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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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