French Alps 2019 paddling trip Day 9a The Upper Durance by Hannah Bellamy Monday was to be a two-river day, and in the morning, we headed to the Upper Durance. It was to be a warmup for those who would be paddling the Gyronde in the afternoon, and with plenty of opportunities for eddy hopping… Read More »French Alps 2019 paddling trip – Day 9a The Upper Durance by Hannah Bellamy
French Alps 2019 paddling trip Day 9c The Middle Durance by Jake Toulson So the Toulson brigade arrived yesterday with a little warm up session in the lake Kurt playing assistant coach to Jake, and got him warmed up for today’s paddle on the river Durance. Setting off around 10am with beautiful blue skies we… Read More »French Alps 2019 paddling trip – Day 9c The Middle Durance by Jake Toulson
French Alps 2019 paddling trip Day 08b Lilo Race Slalom Course 2019 by Neil Jones Return of the famous Lilo Race not for the faint hearted, only for the stupid!! So after a nice leisurely morning paddle down the Durance with a bit of tasty surfing to finish off at St Clements we returned to… Read More »French Alps 2019 paddling trip – Day 08b Lilo Race Slalom Course 2019 by Neil Jones
French Alps 2019 paddling trip Day 08a Middle Durance 2019 by Mark Benson After a full day and night of rain and the prospect of a chilly wait for some, the group decided that discretion was the better part of valour and the Middle Guil was left for one of the warmer days expected for… Read More »French Alps 2019 paddling trip – Day 08a Middle Durance 2019 by Mark Benson
Photo of the Month Please send any photos to website@liverpoolcanoeclub.co.uk August 2019 Click here to see the photos and to vote for your favourite. # 1 Fiona paddling Serpents Tail by Dave Gentle 17 votes (25%) # 2 Junior Club Weekend based at Anglesey Outdoors Amy Newnham 12 votes (18%) # 3 John Fay on… Read More »Congratulations to Dave Gentle for his winning Photo of the Month for August
French Alps 2019 paddling trip Day 07 The Lower Durance by Ian Bell After the late finish yesterday on the Ubaye we had a lazy start today. The plan being to have some time on the campsite and then leave late morning to do the Sunshine run later in the day even though the weather… Read More »French Alps 2019 paddling trip – Day 07 The Lower Durance by Ian Bell
French Alps 2019 paddling trip Day 6b The Ubaye Racecourse by Ron Wood After lunch we headed over to the racecourse section of the Ubaye, an exciting and technical river which today was a series of pretty constant grade 3-4 rapids. Overnight rain must have churned up the silt turning it to a mushroom grey… Read More »French Alps 2019 paddling trip – Day 6b The Ubaye Racecourse by Ron Wood
French Alps 2019 paddling trip Day 6a The Upper Ubaye by Ron Wood On Friday we had an early start, setting off at 8 am to take the very scenic route to the Ubaye valley, stopping en-route for some geological sightseeing. There was a rather disgruntled fisherman at the get in, but he soon headed… Read More »French Alps 2019 paddling trip – Day 6a The Upper Ubaye by Ron Wood
French Alps 2019 paddling trip Day 5 Glacier Blanc and Tour de France by John Rasquinha Today was a day for something different from paddling after most people had spent 4 days on the water, though still with an early start, setting off from the campsite at 7am. The plan was to do the traditional… Read More »French Alps 2019 paddling trip – Day 5 Glacier Blanc and Tour de France by John Rasquinha
French Alps 2019 paddling trip Day 4 Slalom Course and Upper Guisane by Nikki Aldridge The morning started with some people playing on the slalom course and others playing on SUPs on the lake… success stories all around. After a fairly relaxed morning and lunch at the campsite, we headed off to find a river…… Read More »French Alps 2019 paddling trip – Day 4 Slalom Course and Upper Guisane by Nikki Aldridge
