Was very very cold on hands today on the River Dee Level 0.86m – Neil superb well done such improvement and also Aaron, John excellent. Ian looked confident – not best weather but hey beats sitting on the couch. Thanks all – the suns coming out in May finally Im sure! Thanks All.
Saturday morning at 10:30am a small group of six LCC members met at the Runcorn Rowing Club to paddle the stretch of the Weaver Navigation up to the Dutton Locks. It was a hive of activity at the rowing club as boats were loaded onto trailers for an away meeting. We weaved our way through… Read More »Weaver Navigation 31/03/18 by John Fay
Thule Kayak & Canoe Roof Bars Roof bars are for Opel / Vauxhall cars & vans with fixpoint mounting. (Corsa D Hatchback 2006 onwards, Combo Van 2002 onwards, Combo Tour 2002 onwards, Meriva MPV 2003 onwards, Sigma Estate 2003 onwards or Vectra Sedan & GTS 2002 onwards) I have changed my car from Vauxhall to… Read More »For Sale Thule Kayak & Canoe Roof Bars £20
8 days paddling down the Sun Koshi – interactive map at: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_2GQCWB3luv14RlGozLguZzYRkpN0-mP&usp=sharing
You’ll have 1 soft stuff bag that goes in a dry bag for everything to go in. Valuables or crushables (e.g. sun glasses / bottles of Deet …) go in the Peli-case Paddling clothes for warm water: Helmet BA Spray deck, remember to check yours will fit choice A and B from the hire… Read More »Sun Koshi Early April Kit List for 8 days on the river/road
We were up for tea and coffee at 6am followed by a massive breakfast at 7am – fruit salad with granola, scrambled, egg, fried veg, toast and a selection of peanut butter, jam and marmalade (which also came out every lunch time with salt, pepper, ketchup and chilli sauce). Drinking water had been prepared over… Read More »Day 2 on the Sun Koshi
We were off at 5.30am in 3 taxis racing through Kathmandu to the Paddle Nepal bus. Slightly over shooting our driver doubled back straight into the on coming traffic with a honk of the horn…pretty standard driving for Kathmandu! The bus was quickly loaded and then we were off on the first bouncy ride of… Read More »Day 1 on the Sun Koshi
I wasn’t able to join Kris’s Mersey trip last month so decided to do my own on Easter Day. Having checked with Mersey VTS before starting to cross the channel, an incoming vessel bound for Gladston Dock raised an objection so I had to return to the East side. With a Spring Tide in full… Read More »River Mersey Estuary Paddle by Robin Emley
The Sun Koshi is the longest trip in river miles offered in Nepal and is rated as one of the top ten river expeditions in the world. Starting near the Tibetan border and draining off the Eastern Himalayas all the way to the sacred Ganges River in India, this river offers big volume whitewater. Full… Read More »270km down the “river of gold” to the Indian border
