A. Putting in from Byecross Campsite, turn right and you will immediately come to the Grade 2 rapids of Monnington Falls. This rapid requires inspection and careful navigation. It runs alongside an island located after a steep 180-degree left-hand bend in the river. At low and medium water levels, it can be shot to the left of the island. Inspection for obstructions and route finding can be undertaken by landing on the beach on the left-hand bank and walking down to the rapid via the river. In low water, you can stop on the right bank and walk across to the island to inspect the left channel. Plot your route through the rocks and watch out for the boils, particularly down the deep channel in low water.

B. There are occasional small rapids on the way to Hereford, but nothing more that needs inspection. The river here is quiet and peaceful. At Byford, there is a landing on the left bank, 200 metres below the pumping station, in front of a black and white cottage. This area is the site of an old ford and can be accessed from the road down a narrow lane, with no permission required. However, there is no parking here, and the landing can become overgrown.

C. From here, there are weedy shallows until you pass the tiny village of Bridge Sollers at just over three miles, with its 12th-century, Grade 2 listed church. After passing another small village, Canon Bridge, on your right at five miles, you round a bend in the river and see the National Trust-owned Weir Garden.

D. At ten miles, Belmont Golf Course is on your right. Not long after this, you begin to enter the outskirts of Hereford. The Hereford Rowing Club is on the left at almost twelve miles. The get-out is a purpose-built canoe launch point on the right, under Greyfriars Road Bridge. Hereford grew around an ancient river crossing, which explains its name, meaning “ford of the army.”