notes from chairman.i have decided to change the name to EAST ANGLIA
CORACLE FISHING CLUB as it is primarily for fishing.forthcoming event
to be anounced shortly.i used to run a coracle paddlers club about 5
years ago with 7 members and monthly we went up to 5 or 6 miles in
beautiful places where one could not go by any other means,if anyone
wishes to do this for stamina training prior to fishing which is quite
strenuous please get in touch,bring a large umbrella for sailing and
possible shelter.regards to all .

Quentin,
thanks for enrolling me. I have absolutely no experience except a
rather effective minow trap and disembowling a gudgeon. I think a trip
is long overdue anyway. Any ideas on a venue.  I think we should throw
this open to anyone who cares to come. Tomorrow I am busy, the rest of
the holiday the weather looks crap. How about next weekend?
Dick



--- In coraclesociety@..., "stourcoracleman"
<stourcoracleman@...> wrote:
>
> from chairman.congratulations to dick mundy as member no1.the aims
> could be to just have fun with no constitution or rules or money
> involved,and go fishing in coracles ,which i do all year round.i can
> give help and instruction to novices and supply coracle netts.fish
> traps can be made,and trolling lures can be productive.
>

from chairman.congratulations to dick mundy as member no1.the aims
could be to just have fun with no constitution or rules or money
involved,and go fishing in coracles ,which i do all year round.i can
give help and instruction to novices and supply coracle netts.fish
traps can be made,and trolling lures can be productive.

Hi all,
I have just ordered a batch of 24 mugs with the original Coracle
Society Logo (black on white as on the magazine).
I am promised they will be ready in time for the AGM, and will be for
sale at £5.00 each. They are microwave and dishwasher proof. I can
post them but I don't as yet know what the postage etc will be.

Dick

Hi Dave,
I don't think you could call this a breakaway club. Despite my
tongue in cheek remarks about poaching, it is a genune attempt to
get a group of people together who are interested in the various
methods of fishing by Coracle. Coracle fishing is now nearly extinct
in the UK. To keep it alive it needs people to research and practise
it.
Can I have chocolate rather than Dundee?

--- In coraclesociety@..., "Dave Purvis"
<dave.purvis@...> wrote:
>
> Dick
>
> I assume this is from our Quentin? (There can't be many of them
about!)
>
> Is this the breakaway club you have been talking about-sounds
interesting.
> Let me know when it is formed, and which Goal you become
incarcerated in-I
> will send you a Dundee Cake with a file in so you can both form an
escape
> committee!
>
> On a more serious note, do you have a copy of Peter Badges recent
letter and
> his email address which you could forward on to me? My copy was
put out with
> the papers for recycling whilst I was away in Scotland last week
before I
> had the chance to reply.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> Dave
>
>
>
>   _____
>
> From: coraclesociety@...
> [mailto:coraclesociety@...] On Behalf Of Richard
Mundy
> Sent: 20 May 2008 20:27
> To: coraclesociety@...
> Subject: [coraclesociety] Re: fishing
>
>
>
> Quentin,
> I entirely agree with you, and would to join your 'Coracle Fishers
> Club'. One of the first jobs of this club should be to find out
what
> fishing you can legally do from a coracle. I think net fishing is
> illigal on rivers. On estuaries I think it depends on what
estuary, on
> what you intend to catch, and what you intend to do with your
catch.
> In the mean time if you fancy a bit of poaching (in the interests
of
> scientific research) one night, count me in!
>
> Dick
>
> --- In coraclesociety@ <mailto:coraclesociety%40yahoogroups.co.uk>
> yahoogroups.co.uk, "stourcoracleman"
> <stourcoracleman@> wrote:
> >
> > are there any coracle owners who go coracle fishing,which is
thier
> > primary function,with nets or rods or other engines,in rivers
lakes
> or
> > estuaries,in england or south and east england,and if so are you
> > interested in exchangeing ideas,and information,or wish to go
> fishing
> > but have no partner.also is there any interest in forming
a "coracle
> > fishers"club for mutual benefit purposes.
> >
>

Hi all

I am also looking for Peter Badge's email address!

Alternatively, if anyone is in contact with him, could they ask him to email me?

Thanks.

Pam Bell.

