I grew up in Great Cornard, my first exposure to the Stour was apparently being taken for a walk on it in my pram during the big freeze of 1962.  My first memory however was aged about 13 trying to navigate the river using a mirror dinghy it was very heavy and the portages not good.  After that I left the Stour alone for thirty years apart from walks on the meadows, until I brought an old kayak off the infamous ‘eBay’ and took part in the  River Stour Trusts length of the river cruise (S2C) three years ago.  That prompted me to join the RST, now I’m a director of the trust, I chair the navigation committee and organise S2C with a great team.  I think everybody in this area should travel the Stour at least once it is a truly beautiful river.  I’m helping on the work parties restoring the lock at Stratford St Mary, I kayak on the Stour twice a week in the summer, and am doing my best to make this river easily accessible to all!

Big thumbs up to Jeff for working so hard on this website.   I can be contacted via email s2c@supanet.com