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<\/a>Shillington’s Quay, Portadown<\/p><\/div>\n
If anybody on here knows the area well or has any experience of canoeing in the area please could you let me know your thoughts on paddling from Shillington’s Quay. I really do like the look of it as a launch site and paddling through an urban area and getting to view it from a different perspective appeals to me.<\/p>\n
So, instead of the Bann, I chose the River Blackwater instead and a bit of Googling seemed to suggest that if I got myself to Moy there would be decent access to the river for getting the canoe launched.<\/p>\n
When I got to Moy I pulled into a car park purely by chance to do a U-turn and found that it had a public slipway and jetty and that turned out to be my starting point from where I could get the canoe wet and loaded up my ship mates and a picnic.<\/p>\n
The route I was going to follow is shown below with my destination being The Argory, a National Trust property on the banks of the River Blackwater which I never new existed.<\/p>\n It turned out to be a fantastic route for the canoe. The river was wide, scenic, tree lined, slow moving and teeming with fish. Every 200 yards, or so, we would startle a fish which was swimming just below the surface and in turn it would make a large splash, trying to dive deep, making us jump too! Next time I set out on that river I think I will be trailing a trout spinning rig from the back of the canoe while paddling along and hopefully I’ll get a trout to BBQ for lunch \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n Here’s a few photos to let you see the peaceful stretch of water from Moy to The Argory:<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n