On the 3rd Gidea Park Scout Group's Summer Camp in
1991 we visited Symonds Yat. The three new Ventures, Mark, Jem and Craig planned
a canoeing expedition along with Allan Tench.
We discovered that there was a lengthy stretch
of water starting up stream of Hereford and ending at Symonds Yat that had no
rapids.
OUR ROUTE
We picked
Bridge Sollars as our start point with the plan of camping just
downstream of Hereford on our first night.
All equipment,
clothes, sleeping bags tents etc was packed in the canoes.
CHECK
THE MAP
The tranquil water
APPROACHING
HEREFORD
We stopped next to
some boys fishing under a road bridge in Hereford Town Center
for lunch before pressing on in the afternoon.
MARK
RESTING
We had a map so that
we could work out where we were but its difficult to get lost on
a river when paddling downstream. Their appeared o be very few
other river users except for the occasional raft left seemingly
abandoned on the bank.
