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[http://www.ukriversguidebook.co.uk] COMMUNITY RIVERS REPORTS GRADES CONTRIBUTE BOOKS SEA Tuesday 10th October... We have long been looking forward to the completion of the Environment Agency commissioned report on the viability of improving Access to Rivers by Agreements...knowing what we all know about the viability of Access 'Agreements', it could not fail to aid our case. However, the final report is now completed and incredibly it is a total whitewash, a laughably unacademic and unprofessional piece of work. Early on, the survey team took the amazing step of jettisoning any rivers from their survey which might be difficult to secure 'Agreements' on...e.g. almost the entire Wear was openly dropped from their study. Despite this unacademic approach, in 2004 they still concluded that "Negotiated access agreements alone are unlikely to fully meet the demand and need for canoeable waters...canoeists are disadvantaged by the prevailing patterns of landownership and property rights." Somehow. this realistic conclusion was dumped along the way to suit political motives, and the very first line of the final report 's conclusions now reads... "In the vast majority of cases, approaches to securing canoe access by voluntary agreement are successful" . The rest is similarly ludicrous. This is the message that British Canoeists wish to convey to Professor Ravenscroft and his team at Brighton University; your report is a steaming pile of horse dung . There is not an active canoeist in the UK who would agree with its conclusions or recognise them as coming close to reflecting the realities of Access to Rivers in England and Wales. Discuss the Report here . For further hollow laughs, look at this . New guide to the Twrch . Updates to the Severn (Jackfields Rapids) , Tawe , Falls of Lora , Wear , Hamble , Lune , Roeburn , Tweed , Dart and Arun . New pictures of the Einion , Lune , Garry , Moriston , Medway , Allt A'Chaorainn , Etive , Wharfe , Doon and Blackwater . New video of Allt A'Chaorainn . New reports on paddling in India , Quebec and British Columbia . Right: The Garry , during the 2006 Andy Jackson weekend (above) and Glasgow Canoe Club on the Doon (below) Sunday 10th September... Apologies for the lack of updates through the summer, I've been away on my holidays . Take a look at my holiday snaps ! I have just cleared the backlog up to April 2006. New guide to Cwm Llan . Updates to the Tawe , Barle , Tavy , Sawdde , Stanley Embankment , Ure , Awe , Roy , Keltie , Church Beck and Washburn . New pictures of the Arddu , Lledr , Doon , Cwm Llan , Blackwater and Teme . New video of the Tees . A page has been added to explain the work of the British Canoe Union Expeditions Committee . New reports on paddling in Morocco, Iran, Turkey, with thanks to Dave Manby, see the Reports page. Right: Sam Moore on the Arddu . Archive of updates Search WWW Search UK Rivers Guidebook