Friends of the South Avon Canoe Club where my boyfriend disappears off to on rainy weekends, this…read moreshop has all the kit and local knowledge for canoeing and kayaking on rivers, sea and the flat stuff. Owned by Rich and Dizzy, who are both paddlers themselves, this unbelievably is one of the closest specialist shops to Bristol centre. Well worth the drive though. Park on the street but its all pretty quiet round there so you shouldn't have any problems.

This is an awesome venue and fun to watch the hydrofuntastic people battle against the man made…read moreelements. Canoeing and Rafting for all ages and the indoor surf wall is something I wish was around when I learned to surf. It would possibly have saved me many hours of hugging sand and swallowing seaweed. Today was the last day of the summer long Cardiff Festival and what a finish. Thoroughly enjoyable and a canoeing session is only £10 - plenty of parking too. Highly recommend it.

This is the first purpose build white water centre in the country and I was very excited about the…read moreprospect of giving white water rafting a go when I first heard they were building this place last year. It opened in March and I headed on down a couple of weeks ago after finally persuading a team of people to come with me! I really didn't know what to expect to at all. Part of me was worried that it was going to be indoors for some reason, obviously it wasnt. It sits in the river and has lots of technological stuff to send you on your way around the 250 metre course. One of my favioute bits was when we left the training pool while in the raft, on an escalator that takes you to the top of the course. It was like that feeling on a roller-coaster when your going up and have no idea what the feeling is going to be like on the way down! It was a lot of fun, I thought 2 hours on a 250 metre course would get boring, but the instructors really take you though lots of different maneuvers undoubtedly to try and throw as many of you around as possible. Maybe I would like I bit more of a view to look at, but the safety of doing it this way will appear to lots. 2 hour rafting costs £49 and they canoeing and kayaking too as well as body boarding which I'll be trying next time!

After much searching online for a cheap activity company in the Llangollen area I settled for Safe…read moreand Sound Outdoors who were the cheapest, though not by much. The company were very difficult to get in touch with as the mobile phone number provided on the website is rarely answered, however, once I finally got through, the staff were VERY helpful and accommodating. They even agreed to offer me a 10% discount if I booked for a group of four or more. After much deliberation I chose a half-day (3 hour) Open Canoeing session for me and my partner costing £90 in total which, had it not been a special occasion, wouldn't have been spent. On the day, the price tag and all the hassle of organisation was forgotten thanks to a friendly, knowledgeable and approachable instructor called Hillary. Canoeing was very enjoyable, even on the calm Llangollen Canal. I felt I had really learned something and I was surprised to find that the lesson had been so much fun that I couldn't wait to try canoeing again! My only regret is that I didn't go with a larger group of friends!

From the owner: We are an activity company based in Llangollen, North Wales and run Duke of Edinburgh expeditions,…read moreSchool residentials, stag and hen weekends and much more. We can arrange accommodation and activities.