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What Should I wear to paddleboard in South Wales?
Definitely, the most common question I get asked when planning a trip is ‘What should I wear?’. This blog will give you the basics; join a lesson with Outdoor Explore Wales for more information! Truthfully, there is no definitive answer but hopefully, you can get some good ideas on what you should (and sometimes shouldn’t)…
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Awesome Easter Paddleboard Adventures for Everyone!
This Easter, Outdoor Explore Wales has something for everyone! We have River trips, coastal paddles, and canal adventures! Half-day tours and lessons, full-day and multi-day guided trips: all across South Wales. And we’d love you to join us! South Wales has some of the most stunning waterways in the UK, so let’s get out and…
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MORE Epic Paddleboard Adventures in Wales!
River Wye Camping We’re heading out on our favourite river for a leisurely 2-day paddleboard trip through the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. And what a beautiful trip it is too! Full of history, heritage and amazing plants and animals! Join for: a peaceful paddle and get away from the day-to-day for 2-days…
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What Essential SUP Skills Have you Forgotten Over Winter?
It’s been a long, cold winter – when was the last time you fell off your board or practised a self-rescue? When was the last time you went paddleboarding? Did you fall off your paddle board? When was the last time you practised a self-rescue? Is it perfect every time? Do you know what to…
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Free Stand Up Paddleboarding with Outdoor Explore Wales!
It’s not just a hook! We really are offering FREE paddle meets! Check it out… At least once a month throughout 2023 we will be offering you a space on one of our FREE paddle meets. #FeelGoodPaddle One aim: to help you feel good! This of course could mean so many different things to so…
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Incredible Welsh Paddle Adventures for 2023
Join Outdoor Explore Wales on some of our most exciting stand-up paddleboard trips to date! VALENTINE’S/ ANTI- VALENTINE’S paddle trips. February 14th. Love it or Hate it, we have a paddle trip for you! In the afternoon, from 2:30 pm, we’ll be out for our anti-valentines paddle! No couples allowed! XD From 6 pm, we’ll…
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How to start your Paddleboarding Story
A Step by step guide on how to start paddleboarding – and how you can do it with Outdoor Explore Wales! Taking up paddleboarding is easy, but there’s more to this slow-paced, relaxing water sport than you might think – first of all, it doesn’t have to be slow-paced or relaxing! Why do you want…
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4 Paddleboard Experiences for Under £30!
We’ve got your pocket in mind with these 4 great SUP Experiences with Outdoor Explore Wales! Heart of the Brecon Beacons Paddle on the Beacons Reservoir This beautiful reservoir is only accessible as part of a group with a Brecon Beacons National Park Passport Scheme – and we have one! Have you ever driven up…
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Worried you can’t Paddleboard?
Throughout the Outdoor Explore family, we don’t like saying no. It is our aim to accommodate as many people on our slow-paced adventures as we can. We have purchased specific equipment (and will continue to get more) to make our watersport sessions as accessible as possible. Why turn customers away? We’d rather have an honest…
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Paddleboarding Top Tips – at Your Fingertips!
Watch Paddle boarding Top Tips on YouTube, subscribe to Outdoor Explore Wales channel.
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Do you make this Common Paddleboarding Mistake?
This is such a common mistake – partly due to not knowing, partly due to incorrect information on the internet, and partly down to confusion between different styles of paddles! The most common mistake I see when paddleboarding is related to how paddlers hold their paddle. Often this can be down to paddlers being new…
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Fishing Failure? We check out Mumbles’ best alternatives for your fish BBQ!
As anyone who has been fishing before will know, the ‘catching the fish’ bit doesn’t always go to plan… so after a day’s SUP Fishing with Outdoor Explore Wales (or fishing from the pier – but that’s definitely not as much fun!) we have come up with some alternatives if the pesky fish aren’t biting……
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INNS! What do you know? What can you do?
Read more about INNS, invasive, non-native species affecting British countryside.
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BBNP Dark Sky Reserve
Here is something you may not know… The Brecon Beacons National Park has been a Dark Sky Reserve since 2013. There are only 2 in Wales, 7 in the UK and only 20 in the World – so it’s pretty special! What’s a Dark Sky Reserve? An IDA International Dark Sky Reserve is a public…
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A Great First Year of Paddleboarding for Outdoor Explore Wales!
Outdoor Explore Wales has had a fantastic first year of SUP in South Wales! We delivered 65 trips to 195 people at 11 locations and paddled for over 1600km between us! In the last year, we have paddled in Cardiff, Swansea, Monmouth, multiple locations in the Brecon Beacons, and also ventured across the border to…
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Litter Free Paddle – Our Paddleboard Litter Pick
Last week we completed Outdoor Explore Wales’ first Litter Free Paddle of 2022! Since the first Litter Free Paddle almost 7 years ago in Scotland, Outdoor Explore has been clearing rubbish from local waterways in Scotland and South Wales on our #LitterFreePaddle trips. In June 2021, shortly after Outdoor Explore Wales came into being, the…
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Just why is SUP so good for Mindfulness and your Headspace?
So, just why is SUP so great for your headspace? Out on my guided paddleboard trips and during my tuition sessions I often find myself bringing up the topic of mindfulness and using the term ‘headspace’. This is all very well, but what am I going on about? Very simply put, mindfulness involves concentrating on…
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Canal Part #4 – Tal-y-Bont towards Llangynidr
Part four of our guide to Paddling the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal starts in Talybont-on-Usk and takes us through the longest tunnel on the canal. Is this the most adventurous section of the canal so far? Or the most peaceful? Getting on the canal in the picturesque little village of Talybont-on-Usk is as easy as…
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Paddleboard tour of the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal Part #3
The third installment of our tour of the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal takes us from the slipway at Pencelli to the road lift bridge at Tal-y-Bont on Usk. A great start or finish point for your paddle, the slipway gives easy access to the water – there’s also space to park a few cars here.…
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No one Expects the Unexpected!
Make sure you’re prepared for all the unexpected adventures you can encounter on a SUP trip!
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Paddleboard Tour of the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal: Part #2
Brynich Lock to Pencelli Part 2 of our tour of the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal takes us from the Lock at Brynich to the slipway at Pencelli. After portaging (getting off the water and carrying your craft) around the lock, you need to head through the gate and cross the road – be careful as…
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What to plan for a cold, winter’s morning paddle.
As long as you are prepared for the conditions, the cold alone shouldn’t be a deterrent for heading out on the water- just be prepared you may need to break ice to get on the water! A cold, clear winter’s morning paddle can be as beautiful as they come. As with every paddle trip, make…
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Paddle boarding on the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal
Part #1: Brecon Canal Basin to Brynich Lock With 35 miles of navigable canal from Brecon to Pontymoile, we decided it would be easier to break the journey down into nice bite-sized chunks! The various arms of the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal were constructed over 200 years ago as an Act of Parliament for transporting…
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Learn to SUP in Cardiff, South Wales
If you want to learn to paddleboard in the Welsh capital, there are not many places better than Radyr weir on the river Taff in North Cardiff. The first use of a weir at Radyr (from the Welsh ‘Rhaeadr’, meaning waterfall) was by the Normans, as a fish trap. It has since been used to siphon water to feed the Melingriffith canal and is now used to provide hydroelectric power when the…
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