River Dee (Llangollen to Tŷ Mawr) – 29 November 2025 First Run of the Winter Season – Medium Level, Great Coaching & Plenty of Smiles For the first run of the winter season, conditions lined up beautifully. With the River Dee sitting at a predicted 0.88m, the standard section from Llangollen down to Tŷ Mawr Country Park was the perfect choice for a progressive white-water coaching day. The plan ran… Read More »2025 11 29 Progression to WW – River Dee
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Dee Estuary: Connah’s Quay Dock → Chester Racecourse (…almost!) → ReturnPaddlers: Mike, Amy, Olwen, Roger, Martin, Francesca, Andrew, Christine, Ian, KeithLeader: IanConditions: Windy-but-fun Sunday… with a lunchtime soundtrack we didn’t ask for! Sunday’s original sea trip looked questionable thanks to a very enthusiastic wind forecast. But rather than cancel, Ian unveiled a clever Plan B: a tidal-assisted paddle up the River Dee Estuary from Connah’s Quay Dock, with the tide… Read More »Dee Estuary: Connah’s Quay Dock → Chester Racecourse (…almost!) → Return
LCC Junior Polo Team Makes a Splash in Kendal! 5 LCC Junior Polo players made the trip up to Kendal Swimming Pool to play in their first tournament, their first time playing as a team. Playing against 5 other junior teams, with each named after their BA colour, LCC or ‘Black and Teal’ improved noticeably every game we played. We picked up just a point overall from a draw in… Read More »LCC Junior Polo Team Makes a Splash in Kendal!
3 days on the Royal Dee 15-17th Nov 2025 by Neil Thompson I’d been wanting to paddle the Dee for a number of years, so it was a great relief to see both adequate water levels, a team of enthusiasts and reasonable weather, a miracle!We met on Saturday at 7.40 am at Braemar, organised the shuttle, leaving the cars at Banchory and catching the bus back. We departed at about… Read More »3 days on the Royal Dee 15-17th Nov 2025
2025 Canoe Symposium – Bala by Mike A What is a symposium? It’s a fancy name that describes a great get-together of paddlers. The 2025 canoe symposium was held in Bala, with several members attending – some keeping it rather quiet! Anyway, please consider attending a future symposium as they are pitched at many levels. Attendees of all levels will find something for themselves, in addition to the fun of… Read More »2025 Canoe Symposium – Bala
Progression to Open Canoe – River Ribble by Mike Alter The 2025 open boat progression is going really well. Numerous paddlers have moved from nothing to paddling the docks and now onto various rivers. Friends have also moved from paddling tandem to solo on moving water as their skills have progressed. Looking for a different river so as to expand horizons, my thoughts turned to the Ribble. This is a… Read More »Progression to Open Canoe – River Ribble
Paddle UK have amended the recent article about paddling around the Liverpool Docks Following intervention from Canal and Rivers Trust, Paddle UK have amended the recent article about paddling around the Liverpool Docks and has removed all mention of free access at Coburg Slip and that a Canal Licence allows you to paddle on the Docks. Places to paddle: Liverpool’s historic docks on the Paddle UK Site…. Andy Gouldie (Harbour… Read More »Paddle UK have amended the recent article about paddling around the Liverpool Docks
2-Factor Authentication for the members’ area. As part of our desire to make the website and login more secure, we have brought in the simplest form of 2-factor authentication to help ensure the security of your details. When you log in using your password, you will be sent a 6-digit code to the email address of the account. This will arrive immediately.
The Google Group for LCC is being phased out, and we are moving to the LCC message board. Here you can subscribe and unsubscribe to any of the groups/disciplines at any time. This will put you fully in control of the number and content of emails that you receive. You will only get updates and email messages about club trips if you visit the board and subscribe to the groups that… Read More »The Google Group for LCC is being phased out
