I’m organising a Stag do for a mate to happen in a months time. We are interested in going open Canoeing. I’ve been on the Severn north of Shrewsbury (good) and Wye (fine but water a little slow) before but what are the other options that we could consider? Would need to hire all the kit and get a lift up river. Participants would all be active types but not experienced in canoeing so whilst a few sections of fun moving water would be good grade III rapids would be a bit much! The programme for the weekend would ideally be this:
Friday night: Arrive at rural location with pub and camping
Saturday day: Open canoe trip on a river of a good length (12 miles)
Saturday evening: Transfer to large town/city for meal and night out
Sunday: Go home
Location flexible but Scotland/Ireland or N.I. would probably require flights. I live in Cardiff so looking not to end up here. Probably need to bear in mind that it hasn’t rained a lot recently so water levels could be low in marginal rivers.
Any suggestions?