THE TEIFI TOUR
This years Teifi Tour is also the River
Legacy’s mega bash, please read the following
information as it might be useful:
Car parking is limited to the site
opposite the centre and in the fields. The bar is open
until 2am Friday and Saturday night. Breakfast is
available in the canoe centre from 8am on both days. The
Teifi Tour ticket price is £10 this does not include the
Mega bash only the riverside of things.
Please note that you are paying for use
of the shuttle buses, camping and lifeguard cover you
are not paying to use the river and Llandysul Paddlers
are not responsible for organising access agreements
this is down to individuals, please see the WCA website
for access information
www.welsh-canoeing.org.uk permission has been
sought to use the car parks at Newcastle Emlyn and
Cenarth. Camping is on any dry grass that you can find.
Drinking water can be obtained from the
marquees or the canoe centre. Shuttle buses are
available to take you to and from the river please ask
the drivers for additional shuttle information. There
are a few showers and toilets in the canoe centre
additional toilets are porta loos in the fields or
public toilets 100m south of the canoe centre.
CAR PARKING IS VERY LIMITED AT ALL
THE ACCESS AND EGRESS POINTS SO PLEASE USE THE SHUTTLE
BUS PROVIDED.
RIVER GUIDE SATURDAY
A good warm up paddle is the first
section from Llanfihangel-ar-arth back down to Llandysul;
if you have any problems on this run then get off at the
campsite as the other sections get slightly harder. If
the top section is fine then you will enjoy the rest of
the river except for the weir at Pentre-cwrt, which at
high water is a definite portage for all paddlers.
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Section One :- Llanfihangel
Bridge to Llandysul Bridge .
There is no parking at this top site
so please use the shuttle buses; access can be
gained on river left, downstream of the road bridge.
This section is four miles and is grade two all the
way until you arrive back in Llandysul and it only
becomes grade three after the campsite, there are
very few hazards on this section apart from the
usual trees there are also one or two play waves.
Section Two :- Llandysul
Bridge to Pentrecwrt Bridge .
You can access this section above
the road bridge in our camping fields or downstream
of the road bridge on the right hand bank. This
section is four miles long and is grade three for
the first half-mile section in Llandysul and grade
two down to Pentre-cwrt bridge. 50m meters below
Pentre-cwrt bridge there is a weir, which produces a
violent full-length stopper, you must portage on the
right hand bank above or immediately below the
bridge.
Pentre-cwrt Bridge is the first
bridge after Llandysul and is made of stone with a
single arch you can see the bridge from a long way
upstream so you have plenty of time to get off.
*If you have had a hard paddle at
this point then you can catch a shuttle bus back to
Llandysul from the bridge
Section Three :- Pentrecwrt
Bridge to Henllan Falls .
After the weir you can get back onto
the grade 3 rapids which last for 500m the river
then becomes grade 2 for three miles, as soon as you
see the road close to the left hand bank then it is
time to get off and inspect Henllan rapids.
Inspection of the falls can be
gained from the right hand bank.
After you finish at Henllan falls
you can take the shuttle bus back to Llandysul.
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RIVER GUIDE SUNDAY
On Sunday morning the shuttle buses will
take everyone down to Henllan falls where you can start
the second part of the tour. The finish on Sunday is at
Cenarth falls which is about 25 minutes from Llandysul
by mini bus, if you do not want to wait for the shuttle
buses at the end of the day please arrange for your own
vehicles to be dropped off in the morning, we will be
putting on a bus to bring drivers back to Llandysul at
9am on Sunday morning, please meet in the Canoe Centre
and we will travel down in convoy.
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Section Four :- Henllan Falls
to Newcastle Emlyn.
The shuttle buses will drop you off
at the bridge where access can be gained upstream on
the right hand bank. This first section on Sunday is
five miles of grade two down to Newcastle Emlyn. You
can either get off at the rugby club car park next
to the river above the grade three rapids or run
these and get off at the road bridge and wait for a
shuttle bus to pass. If you wish to continue then
this is now the start of section five.
Section Five :- Newcastle
Emlyn to Cenarth Falls .
Access for this section can be from
the road bridge in Newcastle Emlyn or upstream of
the road bridge in the rugby fields car park. This
section is four miles long and is grade two until
the river enters Cenarth Gorge.
At Cenarth falls there is plenty of
time to exit the river on the right hand bank to
inspect the harder grade four rapids. For those of
you who do not wish to attempt the falls you will
have an easy egress on the right above the falls.
For those that attempt these rapids you can either
egress below the falls on river right or below the
road bridge on river left.
*At high water level the main shoot
on the river left of the falls is a hard grade 4 but
there is an easy grade 3 run on the right hand side.
(Most people finish the tour at Cenarth and so do
not paddle section 6)
Shuttle buses will be available to
take people back to Llandysul.
Section Six :- Cenarth Falls
to Poppit Sands.
Access can be gained upstream of the
road bridge on the right hand bank or downstream of
the bridge on river left. This section is fifteen
miles long and is grade one and two. Egress can be
gained at poppit boat club which is river left at
the estuary. Shorter alternative egress points are
at Llechryd Bridge , Cilgeran or Cardigan. Please
note that there are no shuttle buses running after
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Shuttle Minibuses
There are five shuttle minibuses which
will drop you off at the start points each day and will
be at Pentrecwrt bridge and Henllan bridge for pick ups
on Saturday and Cenarth falls and New Castle Emlyn rugby
fields on Sunday. Each bus will have a trailer and
straps will be made available. All buses will wait at
their bridge until full, before returning to Llandysul.
If you are at one of the bridges and the bus is not
waiting then do not panic as it is on route. All buses
will be returning to Llandysul at 5pm so please make
sure you are off the water by this time.
If you would like to drive your vehicle
to Cenarth falls on Sunday morning then we will arrange
for transport back for all drivers in our bus, (please
meet at 9am Sunday morning in the canoe centre)
Car Parks
1) At Llandysul on campsite opposite
Club House.
2) At Pentrecwrt on road bridge.
3) At Newcastle Emlyn rugby field’s car
park, 500m upstream of the road bridge on river right.
4) At Cenarth Fall’s car park below the
falls. Please note that there is a charge for parking on
this car park or there is another free car park below
the bridge on the left hand bank.
