Rivieres nature en Kayak Gonflable
Rivieres nature en Kayak Gonflable
Book Review
240 pages, Full colour, Published by www.canotier.com, 2018, r.r.p. 24.90 euros
This is a brand new, exciting guide book to some of the best paddling trips on rivers in France - selected as those that are best for inflatable canoes. These are relatively easy rivers - grade 1 - 3 - so I think this also makes it ideal for S.U.P.s, open canoes, and touring kayaks.
Laurent Nicolet, the author, is a well known recreational paddler. He lives in the French Alps and has a lifetimes experience of French rivers. Besides being a kayaker, canoeist, and rafter he has always been an enthusiastic inflatable paddler - so he writes with great personal knowledge and authority. (He was also a contributor to our best selling White Water South Alps guidebook).
This guidebook is high quality, full colour, with good maps and inspiring photographs. I showed the book to several friends and everyone was impressed and immediately wanted to browse it! Of course the book is in French, however the layout is clear and logical so even if you only have limited French you should find it easy to use.
The book covers 45 trips - all over France, but understandably mainly in the south of the country. I was excited to see some trips on rivers that I have not seen featured in other guidebooks, in any language. There are also a few new trips on rivers like the Rhone, where recent developments have made them accessible for paddling.
In summary, I think this is a great buy for any paddler who wants more information on French rivers than are covered in our own Rivers Publishing guidebooks. I am told has been very well received in France and Canotier are going to have to reprint it!
Peter Knowles, Rivers Publishing. August 2019.
Book Review
240 pages, Full colour, Published by www.canotier.com, 2018, r.r.p. 24.90 euros
This is a brand new, exciting guide book to some of the best paddling trips on rivers in France - selected as those that are best for inflatable canoes. These are relatively easy rivers - grade 1 - 3 - so I think this also makes it ideal for S.U.P.s, open canoes, and touring kayaks.
Laurent Nicolet, the author, is a well known recreational paddler. He lives in the French Alps and has a lifetimes experience of French rivers. Besides being a kayaker, canoeist, and rafter he has always been an enthusiastic inflatable paddler - so he writes with great personal knowledge and authority. (He was also a contributor to our best selling White Water South Alps guidebook).
This guidebook is high quality, full colour, with good maps and inspiring photographs. I showed the book to several friends and everyone was impressed and immediately wanted to browse it! Of course the book is in French, however the layout is clear and logical so even if you only have limited French you should find it easy to use.
The book covers 45 trips - all over France, but understandably mainly in the south of the country. I was excited to see some trips on rivers that I have not seen featured in other guidebooks, in any language. There are also a few new trips on rivers like the Rhone, where recent developments have made them accessible for paddling.
In summary, I think this is a great buy for any paddler who wants more information on French rivers than are covered in our own Rivers Publishing guidebooks. I am told has been very well received in France and Canotier are going to have to reprint it!
Peter Knowles, Rivers Publishing. August 2019.