On the theme of environmental sustainability for Blog Action Day, consider for a moment the impact of your last paddling trip. The challenge is simple - to canoe more kilometres than you drive each trip. You can multiply the distance paddled by the number of paddlers, and divide the distance travelled by the number of passengers.
A favourite standby (should a journey South miss the run-off from the Rhinogs) the lower Gamlan would require 130 individual descents of the five hundred metres of rapids to match the sixty-five kilometre drive from Bangor.
Not everyone is lucky enough to live in North Wales, with rivers and crags within easy reach. Access and information is key to getting out and exploring our own back yards. With luck, our growing series of guides to sea kayaking the UK’s coast and paddling on our lakes and rivers will reach a wider audience of folk new to kayaking - when they discover just what is out there. Adventure starts at home.
PS - if you’d like to do something simpler for the cause, support the Snowdonia Society tomorrow, by attending Cameron McNeish’s presentation ‘Wild Britain’ tomorrow in the Main Arts Lecture hall, Bangor from 8pm. Entry is £8.50 (£6 concessions) and tickets will probably be available on the door.
It would be fantastic if it were possible to achieve:
Paddling miles x passengers
nbsp;http://blogactionday.org/ for the wrap-up and links to some interesting posts from yesterday.