Lofoten Islands Expedition 2019 “The Famous Five visit Lofoten” by Enid Blyton Day 01 – Orsvagen campsite to Henningsvaer (shop) to Lyngvaeret Island (9th August) by Anne “The Famous Five and The Riddle of the Missing Bag” Anne was feeling most perturbed. Those beastly people at the airline had failed to put her bag on… Read More »Lofoten Islands Expedition 2019 “The Famous Five and The Riddle of the Missing Bag”

Fabulous day on the intro to canoeing 🛶🛶🛶 course down at the docks. Everyone did really well, with paddlers progressing from never being in an open boat to paddling solo, others playing with running pry’s, and some people rescuing fully swamped boats! Well done all 🎊🎉. Can’t wait for our trip down the Dee. Link to video about… Read More »Intro to Open Boating

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