{"id":5299,"date":"2016-05-24T08:00:13","date_gmt":"2016-05-24T07:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=5299"},"modified":"2016-05-24T14:34:27","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T13:34:27","slug":"white-water-rafting-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/white-water-rafting-in-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"White Water Rafting in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"

White water rafting is undoubtedly one of our most exciting activities, so if you\u2019re thinking of putting your paddle power to the test here are a few things you need to know about this wet and wild water sport.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s not just done on rivers..<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The UK may be home to some of the wildest stretches of white water in the world, but white water rafting<\/a> isn\u2019t just confined to natural stretches of white water. Man-made centres like the Lee Valley White Water Centre, used for the London Olympics, are tailor-made for rafting too, and unlike natural stretches of white water conditions out on the water are much more consistent.<\/p>\n

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There are different classes of white water..<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Stretches of white water are graded by how difficult they are to negotiate. The International Scale of River Difficulty is graded from 1-6 with class 1 white water being the easiest to pass, and class 6 white water being almost impassable. Unless you\u2019re an experienced rafter you\u2019ll mainly be taking on white water graded between 1-3, as this guarantees you plenty of fun without the risk of injury.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not just rapids you\u2019ll have to avoid..<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re taking on a natural stretch of white water it\u2019s not just rapids you\u2019ll need to negotiate. You\u2019ll also have to dodge the danger of rocks, branches and river banks too. It\u2019s not all bad news though, because with our instructors skippering the raft you\u2019ll know exactly what\u2019s coming your way and what you need to do to make it down the river in one piece.<\/p>\n

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You\u2019re going to get wet..<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Part of the fun of white water rafting is getting a good soaking, and even if you manage to stay in the raft you\u2019re going to get wet at some point. All of our venues provide wetsuits, helmets and life jackets, so when you inevitably get a soaking there\u2019s no need to worry about ruining your clothes. It\u2019s probably for the best you bring a towel and some dry clothes to change into though!<\/p>\n

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To find out first hand just how much fun white water rafting is follow this link to find your nearest venue.<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

White water rafting is undoubtedly one of our most exciting activities, so if you\u2019re thinking of putting your paddle power to the test here are a few things you need to know about this wet and wild water sport.   It\u2019s not just done on rivers.. The UK may be home to some of the … Continue reading White Water Rafting in the UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[165,1,275],"tags":[933,934,932,931,175],"class_list":["post-5299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activity-profile","category-uncategorized","category-watersport","tag-adrenaline","tag-riversports","tag-watersports","tag-whitewater","tag-gift-experience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5299"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5299"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5315,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5299\/revisions\/5315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}