2024 Outer Hebrides – Fuzzy Water Day 04 Monday 19th Aug – Loch Baghasdail and Castle by Frankie Annan Day 4 began earlier for some than others. The ferry ride from Barra over to Eriskay was a short hop over water that maybe in different weather conditions we would have explored in our boats. On arrival Team Mercedes did a bit of early sightseeing and went to visit the beaches… Read More »2024 Outer Hebrides – Day 04 Loch Baghasdail and Castle by Frankie Annan

Anglesey Weekend SUNDAY PADDLE 22/09/2024  –  To the Swellies and Beyond. Today, as per yesterday, the club managed to put on three separate guided paddles, thanks to the volunteer coaches, Ian, Gary and Keith.  Consequently, there was something for everyone.  I was with the mixed ability group, 10 of us, heading to the Menai Strait under the direction of Keith.  This required a slightly earlier start from the slip at… Read More »Anglesey Weekend No.4  – Sunday – To the Swellies and Beyond.

Anglesey Weekend No.4 Sandy Bay to Ynys Y Fydlyn by Catriona Hare As Ian could not arrive till Saturday morning, I was responsible for deciding which trip our group would run. Both the met office and XC weather had been forecasting ENE and NE winds of force 4 gusting 6 for several days so the planning group agreed the trips needed to be on the sheltered west of Anglesey. Several options… Read More »Anglesey Weekend No.4 Sandy Bay to Ynys Y Fydlyn by Catriona Hare

Standup Paddleboarding session Thursday 19th August The evening turned into a fantastic clear sky as the clouds melted away. Zoe had brought down three large rubber ducks for us to practise our step-back turns and spins. No ducks were harmed during this process and all returned in the dark (with head torches) as the sun set perfectly in the West.

So after many trips to the docks under Kevin’s wing from paddle start to paddle fit, then jumping on a few of Eamon’s and Roger’s slower fitness sessions and of course John Fay’s and Jim Duffy’s fun dock paddles I joined the Anglesey weekend paddle for my first sea trip and it was fantastic. On the Saturday trip we set off, buddying up to save car parking spaces. I was… Read More »Anglesey Weekend No.4 – overview by Dave Keig

River Dee The Boat Inn to Farndon by Allan Blanchard Due to the weather over the preceding week, I thought we may not be able to have a good day paddling from the Boat Inn, Irbistock to Farndon. I agreed with everyone to meet at the Farndon car park instead of the Boat Inn, the first thing to enable us to review the flow of the river. The river appeared… Read More »River Dee The Boat Inn to Farndon by Allan Blanchard

2024 Outer Hebrides – Fuzzy Water ,Day 03 Sunday 18th Aug – North Bay by Andrew Bond – An Introduction to the Wind Paddlers: Dave, Chris, Frankie, Catriona, Debbie, Keith, Alistair, Gary, Christine and Andy Eschewing the comforts of our campsite at Balnabodach on the east coast of Barra, we headed en masse to North Bay to explore some of the coastline and islands on the northeast side of the… Read More »2024 Outer Hebrides – Day 3 – An Introduction to the Wind

2024 Outer Hebrides – Fuzzy Water Day 02 Saturday 17th Aug Ferry to Barra and “@croft183” The forecast was not looking promising for the sunny golden sands of the west coast but at least the ferries were not cancelled. We all met up in Oban and stocked up in Tesco`s and discussed the plans in the cafe. The ferry was full and we were very glad that we had booked,… Read More »2024 Outer Hebrides – Day 02 Ferry and “@croft183”

2024 Outer Hebrides – Fuzzy WaterDay 01 Friday 16th Aug Travel to Oban “Team Mercedes head North” The 2024 plan was to travel to the Outer Hebrides and remain flexible with either shorter trips or extended camping trips. These would all be dependent on the prevailing weather forecast. This approach had proved very useful during the previous year’s trip to the West Coast of Ireland and would enable us to… Read More »2024 Outer Hebrides – Day 01 “Team Mercedes head North”

Junior Club trip to Chester Weir by John and Lily Lamb Sunday 8th September saw the junior club head for Sandy Lane and the short trip down to the weir for 3 runs and a bit of fun. After a false start and a scenic tour of Chester and its various roadworks we met at Sandy Lane car park for a paddle along the Dee to the weir and back. … Read More »Junior Club trip to Chester Weir