Winter Evening Paddle 28.10.25 by Sue Lowndes Tuesday’s weather started a little precarious with branches bending furiously in the garden and the neighbour’s ‘ghost’ flying past at speed!  Was Colin really going to make me paddle in this?  It was definitely a Beaufort 4/5, and I was definitely not feeling it.  Watching the weather with a keen eye and knowing that others were booked on the paddle, we left the… Read More »Winter Evening Paddle 28.10.25

2025 Paddler of the Year Awards at the AGM If you were unable to attend the meeting, we have uploaded the Paddler of the Year Awards PowerPoint. We also elected the Stewardship Group for the following year and presented reports from each of the Key Areas or Disciplines in the Club. We also heard about 3 of the club trips or weekends from the summer.

If you were unable to attend the meeting, we have uploaded the PowerPoint of the main items. There are 58 slides of information from a variety of speakers at the meeting. We also elected the Stewardship Group for the following year and presented the Paddler of the Year Awards. We also heard about 3 of the club trips or weekends from the summer.

2025 Inner Hebrides Sea Kayak Trip – Part 2 Loch Awe Friday 29th, Loch Awe Day 4 – Innis Chonnell to Roadside Car Park by Andy (Day 14) This was our last day of paddling. A fairly short stretch of about 7km paddling from the island campsite at Innis Chonnell to the roadside lay-by where we’d launched from a few days earlier. We’d decided on an early start to reach… Read More »2025 Loch Awe Sea Kayak Trip Day 4

2025 Inner Hebrides Sea Kayak Trip – Part 2 Loch Awe Thursday 28th, Loch Awe Day 3 – Innes Chonnel Castle by Ella (Day 13) We set off at 9 o’clock after spending the night on Monkey Puzzle Tree Island (named after a rather large Douglas fir tree growing in the centre of the island). It was raining. After paddling down the edge of the loch, we stopped for 1st… Read More »2025 Loch Awe Sea Kayak Trip Day 3

The Google Group for LCC is being phased out, and we are moving to the LCC message board.  Here you can subscribe and unsubscribe to any of the groups/disciplines at any time.  This will put you fully in control of the number and content of emails that you receive. You will only get updates and email messages about club trips if you visit the board and subscribe to the groups that… Read More »The Google Group for LCC is being phased out

2025 Inner Hebrides Sea Kayak Trip – Part 2 Loch Awe Wednesday 27th, Loch Awe Day 2 – Monkey Puzzle Tree Island by Debbie (Day 12) Day got off to a good start – Christine surprised an otter on the beach – or the otter surprised her, not sure which, and that was all before breakfast! Today we will reach the end of Loch Awe-fully long, and get camp set… Read More »2025 Loch Awe Sea Kayak Trip Day 2

2025 Inner Hebrides Sea Kayak Trip – Part 2 Loch Awe This year’s trip was to the Inner Hebrides, with backup plans to base ourselves at Leachive Caravan Park – Tayvallich in poor weather.  The first week was fantastic, and we circumnavigated Islay and Jura, but we had caught an earlier ferry back to the mainland with the approach of Ex-Hurricane Erin.  We had discussed numerous options for the following… Read More »2025 Loch Awe Sea Kayak Trip Day 1

2025 Inner Hebrides Sea Kayak Trip – Full write-up of first 9 days This year’s trip was to be the Inner Hebrides, with backup plans to base ourselves from Leachive Caravan Park – Tayvallich in poor weather, but with good conditions, we were to trolly the kayaks onto the ferry at Kennacraig and paddle from Port Askaig on Islay. As usual, the trip was fully booked from early in the… Read More »2025 Inner Hebrides Sea Kayak Trip – Full write-up of first 9 days

2025 Islay and Jura Sea Kayak Trip Day 9 Tarbet and Lochgilphead So we woke early after a sheltered night from the remains of Storm Erin. The Crinnan Canal campsite next to lock 10 was our favourite overnight stop. (There is a campervan overnight parking area there, but a nice area for tents next to the lock gate).  Ex-Hurricane Erin’s remnants were predicted to bring rain and wind to the… Read More »2025 Islay and Jura Sea Kayak Trip Day 9 Tarbet and Lochgilphead