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Many of you will be aware that the Welsh Assembly will soon be debating the question of canoe access on Welsh rivers within the framework of debating the possible reform or even scrapping of the Countryside Rights of Way Act 2000.
As ever, the canoeists’ organisations will be pushing for the unrestricted, round-the-clock, all-year-round ‘right...
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Do You Remember?
Do you remember that heady aroma of
Linseed soaked keep-nets and maggots and paint?
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