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11/07/2008, 22:06 cowoman Joined on 08/04/2007 Posts 315 taking canoe on the gartempe Does it cost very much to take a canoe/kayak on the Gartempe or the lakes?    Report

12/07/2008, 18:56 Grumpy Joined on 23/08/2004 23 Posts 101 Re: taking canoe on the gartempe If you have your own canoe it should not cost anything. I am not aware of any organised canoe rental available on the Gartempe (though I am looking). I know that the Gartempe is classed as I and II which I believe is the most gentle. If I find any more info I'll let you know. I did find someone selling a number of second hand (ex-rental I assume) canoes on leboncoin for between 50 and 100 euros which was rather tempting. The other thing to find out is where public access can be found on the river, I was going to make enquiries at tourist info soon. Let me know if you have any success, won't you? cheers Steve There are 10 kinds of people, those who can count in binary and those who can't!    Report

12/07/2008, 21:19 chris pp Joined on 30/08/2005 Vienne '86' Posts 1,752 Re: taking canoe on the gartempe There's plenty of public access to the Gartempe and as far as I know that means every village or town that's on the river. The  lakes of the region are all private. Chris http://www.planetepassion.com Association Planete Passion - French Wildlife in the English Language    Report

15/07/2008, 13:25 Grumpy Joined on 23/08/2004 23 Posts 101 Re: taking canoe on the gartempe http://www.canoe-limousin.com/rivieres/index.php?rivieres_id=14 You might like to try this link for further information. Steve There are 10 kinds of people, those who can count in binary and those who can't!    Report

15/07/2008, 19:43 pogo Joined on 21/12/2006 Posts 71 Re: taking canoe on the gartempe I  saw a frenchman loading his canoe onto his car on the Creuse at Crozant.He told me that there are no charges,and there is an access ramp there,and you can paddle up to the dam at Eguzon(or you can launch it there).Both a bit further north than the Gartempe,but I hope this helped.May see you on there one day. Grumpy,What and where is Lebancon? That sounds tempting!!.Pogo http://www.centralfrancestorage.com    Report

16/07/2008, 17:02 Grumpy Joined on 23/08/2004 23 Posts 101 Re: taking canoe on the gartempe Hi Pogo, www.leboncoin.fr is a france-wide classified advert site where one can advertise articles free of charge. There's quite a lot of reasonable stuff on there but some people's expectations of price are a little high! cheers Steve There are 10 kinds of people, those who can count in binary and those who can't!    Report

16/07/2008, 18:20 pogo Joined on 21/12/2006 Posts 71 Re: taking canoe on the gartempe Thanks Grumpy,I will have a look.Pogo http://www.centralfrancestorage.com    Report

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