Two more weeks of the pool sessions at Kingsway Leisure Centre before Christmas (16th and 23rd December 2021). This means it is time for the annual Christmas Rolling competition. You can book a place at the pool by going to our pool page on the website…….. New simpler format this year. You can only enter the next category once you have registered a score in the previous. Eg start with… Read More »LCC Christmas Rolling Competition 2021
Surfing at Leasowe Bay by Paul Harwood Paul Harwood is with Harvey Harwood and 2 others Saturday morning surfing the in tide at Leasowe Bay. Weather was good, wind wasn’t too bad and a little off shore, I just wish the waves were a little steeper. A mass chilli dipper swim as we got off with North West Tonight and Surfers Against Sewage made landing on the small strip of sand left at high… Read More »Surfing at Leasowe Bay by Paul Harwood
Club Llangollen canal trip Autumn 2021 by Lindsay Ferguson What a grand day out 44 of us had on the canal last month when we paddled from Llangollen (at the Pavilion) to The Poachers Pocket pub just across the border into England (about 9.5 miles). Kayaks of all shapes and sizes, open canoes and paddle… Read More »Club Llangollen canal trip Autumn 2021 by Lindsay Ferguson
LCC – Open Canoe Descent of the River Spey (24 – 27 October 2021) The five members of the party convened at our planned launching point near Kingussie at around lunchtime on Saturday and soon got busy with the car shuttle to Spey Bay, where we intended to finish the trip four days later. This… Read More »LCC – Open Canoe Descent of the River Spey (24 – 27 October 2021)
GB Freestyle Selections Weekend 23rd and 24th October 2021 What a weekend that was. Two days of competition for a chance to represent Great Britain at the 2021 Freestle Canoeing World Championships in Nottingham 2022. Harvey and I were competing in OC1. We had watched the World Championships in Sort 2019 and thought that we… Read More »GB Freestyle Selections Weekend 23rd and 24th October 2021
Nottingham canoe polo tournament by Josh Cook Over the weekend 6 players from LCC have taken part in a friendly tournament down in Nottingham. On the Saturday the team played 5 games after winning 3 games drawing 1 and losing 1 the team placed third in their group which meant the team wad through to… Read More »Nottingham canoe polo tournament by Josh Cook
2021 Scottish Sea Kayaking Trip to the Summer Isles Day 13 Friday Eilean Tloram (Fishing Station) to Charlestown via loch Shieldaig and loch Kerry by Ian Bell The aim today was to have a leisurely paddle to get us to the outskirts of Gairloch by mid-afternoon at latest, set up camp and sort car the… Read More »2021 Scottish Sea Kayaking Trip to the Summer Isles Day 13
2021 Scottish Sea Kayaking Trip to the Summer Isles Day 12 Thursday Seana Chamas Bay to Eilean Tloram (Fishing Station) by Frankie Annan The 8:00am avoid the midges starts were a now well-established routine, breakfast at elevenses (which was pretty much never at 11am) and a coffee without a mouthful of Scottish midge. The gentle… Read More »2021 Scottish Sea Kayaking Trip to the Summer Isles Day 12
2021 Scottish Sea Kayaking Trip to the Summer Isles Day 11 Wednesday Slagan Bay to Seana Chamas Bay via Rubha Reidh by David Grimes I woke early to the haunting calls of a pair of loons on the water (that is, beautiful seabirds, not over-enthusiastic dawn kayakers) piercing the deafening silence of the bay and… Read More »2021 Scottish Sea Kayaking Trip to the Summer Isles Day 11
