Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 4:12 pm
yay now everyone can battle it out over a poll lol
wooooooo i was waiting for a contest. i bet you tryweryn wins.
your all wrong tho
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Tryweryn or nottsy??? - which site do you prefer?
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Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 5:52 pm
Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 6:06 pm
I prefer tryweryn cos it is bigger, but it has loads of rocks to break your boat. OWWW!! Nottsy is still pretty good though. :p
Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 1:57 pm
Just a repition of what i said in the other topic, didnt realise there was a poll
Tryweryn:
FOR:
-Faster water
-many sites (variety)
-more drops
-good for playboating aswell
-good, fast eddies
-original
AGAINST:
-Rocky
-Tends to rain
-Occasionally too many rafts when training
Nottingham
FOR:
-Well presented site (stands, the board, bridge, path etc..)
-good for spectators
-generally nice course to paddle
-good changing rooms
-good parking
-good for recirculations sessions (can paddle bk up easily)
-good warm-up lake
-camping+ good white water center for accomodation
-all motorway to get there, no small windy roads (depends where u live though)
AGAINST:
-poluted water
-'iffy',boily eddies
-slimy maggot banks (it's true, we have seen it)
-short course (compared to Tryweryn)
-not as much white water
-less playboating waves/stoppers
-the odd dodgy raft guide
-tend to find dead cows in eddies (not too often tho)
-often too windy
-occasionally too many playboaters when training
They are both really different types of sites anyway, they both have their advantages and disadvantages. Personally i prefer Tryweryn mainly because of the variety, but nottingham is a really nice course aswell.
Anyone got anything else to add?
Vicky x
p.s jimi your arguements are personal I.e the price on trywryn and the distance- I get on Tryweryn for free and its the same distance as nottingham practically.
Tryweryn:
FOR:
-Faster water
-many sites (variety)
-more drops
-good for playboating aswell
-good, fast eddies
-original
AGAINST:
-Rocky
-Tends to rain
-Occasionally too many rafts when training
Nottingham
FOR:
-Well presented site (stands, the board, bridge, path etc..)
-good for spectators
-generally nice course to paddle
-good changing rooms
-good parking
-good for recirculations sessions (can paddle bk up easily)
-good warm-up lake
-camping+ good white water center for accomodation
-all motorway to get there, no small windy roads (depends where u live though)
AGAINST:
-poluted water
-'iffy',boily eddies
-slimy maggot banks (it's true, we have seen it)
-short course (compared to Tryweryn)
-not as much white water
-less playboating waves/stoppers
-the odd dodgy raft guide
-tend to find dead cows in eddies (not too often tho)
-often too windy
-occasionally too many playboaters when training
They are both really different types of sites anyway, they both have their advantages and disadvantages. Personally i prefer Tryweryn mainly because of the variety, but nottingham is a really nice course aswell.
Anyone got anything else to add?
Vicky x
p.s jimi your arguements are personal I.e the price on trywryn and the distance- I get on Tryweryn for free and its the same distance as nottingham practically.
Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 2:39 pm
Ooooooh very good.
I'd never remember all that stuff...
i guess its personal (cept the price cos i could jus as easily say its personal that you get it free)
but oh well..
where do you reckon tully and tees and... erm.... anywhere else ranks alongside these two?
I'd never remember all that stuff...
i guess its personal (cept the price cos i could jus as easily say its personal that you get it free)
but oh well..
where do you reckon tully and tees and... erm.... anywhere else ranks alongside these two?
Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 7:38 pm
i think that tully comes quite high up when its high, but when its low its murder for boats and can get a bit boring. i've only ever been to tees once and it was ok but not my fave site, again a personal opinion though....
Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 8:12 pm
I love Tully wen its high, especially the big waves in the middle, they rock! But it can get kinda borin at the bottom wen its low and i also put a huge hole in the bottom of my boat at easter. But theres a reason for that which i wont go into but it was my own stupid fault.
Anyways tully is generaly a gud place!
Anyways tully is generaly a gud place!
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 3:00 pm
Nice signiture Al, chicks on speed did suck! Tully is also a nice site, better when the water is high. Good place to train, but i dnt like it for racing. Tees isn't amazing- the water is quite bad there. Not a bad course generally.
How about washburn and townfalls (assuming we'll still have that1)?
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 10:11 pm
i dunno town falls is a bit boring. i only been there last time once and it wasnt that good,
not as good as everyone said at least.
i thort it was a bit poor you couldnt see the top half of the course properly til you were on teh water....
prob jus me bein lazy tho.
i also thort town falls was annoying cos i couldnt find anyone in the town...
but i am really annoying and picky.
i still liked it tho jus not as much....
i will prob love it when i go there when its not so shallow
not as good as everyone said at least.
i thort it was a bit poor you couldnt see the top half of the course properly til you were on teh water....
prob jus me bein lazy tho.
i also thort town falls was annoying cos i couldnt find anyone in the town...
but i am really annoying and picky.
i still liked it tho jus not as much....
i will prob love it when i go there when its not so shallow
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 11:03 am
Washburn is a nice course. Is it me or do people get more tired walking back up to the top than they do paddling down it???or is it just my lazy, fat a** nothing being fit enough????
Tully is another strong fav, only problem is not being able to watch people paddle as closly as you can at the GREAT NOTTS!!!!!!
Tully is another strong fav, only problem is not being able to watch people paddle as closly as you can at the GREAT NOTTS!!!!!!
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 10:07 pm
ha ha yes mate.
one question to retro. when you buy the midas you want will you change your name on here?
one question to retro. when you buy the midas you want will you change your name on here?
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 11:05 pm
i'm not quite sure, at the moement i'm looking at buying a brand newish retro instead cos i tried out a midas and wasnt 2 impresssed.......i'm picky, leave me alone
Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 12:57 pm
you can buy mine in october... (after the season)
Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 9:15 pm
keep that offer open for me, if you would??andwill talk to you about it in october.What are you thinking of replacing it with??shorter boat?
Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 9:31 pm
yer i am not sure if i will get one. but i'd like, if i can get some money form sellin then i guess i could.
not sure what type i guess i'll have to try a few out....
not sure what type i guess i'll have to try a few out....