2024 LCC Alpine Paddling Holiday
This year was to be a three-campsite, trip with paddlers dropping in and out at different times. We started at Isle de Serre White Water Centre, just outside Lyon, which breaks up the outbound journey. We then moved on to l’Argentière la Bessée to camp next to the Durance River. There is a lake and White Water course next door. At the end of the first week, some of the group headed home to return to work while others stayed on to paddle the surrounding valleys. We then moved up to Bourg St Maurice and camped at the Isere campsite to paddle the river Isere and its tributaries. The trip is a holiday with late starts and sunny conditions. The paddling is from easy grade 2 to harder grade 4+ and you can choose which paddles you join in on. Ideal for families with plenty of additional activities to try.
Stuart T, Roy Mc, Keith S, Sarah G, Fiona B, Mike F, Cameron F, John C, Kirk W, Mark B, Marianne B. Sue and Colin L, Steve M.
The annual Alps Holiday has been running every year since 2008.
Day 01 Friday: Espace Eau Vive de l’Isle de la Serre by Keith
We arrived at L`Isle de la Serre White Water early afternoon and set up on the campsite which provided excellent camping, showers, a café and several restaurants in the nearby town. This year we were able to negotiate again the ex-army tent complete with two fridges and a stove as a base.
The advanced crew had had a few runs the previous day after their journey out. We decided to follow suit and we all enjoyed a few runs in the late afternoon. This course is man made but very natural looking with rounded boulders and play waves and good eddies for all.
Later we enjoyed food and drink at our army base but were rudely awoken at 3 in the morning by one of the largest cracks of lightning we had ever heard. The lightning and sound happened at the same time and it fell like it was only metres above our heads.
