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River Spey is
so important it gets it's own page
Swimming in Scottish
Rivers? Very wet gear?
Smelly Wet Feet?
Got Brain Damage? Got Hypothermia?
You need
The Drying
Room
The hostel drying room
contains a storage heater and a de-humidifier and your gear (including
your smelly neoprene wet feet) should be dry by the morning if you
hang things are up carefully and spin them in our powerful spin
drier to squeeze out the bulk of the water before drying. The drying
room is also recommended as a good place to spend a few minutes
if you are feeling chilled. Light the wood burning stove for a proper
warm up.
The Calder
The Calder Gorge after 24hrs of rain
- See a short video of the River Calder after
heavy rain
- A new better video will but put in here eventually
Broadband users only
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<dt><font face="Arial">Director: Kathryn Main
Producer: Peter Main</font></dt>
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<dt><b><font face="Arial">Where Is It?</font><font face="Arial" color="#0000FF">
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<dt><font face="Arial">Flows into the Spey at Newtonmore. Strangely,
the valley it flows down is called Glen Banchor.</font></dt>
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<dt><font face="Arial"><b>Get In/Out?</b> </font></dt>
<dt><font face="Arial">From the Hostel, head into the village then
take 1st or 2nd right (Old Glen Rd or Glen Rd ) to the road head
at Shepherds Bridge. Put in at the confluence of this tributary
and the River Calder. Take out at A86 bridge.</font></dt>
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<dt><font face="Arial"><b>Length? </b>2 miles</font></dt>
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<dt><font face="Arial"><b>Time Needed?</b> </font></dt>
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<dt><font face="Arial">2 hours including inspection.</font></dt>
<dt><font face="Arial"><b>Access?</b> </font></dt>
<dt><font face="Arial">No problems, this river is not paddled very
often.</font></dt>
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<dt><font face="Arial"><b>Water Levels?</b></font></dt>
<dt><font face="Arial"> If its paddleable at the A86 bridge the
river will be up. We paddled it after a night of drizzle and showers.
The River Calder drains a large mountain area and can rise and fall
very quickly.</font></dt>
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<dt><font face="Arial"><b>Grading? </b></font></dt>
<dt><font face="Arial">First half 2 but the gorge is 5 at bank full.
The gorge is easier at lower levels but then the rest of the river
will be too low.</font></dt>
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<dt><font face="Arial"><b>Hazards?</b> </font></dt>
<dt><font face="Arial">The gorge!</font></dt>
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<dt><font face="Arial"><b>General Description:</b></font></dt>
<dt><font face="Arial"> First section is bouncy Grade 2 with
a surprising amount of water giving continuous waves and small stoppers
but few large eddies. The river noticeably steepens and narrows
and you come to the 300m gorge. It's probable best to scout the
section before paddling (about 1km above the A86 bridge on a good
footpath river left). A 2m drop (Jimskies Jump) is followed by a
narrow constriction with a retentive stopper in high water (Craig's
Crack), then a gnarly drop (The Love Machine) with sumps below (chest
size 38"). One final drop and then the river comes on at grade
2 to get out.<br>
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<dt><font face="Arial"><b>Other Notes:</b> </font></dt>
<dt><font face="Arial">A really pleasant blast but watch the gorge.
Accommodation at Newtonmore Hostel, owners will help with transport
and are keen to take photos of anyone paddling the gorge. So contact
them if you want some pictures (01540 673360).</font></dt>
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<dt><font face="Arial"><b>Contributed: </b></font></dt>
<dt><font face="Arial">Jim Krowiecki, Craig Galashan, Martin Love,
Jon Potter, Ian Pudge (Manchester Disunited Polo Team)</font></dt>
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<pre><font size="2" face="Arial">Newtonmore Hostel, Craigellachie House, Main St, Newtonmore, Inverness-shire, Scotland. PH20 1DA</font></pre>
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<p align="center"><a href="mailto:pete@HighlandHostel.co.uk"> <font color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><strong>email</strong></font></a><strong><font color="#0000FF"
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