French Alps 2018 paddling trip Day 3 The Upper Durance by Michael O’Rourke We dropped in from a layby and ran the first half of the Upper Durance at brake neck speed lead by John or Helen, no one could quite see who, but every eddie and wave was missed. After a pause and quick… Read More »French Alps 2018 paddling trip Day 3 The Upper Durance by Michael O’Rourke

French Alps 2018 paddling trip Day 3 The Upper Gyronde by Hannah Bellamy We had a leisurely start this morning, and after a good breakfast of fresh baguette and a few loads of washing we headed off to the Upper Gyronde about 10am. We stopped at the bridge at Les Vigneaux to have a look… Read More »French Alps 2018 paddling trip Day 3 The Upper Gyronde by Hannah Bellamy

French Alps 2018 paddling trip Day 2 The Lower Durance by John Cooke We were back on the water and set off in one large group, first stop was down to the slide rock were people got out and jumped in, only one idiot did it in a boat! Kirk showed off his gymnastic skills… Read More »French Alps 2018 paddling trip Day 2 The Lower Durance by John Cooke

French Alps 2018 paddling trip Day 2 The Lower Guil by Keith We were away by nine and headed down towards the lower Guil. Overnight rain had put a little volume in the rivers and it looked like a good choice. A short stop at a boulangerie for some more pain (bread) and breakfast pastries… Read More »French Alps 2018 paddling trip Day 2 The Lower Guil by Keith

“On Saturday 21st July 2018 a brave group of seven LCC sea kayakers made the pilgrimage to Bardsey Island led by Mark Pawley. Setting out from the beach at Aberdaron at 1000hrs on the dying ebb tide, we quickly covered the 2.5km to the headland at Pen y Cil  from where you can stare across… Read More »Bardsey Island by Colin Hayward

Check out Harveys latest video from Stanley Embankment. Probably his weirdest to date!

River Dee on Wednesday Evening A handful of us (7) turned up at Horseshoe car park for a lap of the Dee. We surfed a couple of waves below the weir and then had an uneventful paddle down to Serpents Tail where we did a couple of runs of the tail. We then headed down… Read More »River Dee on Wednesday Evening by Graham Devaney

French Alps 2018 paddling trip Day 1 The Durance from the campsite to St Clement by Sarah Gille After the usual long journey to get to the alps for our yearly Liverpool canoe club whitewater paddling trip. We decided to start off with an easy grade ½ paddle from the campsite down to St Clement.… Read More »French Alps 2018 paddling trip Day 1 The Durance from the campsite to St Clement by Sarah Gille

Nominations for our 2018 Awards are now requested – If you would like to nominate a fellow paddler please send an email to: website@liverpoolcanoeclub.co.uk with a brief (no more than 60 words) summary of why they are being nominated and ideally a photo of them. (please include any video or other material you may have.)… Read More »Nominations for our 2018 Paddler of the Year Awards are now requested