Lofoten Islands Expedition 2019 “The Famous Five visit Lofoten” by Enid Blyton Anne Dick George Timmy Julian Andy Garland Karl Winrow Catriona Hare Roger Coleman Day 00 – The Journey Out (8th August) by Julian “The Famous Five find their way to Lofoten” Anne had been to Norway before back in 2015 and although a… Read More »Lofoten Islands Expedition 2019 “The Famous Five find their way to Lofoten”
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Alpine Paddling Holiday 2019 LCC Home Site Map News items or reports on club activities should be sent to website@liverpoolcanoeclub.co.uk Archived Newsletters Major Trip Reports.… Each year the club runs a trip to the Ecrin National Park in the South of France. We paddle many of the exciting rivers, walk up to local glaciers, watch… Read More »Alpine Paddling Holiday 2019 – The Full Write Up
French Alps 2019 paddling trip Day 14 The Lower Gyronde by Keith It was the last day and only 5 paddlers were up for the early morning challenge of a quick trip down the Gyronde onto the Durance and down to the slalom site. We were to be a team of 6, but the “Welsh… Read More »French Alps 2019 paddling trip – French Alps 2019 paddling trip
French Alps 2019 paddling trip Day 12b The Ubaye Racecourse by Martin Aldridge Off the Upper and the shuttle complete, we all stopped for some lunch in the glowing sunshine. I on the other hand, returned to patching my boat, which to be fair had been holding up surprisingly well all things considered, but needed… Read More »French Alps 2019 paddling trip – Day 12b The Ubaye Racecourse by Martin Aldridge
Skin On Frame Christmas Kayak. When my eldest lad gave me a Christmas card endorsed ‘do not open until Christmas Day’ and no actual pressie I thought, ah must be a voucher – better yet, cold hard cash. I was wrong. He had written inside that he was going to build me a Skin On… Read More »Skin On Frame Christmas Kayak by Roger Colman
Stand Up Paddle Boarding on the Swellies – Brian Green On Saturday I enjoyed a cracking SUP trip on my new (to me) Red Paddle Board Explorer 13’2″. As I’m a sea kayaker first and foremost and know the Menai Straits really well I decided to make this the venue for my first long’ish stand… Read More »Stand Up Paddle Boarding on the Swellies – Brian Green
Llyn Padarn Peer Paddle – Saturday 3rd August 2019 Martin Eley While a large number of the club were enjoying The Alps a group of 21 paddlers decided to opt for the more sedate waters of Llyn Padarn in Llanberis, North Wales. The day started at 10:30am with people arriving and immediately thinking about food,… Read More »Llyn Padarn Peer Paddle – Saturday 3rd August 2019 Martin Eley
French Alps 2019 paddling trip Day 13 L’Argentière-la-Bessée to Embrun 2019 by Stuart and Kurt Toulson We departed the campsite on what was to be the club’s penultimate trip in the Alps this Year at 10am. Most departed from the beach, whilst a few carried up to the top of the slalom course, a great… Read More »French Alps 2019 paddling trip – Day 13 L’Argentière-la-Bessée to Embrun 2019 by Stuart and Kurt Toulson
French Alps 2019 paddling trip Day 12a The Upper Ubaye by Martin Aldridge Another “early” start (the definition of early varies throughout the group and has a strong correlation to the previous evenings activities). Whilst we’re on the subject of the previous evening, it was the groups evening out the night before. We ventured into… Read More »French Alps 2019 paddling trip – Day 12a The Upper Ubaye by Martin Aldridge