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Countryside.  For further information follow the link:

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-----Original Message-----
From: coraclesociety@... on behalf of Dave Purvis
Sent: Wed 5/21/2008 11:06 AM
To: coraclesociety@...
Subject: RE: [coraclesociety] Re: fishing

Dick

I assume this is from our Quentin? (There can't be many of them about!)

Is this the breakaway club you have been talking about-sounds interesting.
Let me know when it is formed, and which Goal you become incarcerated in-I
will send you a Dundee Cake with a file in so you can both form an escape
committee!

On a more serious note, do you have a copy of Peter Badges recent letter and
his email address which you could forward on to me? My copy was put out with
the papers for recycling whilst I was away in Scotland last week before I
had the chance to reply.



Regards



Dave



   _____

From: coraclesociety@...
[mailto:coraclesociety@...] On Behalf Of Richard Mundy
Sent: 20 May 2008 20:27
To: coraclesociety@...
Subject: [coraclesociety] Re: fishing



Quentin,
I entirely agree with you, and would to join your 'Coracle Fishers
Club'. One of the first jobs of this club should be to find out what
fishing you can legally do from a coracle. I think net fishing is
illigal on rivers. On estuaries I think it depends on what estuary, on
what you intend to catch, and what you intend to do with your catch.
In the mean time if you fancy a bit of poaching (in the interests of
scientific research) one night, count me in!

Dick

--- In coraclesociety@ <mailto:coraclesociety%40yahoogroups.co.uk>
yahoogroups.co.uk, "stourcoracleman"
<stourcoracleman@...> wrote:
>
> are there any coracle owners who go coracle fishing,which is thier
> primary function,with nets or rods or other engines,in rivers lakes
or
> estuaries,in england or south and east england,and if so are you
> interested in exchangeing ideas,and information,or wish to go
fishing
> but have no partner.also is there any interest in forming a "coracle
> fishers"club for mutual benefit purposes.
>

Quentin,
I entirely agree with you, and would to join your 'Coracle Fishers
Club'. One of the first jobs of this club should be to find out what
fishing you can legally do from a coracle. I think net fishing is
illigal on rivers. On estuaries I think it depends on what estuary, on
what you intend to catch, and what you intend to do with your catch.
In the mean time if you fancy a bit of poaching (in the interests of
scientific research) one night, count me in!

Dick



--- In coraclesociety@..., "stourcoracleman"
<stourcoracleman@...> wrote:
>
> are there any coracle owners who go coracle fishing,which is thier
> primary function,with nets or rods or other engines,in rivers lakes
or
> estuaries,in england or south and east england,and if so are you
> interested in exchangeing ideas,and information,or wish to go
fishing
> but have no partner.also is there any interest in forming a "coracle
> fishers"club for mutual benefit purposes.
>

are there any coracle owners who go coracle fishing,which is thier
primary function,with nets or rods or other engines,in rivers lakes or
estuaries,in england or south and east england,and if so are you
interested in exchangeing ideas,and information,or wish to go fishing
but have no partner.also is there any interest in forming a "coracle
fishers"club for mutual benefit purposes.

Hi All,
Just added a link to the Tom Mathias Collection National Museum of
Wales. Initially this does not look promising, but scroll down and
click on the thumbnails.
I don't feel it right to download the relevent ones and put them under
photo's for copyright reasons.

Also at the bottom of the page is a link to 'Tom Mathias (1866-1940):
Folk Life photographer', a book that can be ordered from The National
Museum of Wales.
Dick

Hi all,
Just posted the latest EVENTS LIST in the Files. For some reason it is
quite a big file so give it a minute or two. I am working on making
these files smaller.

This is in PDF format. To read this you need Adobe Reader. This can be
downloaded from

  http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/reader/

If you don't already have this I recommend it!

Dick

Hello,

This email message is a notification to let you know that
a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the coraclesociety
group.

   File        : /Events list published April 2008.PDF
   Uploaded by : coracles18 <coracles18@...>
   Description :  Events published April 2008

You can access this file at the URL:
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/coraclesociety/files/Events%20list%20published%\
20April%202008.PDF

To learn more about file sharing for your group, please visit:
http://help.yahoo.com/help/uk/groups/files

Regards,

coracles18 <coracles18@...>

Hi All,
Just unmoderated all existing members, new members will get moderated
until either they post something,or until I go through the member list
again.
I feel I need to exercise this censorship to keep the group free from
spam and obscenity.

