With calm conditions forecast and HW just before 11am, I launched from the Old Coastguard Station at 0840 for a scenic outing to Hilbre.  After crossing the shipping channel as “Kayak Robin”, I headed for Leasowe Lighthouse which is as far as I’d previously explored along the North Wirral Coast.  Wirral Lifeguards were patrolling the… Read More »Return trip to Hilbre from Crosby, Sat 22/07/17 by Robin Emley

We unloaded all our kit and had set up camp at L` Argentiere La Bessee the night before.  After a lazy start and a food run the first paddle of the holiday was the Middle Durance. The brave got on at the campsite slalom course, picking up the less stupid at the bottom to set… Read More »Alpine paddling – Middle Durance Sunday 23/7/17

We are proposing to run a trip to Alaska in August 2018.  Provisional dates are 16th to 30 August but final dates will be determined by the cheapest days for flights.  The plan is to paddle a 12 day self-supported sea kayaking trip from Whittier.   We intend to visit a number of large tide… Read More »Sea kayaing in Alaska 2018

We are proposing to run a trip to Nepal in April 2018.  Provisional dates are 31st March to 13 April but final dates will be determined by the cheapest days for flights.  The plan is to paddle the relatively easy Sun Koshi with a 9 day raft supported trip camping on the sandy beaches along… Read More »Paddling in Nepal – April 2018

Kayak Safety Cover Required – Warrington Dolphins Docks Swim – Coordinator John Worswick Saturday, 5 Aug 2017 8am – 12pm 16 spaces available. If you are reasonably competent in a kayak and willing to help please register here. Kayaks are available from the club racks. The event takes place from the Watersports Centre and you will be placed… Read More »KAYAK SAFETY COVER REQUIRED – WARRINGTON DOLPHINS DOCKS SWIM – COORDINATOR JOHN WORSWICK

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Winning photograph – Sea Kayaking Arisaig during Scottish Bank Holiday Meet by Carole Thomas Second Place – Polo murderers leaving the crime scene by Jose Santos Third Place – Club Open Day April 2017 by John Pegram

On Saturday night, Andy was confidently saying that he was going to do a Holyhead circumnavigation on Sunday. This is nothing unusual for Anglesey weekends. Once the beer starts flowing, ambitions grow – starting at a trip round the Stacks, then it’s a Holyhead circumnavigation, then later in the evening it’s a full Anglesey circumnavigation… Read More »Holyhead Island Circumnavigation Sunday by John Maddock