John Lamb Bursary

John Lamb Bursary£437 was raised via £5 membership renewal donations from Oct ‘25 – July ‘26, and the club also made a donation towards the fund. Thanks to all who donated! The weekend proved to be really successful, demonstrated by…

English Open Canoe Symposium, Windermere, Oct 2026

English Open Canoe Symposium, Windermere, Oct 2026 by Sue L What a weekend. Col and I excitedly registered on the Friday night and were slightly disappointed that the quiz had been cancelled (not really).  With our lunch tokens in hand,…

Autumn Colours Coniston

Autumn Colours Coniston by Kevin C Only 3 of us went out onto Coniston, to enjoy the Autumn colours. We changed our plan, and decided to launch from the Bluebird cafe . The weather was perfect. Bright sunshine and almost…

River Dee – Llangollen to the Boat Inn

Perfect Peer trip – Opens from Ponsonby Arms to Boat Inn. This is often an amazing time of the year for open boat trips. Good weather, warm, good water levels and days that are still not too short – today…

WWSR to be continued……

Six of us gathered on a cool Autumn morning at TNR the day after Storm Austen had hit North Wales. We were apprehensive and actually thought our White Water Safety course would have been cancelled. Luckily, the day was to begin in a…

White Water Safety (WWS) course

This weekend, 6 LCC members started our WWS course with Richard, owner of TNR, completing the classroom session and a lot of swimming in moving water, use of slings, through lines, etc. Unfortunately, the second day was postponed due to…

2026 Paddler of the Year Award

Paddler of the Year Award Voting for the 2027 Paddlers of the Year opens on 1st October 2027. The winners of our three Club “Paddler of the Year” Awards were presented at our Awards Evening and AGM in October Click…

A tale of three Rivers by Jacki Jenkins

A tale of three Rivers by Jacki Jenkins River Dee/Llangollen Grade 2/3 Kayaks The long weekend began on October 9th with 4 of us meeting up at our favourite spot in Llangollen. We had our usual briefing and checked the…