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Open CountryThe right to paddle?The right to paddle?

We explore where you can and cannot go

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Ruth and producer Miles Warde

Heading out to the imaginary Mississippi

  • Nick Hayes, author of the Book of Trespass
  • Heading out on the water
  • Ben Seal of British Canoeing
  • Ruth and producer Miles Warde

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    How much of our waterways are open to watersports? Less than you think says Nick Hayes

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