Canoe Club News – May 12, 2025 A productive and fun session this week as members continued their progress to open canoes. We saw a mix of activities on the water, including gunwale bobbing, a lively canoe polo match with 8 boats, and a rescue practice and skills session featuring both solo and tandem paddling. The session took place at the scenic Albert Dock, right beside the iconic Wheel of… Read More »Progress to Open Canoes Session Monday 12th May

Pembroke Day 1 (Saturday) Neyland and River Cleddau by Frankie A Another great weekend with LCC began with a mass paddle from Neyland in the sheltered waters of the estuary. Meeting at 8.30, Keith had issued the pin for the car park (the one we had never visited before, but I have a photo of us launching from the same slipway in 2019???) via the club messaging system. There were… Read More »Pembroke Day 1 Neyland and River Cleddau

Open Canoe Polo on the New Pitch in Dukes Dock We had a great turnout for the first Progression to Open Canoeing session on Monday evening. We happened to drop in on our new Canoe Polo Goals in Dukes Dock, which look fab, with many thanks to Steve Hitchen. Mark had a Polo Ball, and we developed our skills playing “proper” Canoe Polo with a single blade and longer boats (5m) for… Read More »Open Canoe Polo on the New Pitch in Dukes Dock

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Lancaster Canal Sunday 11th May by Olwen What a lovely, gentle paddle along the scenic Lancaster Canal, from Lancaster to Galgate and back. Thank you to Carl for organising and leading it. The sun shone, the birds sang beautifully, and the midges, although numerous, were no bother to us. Luckily, the lack of rainfall didn’t impact our passage as we cruised along with the surrounding countryside looking lush.  Cows knee… Read More »Lancaster Canal Sunday 11th May

Pembroke Day 5 Wednesday St Brides Bay by Ella B On the final day of the Pembrokeshire weekend extension, only 6 paddlers remained. We packed up our tents early with the weather promising to be the best of the entire trip. We put in at St Brides Bay after a steep but short carry and paddled out and around the stack rocks to admire the seals and sea birds. Then… Read More »Pembroke Day 5 Wednesday St Brides Bay

Sunny Day on the Dee – Club Paddle from Horseshoe Weir to TNR A cheerful group of paddlers took to the River Dee for a club whitewater trip, starting at the iconic Horseshoe Weir and finishing at our familiar stretch at TNR. Despite the low water levels, the sunshine and great company made for an excellent day on the water. We began the outing by paddling up the scenic Llangollen… Read More »2025 05 10 Progression to White Water

Pembroke weekend – Mon 5th May – Dale towards St Ishmaels Becka Lawson A brisk wind was forecast again so around 16 of us headed to Dale for sheltered paddling. Even there it was so breezy that the windsurfers and wingfoilers were having fun.  Frankie and Eamon were nominated to lead the 2 groups. Initially, Keith, Ian, Nikki and Martin were all in Frankie’s group, but after some muttering, Keith… Read More »Pembroke Day 3 Monday Dale towards St Ishmaels

Caldey Island – Mad Monks and Overfalls by Ian Bibby Following Saturday night’s trip planning discussion, we decided to travel to Tenby and circumnavigate Caldey Island in an anti-clockwise direction. Heading off from the accommodation, we met at the Tenby, South Beach car park. (Note to self to use that one in the future). After getting ready, we assembled ourselves into three smaller groups for the trip. In our group… Read More »Pembroke Day 2 Sunday Caldey Island – Mad Monks and Overfalls.