- 5 solo + 4 team + 1 escorted
17 paddlers in total (5 solo / 11 team / 1 escorted

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

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




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