SUP Mag UK March 2015 issue 4 | Page 39

SUP safe: As well as the usual SUP safety considerations we always wear boots when portaging at locks, take precautions against Weil's disease, keep a sharp eye out for fishing lines and never take our SUP boards into locks or over weirs.  You need a special licence to paddle on the navigation and £5 day licences are available online at www.waterways.org.uk  Come with us in our next article as we explore the estuary, its creeks, islands and some east coast maritime history. 39 s t a n d u p p a d d l e m a g u k