The PaddlerUK magazine February 2016 issue 6 | Page 3

Issue 6 February 2016 006 A short history of not caring By Steffan Meyric Hughes 012 Finding my wild life Sonja Jones 022 Paddling the Thames Tower Bridge secret Paddle by Peter Tranter 034 Coaching Who’s in your community? By Dave Rossetter 040 Testing, testing Kit reviewed and tested by our contributors 050 United Kingdom Rock hopping in Scotland by Ollie Jay 060 Peru The Colca Canyon by Steve Brooks 074 Madagascar BUKE ‘15 by Matt Brook 084 United Kingdom Interview with UK paddle maker Downcreek Paddles 092 Coaching Downwind canoe sailing by Paul Bull Editor Peter Tranter [email protected] Tel: [phone] Mob: [phone] www.thepaddlerezine.com Advertising sales Anne Egan Tel: [phone] [email protected] Not all contributors are professional writers and photographers, so don’t be put off writing because you have no experience! PaddlerUK magazine is all about paddler to paddler dialogue: a paddler’s magazine written by paddlers. Next issue is April 16th with a deadline of submissions on Mar 1st. Technical Information: Contributions preferably as a Microsoft Word file with 12002000 words, emailed to [email protected]. Images should be hiresolution and emailed with the Word file or if preferred, a Dropbox folder will be created for you. PaddlerUK magazine encourages contributions of any nature but reserves the right to edit to the space available. Opinions expressed in this magazine are not necessarily those of the publishing parent company, 2b Graphic Design Limited. The publishing of an advertisement in PaddlerUK magazine does not necessarily mean that the parent company, 2b Graphic Design Limited, endorse the company, item or service advertised. All material in The PaddlerUK magazine is strictly copyright and all rights are reserved. Reproduction without prior permission from the editor is forbidden. PADDLERUK 3