The River Dart Estuary in an Open Canoe.
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- In this video I paddle the tidal estuary of the River Dart in my homebuilt cedar strip open canoe. Join me as I paddle downstream from Stoke Gabriel to Dartmouth, then use the incoming tide to travel upstream to Totnes and then back to Stoke Gabriel again. Autumn Sunset by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons attribution license (creativecommons...) Artist audionautix.com. I hope you enjoy and thanks for watching!!
Thanks àgain Simon,great job. From Russia,Ohìo.U.S.A.
Some paddle Simon well done. I have an Atlantic Feelfree closed top kayak. Done the Dart twice it's a beautiful river and somehow kind of mysterious. Remember getting near to Stoke Gabriel from Totnes and hearing an occasional coughing sound 7am in the morning mist with overcast steely grey sky and small chop making me feel uneasy. Another cough really close to my kayak then suddenly a seal surfaced near my bow and dived. What a relief.
You must be really pleased to have over 700 subs.. now you have over 198 thousand 🤣 you so deserve it, great content and presentation, well done mate, you have inspired this 64 year old to do stuff I would never have done without your influence.
215k now
wow you look so different here...a pleasure as always...thanks for the paddle. xo from Canada
I am late to your older videos but again Simon you never disappoint. My life is full on right now and these films are my escape. Thank you for all of your content. Your editing and camera skills are excellent
I know it's a long time, Simon, but you said you love comments and I love your channel (keeping up with the new as well as enjoying the oldies).
I am so glad Britain is a part of my history (West Aussie). For some reason this video made me feel wistful. Thanks so much for all your effort and expertise.
Lovely!!
700 subs!. Now look haha. I've loved working my way through your videos over the last year and half. They are very entertaining and extremely informative Simon.
I've had an injured knee since July 2019 and these videos have kept me going. Recently had an operation so hopefully I can get back out hiking and camping.
Keep up the really good work.
I hope Maggiie is well too 👍
One of my favourite parts of the world, The Dart Estuary. Gorgeous river.
Looks nice down there. Just working my way through your videos. 700 subs!! Look at it now🎉
Hi Simon. I’ve been following you since the beginning but somehow missed this one. Beautifully done as always. Nothing compares to canoeing and camping for me. Thank you 😊🛶
The original Cornish pasties were larger and in one end there was meat and potato and in the other apple. Favoured by miner's the pasty was taken down the pits all over the British isles.
👋👋👋Simon, having a blast catching up on all the old vids👋👋
Another excellent video. You deserve seven thousand subs, and you'll get them.
LoaferXcursions - Thank you sir! That would be nice!! Glad you enjoyed it. Atb, Simon.
@@simonablokeinthewoods now you have 107k!
I thought I had seen all your videos and then this little gem appears. I love Devon/Dorset my dream location to live..
Looks a great place to paddle and hammock camp with all those tree lined banks
+Fenland Survivor - Thanks, it was a nice area - and nice not to have to battle with downed trees!! It looked like there were loads of good little camping spots on amongst the trees - and good foraging on the foreshore! Atb, Simon.
Super canoeing trip on the Dart in amongst the boats, beautiful scenery and the gentle lapping of the water as you make your way down and up the river. Thanks for sharing. Take care...
+John King - Cheers John, glad you enjoyed it! It was nice to paddle a wide tidal estuary for a change, my local rivers are narrow and often overgrown in the summer months! Atb, Simon.
Darting up & down the River Dart! 700 hundred subs mentioned. You deserve at least 94.8k and Moar!
Really enjoy your canoeing videos 👍🏻
Thanks buddy - this one was a bit different to the usual quiet, small rivers we have in this neck of the woods- really enjoyed it! Cheers!
Great day out, beautifully documented on a stretch of the Dart I know very well, nice one.
Cheers Mark. I really enjoyed paddling this bit of the river, not what I’m used to at all, but good fun and having to take the tide into account added to the interest! Cheers, Atb, Simon.
