Louise would say that I'm the main paddler in the family .... and she'd probably be right. What she doesn't mention much is that her paddling CV now includes a load of days on overnight canoe camp trips on rivers like the Ardeche as well as more than a month on Swedish expeditions. ​

I've been paddling for around 18 years now and have been a contributor to the Song of The Paddle Forum as 'MarkL' for most of that time.   

It is really through paddling and SOTP that I've met a number of great people in that time and have spent a fair bit of each Springtime trying to help out other forum members with their French paddling trips (or holidays with a bit of paddling). Every time I do it, I think 'Why is this so hard ?' and I've finally taken the plunge and decided that we could make this easier by investing a bit to provide what people ask us for. 

Bear in mind though, we don't do the riverside 'plastic boat for half day' hire type stuff,  sorry.

We are OC paddlers who have been living in SW France for more than 20 years so have hosted a lot of paddlers in that time. 

 Most people want to make the most of their holiday and don't have time (or sometimes enough French) to get it all together so we've been helping them via Song of The Paddle for a while now.