Canoe Days Out

Photo Album for Suffolk - River Stour - Sudbury to Brundon (& return) by Richard Ward

This is the platform at the quay at the Granary Theatre where I launch from, getting ready to go.



This is the platform at the quay at the Granary Theatre where I launch from, getting ready to go.
The river itself is a short paddle past the where the Stour Trust moor the boats they use for the tourist trips
If you turn left the river runs wide and deep with Friars meadow on your left
You soon see the lock at Cornard coming into view
This would be the first Portage if you were heading down stream but its where I have the first cuppa when doing the round trip
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You now retrace your steps back upstream
under the old railway bridge that now forms part of the stour valley path
on towards Ballingdon Bridge
past the now sadly closed Boathouse Inn
Once under Ballingdon Bridge the river gets a bit thinner but still lots of water and reeds as you start to go through the common land
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Early morning fisher taking a break
you come to the footpath bridge over the common where the river starts getting more enclosed and feels remote although you are very close to the town
Or like me you can turn around and stop on the bank for another cuppa
and back to where you started!
The last trip loaded was Melbourne to Cottingwith Lock via the Pocklington Canal, by Alan Brannon on 2nd December 2007.