Day 14 Friday: Isle de Serre White Water Centre by Fiona Barry 3 of us decided to try out hydrospeeding on the white-water course. Steph, Sarah and I donned our wetsuits, BAs and helmets before receiving the fastest lesson ever from the hydrospeeding expert instructor! It’s quite straightforward once you learn how to turn and edge! The hardest part is walking along the riverbank in the flippers! The best part… Read More »2022 LCC Alpine Holiday to Durance Region in France: Day 14 Friday: Isle de Serre White Water Centre by Fiona Barry

The Ormes…as described. With a random day off and Dave in a similar position, we decided to have a chilled paddle around the Ormes as described in the Welsh Sea Kayaking guide…almost. Dave and I have both paddled the Ormes in multiple directions before but have never done the trip as per the guide. So, with a 1024 HW Liverpool and a F1/2 wind from the North we decided that… Read More »Wednesday 10th August – The Ormes…as described by DG and JG

2022 LCC Alpine Holiday to Durance Region in France: Day 13 Thursday: Le Vénéon by Leanne Murray and Steph Blissett Day 13 Thursday: Le Vénéon by Leanne Murray and Steph Blissett Whilst enroute to campsite number 2, a select few paddlers were keen on Keith’s plan to run the river Vénéon. After the beautiful drive into the valley a few decided to ditch the river and go straight ahead to… Read More »2022 LCC Alpine Holiday to Durance Region in France: Day 13 Thursday: Le Vénéon by Leanne Murray and Steph Blissett

Thursday 4th August – Anglesey Sea trip. by Dave Gentle An experience building trip off Anglesey, popping in and out of most of the bays, coves and gullies from Porth Dafarch to Rhoscolyn Head cave and back, close into the coastline making the most of the waves and rock features with three generous breaks, rolls, rescues and paddle swapping. We saw Matt Giblin of Kayak Essentials too. The debrief was… Read More »Thursday 4th August – Anglesey Sea trip. by Dave Gentle

Wednesday 3rd August – A lively trip off the Lleyn Peninsula from Trefor. Fantastic scenery and geology with blow holes, plenty birdlife and a seal. We had a beach break and some floating breaks. The debrief was at Carol & Peter’s van before we went camping ready for the next day’s sea trip. The group – David G, Peter & Carol, Fiona & Dave

Day 5 Wednesday: Upper Durance by Oscar We were floating down the river When Oscar became all of a tither. On a water flow ever so flat A very sneaky rock made him go splat. Embarrassed by the pin he got in a bit of a flap Yet Sara rode in and gave his boat a mighty slap. With a little wriggle, he was on his way, Whence we could… Read More »2022 LCC Alpine Holiday to Durance Region in France: Day 5 Wednesday: Upper Durance by Oscar

2022 LCC Alpine Holiday to Durance Region in France: Day 12 Wednesday: Romanche by Graham Devaney Day 12 Wednesday: Romanche by Graham Devaney Wednesday morning 5 of us got up early and left the site at 8.30 to head around an hour up the valley and into the next valley to paddle The Romanche. I, Keith, Roy, and Stu had never paddled the Romanche before, so we were relying on… Read More »2022 LCC Alpine Holiday to Durance Region in France: Day 12 Wednesday: Romanche by Graham Devaney

Tips and tricks to help you navigate the club website. 1/ Too many google group emails – you can ask to reduce the frequency of these to 1 a day. All emails are rolled up into one. Downside – you may miss out on places for a paddle as they fill quickly. Just email website@liverpoolcanoeclub.co.uk to ask for this. 2/ Once you have logged in to the LCC site a… Read More »Tips and tricks to help you navigate the club website.

Paddler of the Year Award 2022 Nominations for our Paddler of the Year Awards are now open – If you would like to nominate a fellow paddler please send an email to: website@liverpoolcanoeclub.co.uk with a brief (no more than 60 words) summary of why they are being nominated and ideally a photo of them. (Please include any video or other material you may have.) Click for a Historical Record of past winners…… The winners… Read More »Paddler of the Year Award 2022

2022 LCC Alpine Holiday to Durance Region in France: Day 12 Wednesday: Lower Durance by Nikki Aldridge Day 12 Wednesday: Lower Durance by Nikki Aldridge After a leisurely morning we made our way to St Clement for a late elevenses. We were joined at 2pm by the hard-core paddlers who had paddled the Romanche in the morning. We set off toward Embrun. Martin and I left first as I was… Read More »2022 LCC Alpine Holiday to Durance Region in France: Day 12 Wednesday: Lower Durance by Nikki Aldridge