2022 LCC Alpine Holiday to Durance Region in France Day 9 Sunday: Lower Durance by Nick Coughlin Another lovely day here in the Southern Alps and while there is a bit less water than usual the lower Durance is always…

Day 8 Saturday: Option A Glacier Blanc by Oscar Kelly Day 8 and the mountaineering stage of the LCC Alps trip was upon us. A merry band of intrepid explorers set out at 0700 from base camp at L’Argentiere la…

2022 LCC Alpine Holiday to Durance Region in France Day 7 Friday: Gyronde by Roy McHale Whilst the rest of the group paddled the Durance down to Saint Clement, Stu and I decided to run the upper Gyronde from the…

2022 LCC Alpine Holiday to Durance Region in France Day 7 Friday: Middle Durance by Helen Siertsema After a leisurely lunch, and once the shuttle was completed, with the cars going down to Embrun, we set off down the Durance…

Saturday morning beginners/confidence booster session TNR Outdoors by Chris Marsden We arrived at TNR for our session around 9.30. The weather was dry but a bit overcast but quite warm. I was joined by Eamon and Dave. It was Eamon’s…

2022 LCC Alpine Holiday to Durance Region in France Day 6 Thursday: Slalom Course and Rescue Sessions and the delightful Upper Guisane by Keith Bold The morning saw the majority transporting kit to the top of the slalom course next…

2022 LCC Alpine Holiday to Durance Region in France Day 5 Wednesday: Lower Gyronde by Elliot Bold Yet another day on the rivers in The Alps. Today we had a change of pace as we went from larger volume, wide…

2022 LCC Alpine Holiday to Durance Region in France Day 4 Tuesday: Lower Durance to Embrun by Andy Garland Another glorious day of paddling big and bouncy Alpine rivers. Today we returned to the Durance to run the section from…

2022 LCC Alpine Holiday to Durance Region in France Day 3 Monday: Gyronde to the campsite by Stuart Toulson Roy and I decided to head up to this section for a quick blast down at the end of the day…

2022 LCC Alpine Holiday to Durance Region in France Day 3 Monday: The Durance from the campsite to St Clement by Nikki Aldridge With the arrival of the rest of the group, who had stopped in various places all over…