At the end you said you had 700 subscribers, now your near almost 30,000. That's an increase, congratulations. I've only got a few left to watch and will be waiting on more. I went out and got myself a low cost kayak since I miss being on the water. I went out Saturday and wore myself out back and forth five times on a lake. First time in a kayak. But watching you in the canoe again seems like I should have waited to get a solo canoe. Kayaks and canoes just are not the same. I still fear tipping upon getting out. I'm not steady since I have a right ankle disability. I enjoy watching your videos to see areas that I would never get to since I live in the USA. Thank you for continuing with the videos.
Whatever the boat, it’ll still get you out onto the water and that’s the main thing - water has a way of slowing down the pace of life, and you notice so much more! I’m sure you’ll get used to it - the getting in and out. Happy paddling! 😁🛶
Such a nice paddle on a lovely river. Well done to you. ⛺️
+LiveSimplyFilms Mountain Mike - Thanks Mike! It was a different sort of river for me - the rivers I usually paddle are small, gentle ones, so a big tidal estuary was a nice change!! Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed it! Atb, Simon.
Great video
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it! It was nice to paddle a bit of river where I'm not getting tangled up in strainers every two minutes! Cheers mate, Atb, Simon.
Great video Simon. Nice looking canoe.
Cheers! It’s my pride and joy!! 🛶
Great camerawork, it has encouraged me to go and have a look, and I live in Devon.... Well done matey.
Sweet trip. I just went 40 miles on the Kentucky river. It sucked. Steep mud banks to climb just to camp, we had to portage around 2 locks. We decided to cut the trip short and paddle 20 miles the last day. Never again. My next trip will definitely be a lake with established beaches.
kevin moyer - Hi Kevin, thanks for watching! Sounds like you had a tough time! The banks of the Dart are thick mud too in most places at low tide, too gloopy to walk through! Atb, Simon.
Lovely boat, would like to apologise for the Warrens pasty, we both live in Cornwall and they are up there with Ginsters ha ha, sorry if you dont know the history, top vid, all the best, us
Thanks mateys!
Certainly no proper Kernow pasty, that’s for sure!
Keep well!
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@@simonablokeinthewoods If you come back again to the Duchy, give us a shout and we will treat you to one of our favourites, all the best and stay safe bud
very enjoyable, love to be there, great photos, thanks
smooth strip build, I paddle one too.
Thank you! They’re great aren’t they - I’ve yet to paddle a plastic or other canoe that handles as well. 🛶
@@simonablokeinthewoods I have two, 12x28 and 13-6x32, sit low mostly with a double blade, such glide like underfeathers. Thanks for your inspiring photo work, Jay
Another amazing video, I canoe for a living as a riverkeeper and love being out on the water, love your canoe looks nice and light.... Keep up the videos I enjoy this channel one of my favourites.
Thank you!! Don’t suppose you need an apprentice do you? #jobenvy hahaha!
I’m at peace on the water, whatever stresses are going on in life, a paddle down the river never fails to relax!
Cheers, Simon
consistently excellent stuff...I'm a Norfolk lad and would love to cover as many east anglian rivers as possible...More 'reccies' please! Especially more obscure and with opportunity to wild camp overnight on long stretches...with Pubs on occasion! ha.
A pub is always a welcome sight on the river! Hahaha!
Hi Simon,
Watching in April 2020, video posted in August 2017. At the end you talk about how surprised and grateful you are to reach 700 subscribers. I notice now you have 61,000!!! 🙂👍
Thanks for the videos!
Thanks mate - bonkers isn’t it!! 😁
Simon really nice canoe and enjoyed the ride, also to help with the trim in the wind I fill 2 dry bags with water and put them in the front to keep the bow down, also I find it better to sit in front of the front seat looking towards the rear seat.
Cheers ! Great tip for trimming the canoe! I do just as you suggested, sit in the front seat facing the back, it’s not perfect, I’d rather be more central, but it’ll do until I pull my finger out and make the kneeling thwart I’ve been promising myself for the last three years haha! Glad you enjoyed the paddle! Atb, Simon
Simon , check ou the Stingray Kneeling Saddle, you won`t need the thwart..Actually made in the UK..
Great trip on the Dart, which looks beautiful, although the weather didn't look very bright. You must have been very tired when you got back to camp.
+Diane Jacklin - it was a really nice paddle and a bit different to the rivers I normally canoe. I was pretty knackered when I got back - still managed a BBQ in the evening though!!
