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 1am Friday and Saturday night. The Teifi Tour ticket price is £10 this does not include the Mega bash only the riverside of things.
To pay the £10 for your Teifi Tour ticket just call the canoe centre on 01559363209 or pick them up on the friday evening or Saturday morning of the Tour.
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 Canoe Wales website for access information www.welsh-canoeing.org.uk permission has been sought to access the river upstream from Llandysul and also to egress at Henllan falls and at Newcastle Emlyn.
Due to access problems at Cenarth Falls our shuttle buses and safety cover will be finishing at Newcastle Emlyn just upstream of the road bridge on river right. The Teifi Trout Assossiation have asked paddlers to ask for permission to paddle Cenarth falls from them direct you can contact them on the following email: Bob_Monty@stvr.co.uk Bob Montgomery TTA Secretary.
We have not been given permission to use the car park at Cenarth but there is a public car park downstream of the bridge on river left, there is also a footpath on river right from above the falls down to the bridge for those that want to portage the rapids.
Camping is on the camping fields at Llandysul Paddlers Canoe Centre.
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.
THERE IS NO CAR PARKING AT HENLLAN FALLS OR LLANFIHANGEL - AR -ARTH 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 right, 1 mile downstream of the road bridge. This section is three 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, at medium to hight water levels you must portage on the right hand bank immediately below the bridge.
Pentre-cwrt Bridge is the second 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 Newcastle Emlyn just after the rapids and above the bridge on river right.
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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 eight 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.
*Due to access problems at Cenarth falls the shuttle buses and safety will finish at Newcastle Emlyn.
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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 egress below the falls and road bridge on river left this is local authority land and they have given permission to egress the river.
*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 not be available to take people back to Llandysul.
Section Six :- Cenarth Falls to Poppit Sands.
Access can be gained 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 Cenarth Bridge.
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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 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.
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 bridge on the left hand bank.
