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Bus into Reading - £1.80<br />
 
Bus into Reading - £1.80<br />
 
Hire of canoes is £30 a head<br />
 
Hire of canoes is £30 a head<br />
Assuming 10 bodies we would rent 6 kayaks (£30ea) and 2 Canoes (£40ea) and get them delivered to the start point (£35). This would mean a total cost of £29.50 each and the ability for people to swap craft at the midway point.
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Assuming 7 bodies we would rent 5 kayaks (£30ea) and 1 Canoes (£40ea) and get them delivered to the start point (£35). This would mean a total cost of £32 each and the ability for people to swap craft at the midway point.
  
 
'''Description of trip:'''<br />
 
'''Description of trip:'''<br />

Revision as of 09:31, 28 October 2010

Trip co-ordinators:
Sarah Keogh
Neasan O’Neill

Start Point
Ferry Lane, Wargrave
Post Code - RG10 8ET
Geographical Coordinates - 51.50227142795185, -0.8711439371109009

End Point
Scours Lane, Tilehurst
Post Code - RG30 6AY
Geographical Coordinates - 51.46613296928832, -1.0140681266784668

Route:
Route on a Google Map

Distance:
~8.2 miles / ~13.2KM

Travel to start point (from London Paddington Station):
08:42 train from Paddington to Twyford
09:50 train from Twyford to Wargrave (once an hour)
5 min walk to car park/start point.

For drivers you can drop the cars at the end point and grab a lift with the guy (Phillip) delivering the canoes. However he can only take 2 people in the van with him. If anyone wants to do that let Sarah or I know so we can tell you when to meet him (and let him know).

Travel from end point (to London Paddington Station):
Bus back into Reading (every ~15mins)
Train Reading to London Paddington (every ~10mins)

Food:
There is NO lunch options along the way so you will need to bring a packed lunch and plenty of water (we will possibly stop at around about RG6 1PQ).

Cost:
Off peak day return London Paddington to Reading - £15
Single Twyford to Wargrave - £1.70
Bus into Reading - £1.80
Hire of canoes is £30 a head
Assuming 7 bodies we would rent 5 kayaks (£30ea) and 1 Canoes (£40ea) and get them delivered to the start point (£35). This would mean a total cost of £32 each and the ability for people to swap craft at the midway point.

Description of trip:
It is based on these two trips; Reading To St Patrick's Stream, Reading To Tilehurst

We are renting canoes and kayaks from Thames Canoe Hire. They will be delivered to the start point and we will return them to the company at the end point (their HQ). The canoes/kayaks will be dropped in the car park on School Lane, Wargrave at 10am. There used to be public toilets here they are no more and the pub won’t be open to use their toilets. We can change on the train to Twyford, at Twyford station or behind some trees depending on your view on these things.

The route is quite simple. It is a straight paddle from the start point you the end point (see route mapped above). However there are three points where we will have to portage but they are all quite easy. They are; Shiplake Lock (not far from the start), Sonning Lock (point 3 on the map), Caversham Lock (just before point 6 on the map).

For a lot of the trip the river bank is easily accessible and we are very close to civilisation, this means if someone freaks out/gets in trouble we can get out of there very easily. We have to have the boats back by 18:00, however this gives us almost 8 hours to get the boats back, I'm sure we can do better than 1 mile/hour.