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Send links of articles you have found either about Canoeing in Cumbria or nationally, to site admin. or use form below.

2007

• Petition to sign for access to all water, closing date 8 January  2008.
  http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Canoeists/sign (less than 1 minute.)

• Local news of fatality on Lune. January 2007
  http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/display.var.1104876.0.outdoor_instructor_perishes_in_capsize.php
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/6235453.stm

• The possibility of the authorities introducing a fee for all boats, including canoes and kayaks to use the big four Lakes in the Lake District. Here's a bit of background:
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/6198283.stm
  
  And the authority's "party line" about it:
  http://www.lake-district.gov.uk/index/looking_after/gtga_np_news/gtga_np_news-article.htm?newsid=5108
  
  And the survey:
  http://www.lake-district.gov.uk/survey/

2006

• BBC Radio 4 Today Programme discuss Canoe access January 2, 2006
  Original Real Audio - Should canoeists be allowed access to private land?
  John Grogan, MP for Selby and Martin Salter, MP for Reading West discuss the pros and cons.
  (for those that missed original transmission, download 4 Mb mp3)

• Definition of a kayak H2G2

• BBC Cumbria Flood picture

• Search the BBC for kayak or canoe

• BBC Video Nation Windermere Lake

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