Dick

Hi Everyone and particularly Chris,

  Chris good to see you here, and entering into the spirit of this
group so magnificently. Not had anything through Facebook yet.

The membership reminders went out a couple of weeks ago and I have
just put the newsletters in the post. So if you don't get one either
you have not renewed your membership, or I have screwed up . If you
think I have screwed up either ring or email me (I will just blame the
Post Office and send another).

Dick

Hi All,

Details of the Macmillan Coracle Challenge 2008

The first Coracle Relay Race World Championship is taking place on
the
River Severn in Shrewsbury on Friday 6th June 2008.  The event will
consist
of 8 heats with teams of 4 paddlers and a coracle and the winner of
each
plus fastest second places going through to semi-finals and then the
final.
Each team has paid an entry fee of £50 and have pledged to raise a
minimum
sponsorship of £300 with all proceeds going to Macmillan Cancer
Support.
The first heat will start at 4.30pm.  As well as the actual racing
there
will be entertainment for the supporters and racers in the form of
street
entertainers (jugglers and acrobats etc) there is a Pimms Bar, a hog
roast,
tea and cakes, an ice cream stall and various childrens
entertainment.
Situated on the banks of the river Severn at the Pengwern boat club
there
are many good vantage points from which to watch all the action,
spills and
thrills.  Last year at our inaugural "Coracle Challenge" £21,000 was
raised
for Macmillan Cancer Support.  This year with a bigger and better
event we
hope to well exceed that figure.  More information can be obtained by
contacting the Macmillan Shropshire Fundraising Office on 01743
452080 or
email adavies@....

Dick

Hi Nigel,
If you are interested in Sudbury to the sea, have a look at
http://www.riverstourtrust.org/
Hope to meet you at Mortimers in June,
Dick

--- In coraclesociety@..., "coraclenigel"
<coraclenigel@...> wrote:
>
> Hi All
>
> I have just joined the Society having made a coracle last summer.
I got the instructions
> and lathes from Terry Kenny at the Stoke Goldington steam fayre; I
have always has a
> hankering for one having built my own canoes. Just getting out on
the water as the
> decent weather here has ideally to coincide with high tides as
much of the paddling is on
> estuaries.
> Quite keen to have a go at the Mortimers Cross weekend and a
paddle on the River
> Stour in September. I am quite into light weight backpacking and
would be keen to have a
> go at a long weekend river journey some where with overnight
camping!
>
> Nigel
>

Hi All

I have just joined the Society having made a coracle last summer. I got the
instructions
and lathes from Terry Kenny at the Stoke Goldington steam fayre; I have always
has a
hankering for one having built my own canoes. Just getting out on the water as
the
decent weather here has ideally to coincide with high tides as much of the
paddling is on
estuaries.
Quite keen to have a go at the Mortimers Cross weekend and a paddle on the River
Stour in September. I am quite into light weight backpacking and would be keen
to have a
go at a long weekend river journey some where with overnight camping!

Nigel

Hi all,
I have just added the option to Join the Coracle Society or renew
membership online to my Coracle Society web page.

Uk Membership is £7.00

Joint or Overseas (or Joint Overseas) is £10.00

This page is at www.dickmundy.co.uk

This is through Paypal, but a Paypal account is not necessary, and you
can use a credit or debit card.

Dick

Hi Steve,
I was going to kayak across Brightlingsea creek and up to St Osyth
but other things got in the way so I havn't been afloat yet this
year. Do let me know when you go, if I can I will join you.
Dick

--- In coraclesociety@..., "s.miles33" <s.miles33@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi Dick
>
> I had my first paddle of the year yesterday .
>
> Nice and sunny , but there was still a frost on the banks , and
the water felt COLD ! Not that I
> went in .
>
> I droped in next to the road bridge at paper mill lock and had a
plesent paddle down to
> rushes lock and back , about 3 miles , ok so I walked some of the
way back as it was getting
> late and had to hurry a bit , also there were some people fishing
and I didn't want to disturb
> them , but still a pleasent trip with the spring seeming to start !
>
> Next time I go out I'll let you know , although I don't think
it'll be as far next time as the
> shoulders are aching a bit today .
>
> Steve
>

Hi Dick

I had my first paddle of the year yesterday .

Nice and sunny , but there was still a frost on the banks , and the water felt
COLD ! Not that I
went in .

