Canoefest 2023 Schedule
26th -29th May
Please note our 2023 programme could change without notice
This event relies on volunteers, leaders, water levels, weather and tides.
Changes and alterations will happen.
Festival Timetable
Friday
- 15:00: General admission begins
- 17:30: bar open / Providers meeting
- 19:00: Event opened in marquee
- 19:15: Saturday options / sign up sheets out
- 20.00 Evening talk: Scotland Coast2Coast
- 21:00 Pub quiz
- 23:00: Bar closed / Site Quiet
Saturday
- 07:00 Wake-up Yoga
- 07:30-08:30: Breakfast
- 08:00: Providers meeting
- 08:45: Daily briefing
- 09:30: Trips & Workshops
- 12:30: Lunch
- 14:00: Trips & Workshops
- 17:00: Back to Site
- 17:30: Bar open
- 17:45: Sunday options / sign up sheets out
- 18:00: Dinner
- 18:30-19:30: Evening talk
- 20:00: The Cuckoo Band (Ceilidh)
- 22:00: Ceileidh ends
- 23:00: Bar closed / Site Quiet
Sunday
- 07:00: Wake-up Yoga
- 07:30-08:30 Breakfast
- 08:00: Providers meeting
- 08:45: Daily briefing
- 09:30: Trips & Workshops
- 12:30: Lunch
- 13:30: Try-a-boat, Trade stands & Games
- 17:00 OCA AGM
- 18:00: Bar open
- 18:00: Monday options / sign up sheets out
- 18:00: Dinner
- 18:30-19:30 Evening talk
- 20:00: The Method (cover band)
- 22:00: Band ends
- 23:00: Bar closed / Site Quiet
Monday
- 07:00 Wake-up Yoga
- 07:30-08:30 Breakfast
- 08:00 Providers meeting
- 08:45 Daily briefing
- 09:30 Trips & Workshops
- 12:30 Lunch
- 14:00 Providers debrief
- 15:00 Event Closed
Trip and workshop programme
Friday
Arrivals and set up (no trips or workshops)
Saturday
Full-day trips
- Aqueducts and Tunnels
- River Dee, site to Llangollen via Canal at Horseshoe
- River Dee, site to Llangollen Mile End Mill
- Afon Treweryn
- River Dee, Ponsonby Arms to Erbistock
- Bangor on Dee to Farnden
- Mawddach Estuary
Half-day trips
- Whitewater, all levels
- Flat water, Canal / River
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
- River Dee, Ponsonby Arms to Ty Mawr
- Skillbuilding at Mile End Mill
Half day workshops
- Defensive Paddling
- Whitewater skills development
- Forward paddling
- Adaptive paddling
- Navigation
- Sailing/paddling in wind
- Paddling with Children
- Paddling for Children
- Coaching
- Feltmaking
- Paddle making
- Dutch Oven, cooking outdoors
- Make a sail .. then sail with it
- Tarps / Tarpology
- Expedition planning / outfitting
- Tripping and Camping
Sunday
Half-day trips
- Whitewater, all levels
- Flat water, Canal / River
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
- Trip to site
- River Dee, Ponsonby Arms to Ty Mawr
- Rescue skills
- Dogs in Boats
- Upstream Travel
Half day workshops
- Whitewater skill development
- Nature Trail
- Stand Up Paddleboarding
- Tandem Skills Coaching
- Camp kitchen and Cooking
- Paddle design/boat shapes
- Feltmaking
- Gear on a budget
- Tarps / Tarpology
- Expedition planning / outfitting
Monday
Half-day trips
- Whitewater, all levels
- Flat water, Canal / River
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
- Ponsonby Arms to Ty Mawr
Half day workshops
- Whitewater skill development
- Nature Trail
- Stand Up Paddleboarding
- Rescue skills
- Skillbuilding at Mile End Mill
- Forward paddling
Trade Stands
Leaders and coaches
| Caroline Carr | 50 Shades of Paddling |
| Ray Goodwin | www.raygoodwin.com |
| Gareth Jones | booking @ upstreampaddlesports.co.uk |
| Colin Sermons | www.rockrivercoaching.uk |
| Matt Simmon | No Limits Development |
| Steve Butterfield |
| Don Constable |
| Adrian Cooper |
| Mark Gittoes |
| Sam Kenny |
| Joy Martin |
| Roger Palin |
| Don Paddler |
| Ian Richards |
| Dan Spry |
| Graham Thorn |
| John Wheeler |
| Jed Yarnold |