If there is a reason that the BBQ shouldn't go ahead we haven't heard it way down here.
Great video Simon really enjoyed this I've just got a kayak and want to do this in fact it would be good to do this with you and Andy Kent Survival but do a couple of camps along the River. Stoke Gabriel is a great place to take the kids crabbing 😁👍
Simon, you gem! Little do you realise but you have just done my reccie for me!! About to do a canoe-camp on this section of the Dart in the coming few weeks. Good vid mate, just subbed!
Great! Glad it helped!! Hope you have a great trip and thanks for the sub! 😁🛶
I love the Dart, but if you're ever back in the area you'll have to do 'my' river with me the Tamar :)
Nice paddle :)
Thank you Angela! It was a lovely stretch of river, a refreshing change from the narrow, shallow rivers around here.
Lovely film, Simon, thank you. As a student at Dartington College of Arts in the late 70s I lived briefly in the Sharpham Boathouse, featured from 12:40. We were two couples sharing the (tiny) white house whilst the poet Brian Pattern lived in the wooden shed (as he called it). We frequently ate breakfast on the terrace, as often as not watching the antics of a pair of otters who lived in the bank to the right of the picture. Totnes and Dartmouth were favourite haunts, Dittisham, too.
Wow - what a place to live - much preferred the boathouse to the big house haha! Idyllic. We had a lovely evening out in Totnes during our stay - found a nice place to quench our thirsts after scaling the hill! Thanks for watching and glad to have brought back some memories! Atb, Simon.
I am a bit late to this video, but it was great to see you exploring my local area. Might I suggest that for your next expedition with Andy, you go from as close to the Dart's source down to Dartmouth?
When everything returns to vaguely normal, of course...
Thank you!
I’m really keen on paddling that upper section - it would make a great, varied trip - lumpy white water, lazy wide sections and tidal 👍🛶
Ive paddled this river a few times both lower and upper Dart in an open canoe - I don't think i would risk your wooden boat on the upper Dart. If you are ever in West Wales, The Milford Estuary, especially upstream from the Cleddau Bridge is worth a few days with some discreet wild camping.
Thank you Cyndi! I did wonder about the upper Dart. The canoe is a lot tougher than it looks - reinforced fibreglass hull - really designed for big rocky rivers, but I’m still cautious with it hahaha!
I’ll check out the Milford Estuary - thank you! Always looking for new places to paddle!
Cheers, Simon
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Hi looks really great, I personally love the sound of the paddle going through water. One thing I would say is that you don't seem to 'edge' the boat very much when paddling, is this your style? Or do you not find it helpful, or is it not necessary when you are paddling your boat? I personally find it helpful in many ways. Cheers great video btw
How many miles
can you tell us where you brought you tent from please
Nice video. Looked like a peaceful outing. I'm intrigue, what was the white bucket for?
Thank you! The bucket is my bailer, it’s just a cheap paint kettle, but if the canoe gets swamped, or I capsize, I can bail out quickly with it - it has a big sponge in it too to mop up the dregs! Cheers, Simon.
That is a beautiful wooden canoe, did you build it?
Simon did build his canoe by him self. I thought he had som video from the build, but i can not seem to find it.
Across from stoke Gabriel is bow creek with Cornworthy and Tuckenhay, there's some pubs along that part!
My wife's family come from Cornworthy and it's a beautiful area, maybe I'll get her in a canoe one day have explore it from the river..
That look like a 200tdi defender at the end, is it yours?
Lovely bit of water, wish I’d had longer to explore more - next time! Yes, the defender is mine - spend more time under it than in it, but that’s all part of the love affair!! 😁
Love canoeing the Dart, I always prefer meandering close to the shore. You did well doing the whole stretch. I have also canoed the Broads as you have with my boys when they were little. We always loved the jungle section of the North Waltham canal. Scotland is my favourite place for paddling. Take a look at my early videos if you can👍
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Thanks Simon! I’ll take a look - really want to get up to Scotland for a paddle -always wanted to do the great glen. 😁🛶
How do I find you on Facebook? I enjoy watching your videos.
Hi Joseph, thank you! If you search Simon, a bloke in the woods or there is a link in the description box under my more recent videos. Cheers!