I droped in next to the road bridge at paper mill lock and had a plesent paddle
down to
rushes lock and back , about 3 miles , ok so I walked some of the way back as it
was getting
late and had to hurry a bit , also there were some people fishing and I didn't
want to disturb
them , but still a pleasent trip with the spring seeming to start !

Next time I go out I'll let you know , although I don't think it'll be as far
next time as the
shoulders are aching a bit today .

Steve

Hi all,
regarding the new member leaflet (pdf under files) I have had a
letter
from Pam Bell who is a director of the WCA regarding river access.
The situaton is not clear, and it seems possible that we all have
access to navigable waters on non-tidal rivers. The laws regarding
this have to be clarified. At the moment you could theoretically be
charged with trespass but this is unlikely and difficuilt to
prove.
As far as needing a boat licence is concerned, again the situation
is
unclear, you do need one for canals, but if we do have navigation
rights on rivers.......?
Pam included a copy of the 'Access Special' edition of the WCA
magazine 'Ceufad' which makes interesting reading, and can be
downloaded from /www.canoeingisnotacrime.org.uk (this is also under
links along with the BCU).

Until the law is clarified you need to read the relevant information
and make up your own minds.

Dick

Hi Steve,
I could manage the Chelmer,next time you go let me know! You should
have my phone number.

My first coracle was a modified version from Terrys leaflet, I made
mine a bit smaller so I could get it in the back of my car. I met
him at Barleylands a couple of years later,

Dick



--- In coraclesociety@..., "s.miles33" <s.miles33@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi Dick
>
> I've known of the society for a few years after a visit to the
coracle museum at Cenarth ,
> well a few visits .
> Meeting Terry Kenny several times at the Barlylands steam fair
rearly got me interested .
>
> Then there was the coracle biulding course at the greenwood centre
with Terry when I
> actually got to sail mine for the first time in front of an
audience ! Which was good fun and
> not as daunting as it sounds .
>
> Since then I try to get out on Saturday afternoons on the chelmer
when I can .
>
> Steve
>

Hi Dick

I've known of the society for a few years after a visit to the coracle museum at
Cenarth ,
well a few visits .
Meeting Terry Kenny several times at the Barlylands steam fair rearly got me
interested .

Then there was the coracle biulding course at the greenwood centre with Terry
when I
actually got to sail mine for the first time in front of an audience ! Which was
good fun and
not as daunting as it sounds .

Since then I try to get out on Saturday afternoons on the chelmer when I can .

Steve

Hi Steve,
good to hear from you, yes thats what hopefully this group is all
about.
As you know, I am near Colchester and there are quite a few coraclers
in East Anglia, so we could organise a get together!
In files is a new member leaflet which I don't think you got, as this
is very recent, but in it are a couple of East Anglian Events you
could be interested in. Bures Coracle Regatta, and Sudbury to the Sea
(S2C).

Where did you come accross The Coracle Society?

Dick

Just posted new member leaflet, few events on this.

Just sorted out Dave's event list. Find this under Files
Dick

A web forum , sounds like a great idea for any one interested in coracles .
I know from when I've been out paddling there is quite a bit of passing interest
, so if more of
us sign up perhaps we could organise small paddling days in our local waters ,
and get more
people paddling .

Hi all,
Just uploated a list of events supplied by Dave. Unfortunately it has
lost a lot of the formatting , but is readable. Will get round to
reformatting this, but not tonight! You can find it under files.
happy paddling or coracle building
Dick

Hi,
welcome to S Miles.
Will be adding events to the calendar, click on calendar, the events.
(only Mortimers and the AGM there at the moment)
please feel free to post messages photo's files and links etc. I may
edit anything innapropriate ie obscene or if its very very off topic.
Dick

Hi all,

I have set up this group on behalf of the coracle society.
Membership for 2008 is now due and costs a mear £7.00.

The last newsletter was Spring 2007 and the next won't be for a
month or so yet

The main event will be The Mortimers Cross Coracle Regatta 20, 21
and 22 June. This is free, and open to anyone.
The Coracle Society AGM is about 12 noon on the 21st.

Camping is available on site at £3.00 per person per night.
The venue is in the grounds of Mortimers Cross Mill, and extends for
about a mile along the banks of the river Lugg and is in
Herefordshire not far from Leominster.
The Mill is working watermill, open 10-4 on Sundays with milling
demonstrations bank holiday weekends.