River Severn Mountford Bridge to Shrewsbury on Sunday 18th August by Sue Lowndes Not quite Three men in a Boat but three SUPs, three sea kayaks, one kayak, one double kayak and one open canoe put in at Montford Bridge…

2024 LCC Alpine Paddling Holiday Day 15 Friday 3rd August: The Journey Home Many of us had wandered home at various stages. Some chose to explore little villages staying overnight at hotels and hostels to break up the journey. Others…

2024 LCC Alpine Paddling Holiday Day 14 Friday 2nd August: The Isere by Mike Fletcher Well, there was water in the river and it was supposed to be 30 Cumecs. After shuttling the car and van to the bottom, 3…

2024 LCC Alpine Paddling Holiday Day 13 Thursday 1st August: The Gyronde and the campsite move to the Isere by Nick C Five intrepid LCC paddlers decided to have a final run of the Gyronde before we left Argentiere. We…

2024 LCC Alpine Paddling Holiday Day 12 Wednesday afternoon 31st July: Lower Durance During the lunch break at the rafting centre, two vehicles were dropped at the municipal raft get-out at Embrun. Our 4th section of river today was to…

2024 LCC Alpine Paddling Holiday Day 12 Wednesday morning 31st July: Lower Guil to St Clement`s by Clara Clews

2024 LCC Alpine Paddling Holiday Day 12 Wednesday morning 31st July: Middle Guil by Cameron Fletcher Soon after the first run, the same 4 drove downstream to the middle Guil, a continuous grade 4 section, stretching over 6km and containing…

2024 LCC Alpine Paddling Holiday Day 12 Wednesday morning 31st July: Château-Queyras by Cameron Fletcher This morning, 4 of us set out from the campsite early to run Château-Queyras, a run around 40 minutes away from the campsite. It was…

2024 LCC Alpine Paddling Holiday Day 11 Tuesday afternoon 30th July: Upper Guisanne The third river of the day was only for those with enough energy left and a little bit of nerve to paddle the grade 4, “S-bends” rapid,…

2024 LCC Alpine Paddling Holiday Day 11 Tuesday afternoon 30th July: Upper Durance by Mark Benson The Upper Durance offers a varied, mainly grade II run, to keep our mixed experience group entertained all the way down. Our second visit…