Links

Photography

• Editorial Photographers UK (EPUK) - an email group for professional editorial photographers who want to talk business.
• Association of Photographers (AOP) - an organisation for professional photographers working in the creative industries
• The National Union of Journalists
• The Royal Photographic Society (RPS) 

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Adventurers

• Olly Hicks - a world record-breaking adventurer, endurance athlete and a highly regarded motivational speaker. See his website to see where his expeditions and voyages have taken him.
• Dave Cornthwaite Dave is an adventurer, writer and filmmaker. He is more than halfway through his Expedition1000 project, for which he is undertaking 25 separate journeys of 1000 miles or more, each using a different form of non-motorised transport, swimming, skateboarding, etc.  Dave also established the Yes Tribe for which he organises a variety of adventure-based events and workshops throughout the year.  Here's one of his Tedx talks.
   

Innovative and adventurous entrepreneurs 

• Coast Capture Air - For those who live in crowded urban cities around the world with very badly polluted air - mountain climber  Sally Lands has an interesting solution.  Sally and her mountain climbing team capture the freshest of the UK's fresh air and bottle it for sale around the world. 

Resources for watersports

• London Tide Predictions - Port of London Authority
• River Levels UK - an excellent website for checking current UK river levels and flood warnings
• Magic Seaweed - surf reports and predictions. Good phone and tablet app too.
• Wind Finder - Wind, waves and weather forecasts for paddlers, windsurfers, surfers and sailors - coastal and inland.  Good phone and tablet app too. 
• Marine Traffic -  Live Ships Map. Discover information and vessel positions for vessels around the world. Very useful for open water crossings.  Useful phone and tablet app too. 
• Meteo consult - Live weather, 14-day Shipping Forecasts for harbours, coastal areas for UK, Europe and Mediterranean. Useful tablet and phone app too.
• Gravesend Port Authority +44 (0)1474 562215
• Thames Barrier Navigation Control, Woolwich +44 (0)208 855 0315

Kayaking and Canoeing

• British Canoeing (formerly British Canoe Union - BCU)
• Canoe Scotland
• Canoe Wales
• Canoe England

Paddle Sports shops

• Whitewater the Canoe Centre - everything you need  for paddle sports based at Shepperton (London)
• Swindon Watersports - kayaking shop at Lechlade, next to the River Thames. They run courses too. 

Paddle Sports Equipment Manufacturers

• Dagger Kayaks
• Elie Kayaks
• FeelFree Kayaks
• Hobie Kayaks
• Jackson Kayaks
• Liquidlogic Kayaks
• Northshore Sea Kayaks
• Ocean Kayaks
• Perception Kayaks
• RTM Kayaks
• SeaBird Kayaks
• Valley Sea Kayaks
• Wave Sport
• Wilderness Systems
• Zet Kayaks

Diving

• The London Diving Chamber - operate a hyperbaric decompression chamber and specialise in diving medicine
• The Underwater Centre - training for commercial divers
• The British Sub Aqua Club (BSAC) - training, trips and holidays for recreational divers
• Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI)- training for recreational divers

Caving

• Croydon Caving Club (CCC)
• South and Mid West Cave Rescue Team (SMWCRT)
• Wealden Cave and Mine Society (WCMS)