An interview with Tim and Laura, two club members who are hoping to do the Devizes-Westminster Canoe Race next year. What is the DW? Laura: The Devizes to Westminster canoe race is held over the Easter weekend every year, and…

Hilbre Island Paddle 2nd Nov 2024 With high pressure set for the weekend emails went out asking for paddlers to join for either the Saturday or Sunday paddles on the sea. The tides were right for an early morning dart…

Festival of light with a twist…by James G Paddling on the sea at night can be a phenomenal experience. Not being able to see the sea around you as it passes under your boat encourages you to relax, absorb what…

Soldiers Point to Porth Dafarch 3/11/2024 Wind 6-7 mph, S/E, high tide 11am, height 5.5m. After a few late cancellations, Keith, Ian and I met at Porth Dafarch to organise the car shuttle, for our one-way trip from Soldiers Point.…

Saturday 2nd November 2024 Junior Evening Paddle – River of Light It was getting dark as we met at the docks on Saturday evening. We checked all our headlights were working and there were glow-in-the-dark pumpkin balloons to attach to…

Bloodvein River, Canada Day 12: The End by Nikki Aldridge The final day. Not quite as planned given that we had already reached the get-out a day early but hey… We woke up to the sound of rain on the…

Bloodvein River, Canada Day 11: Lagoon Run to Camp After The Bridge (10km) By Graham Rowe The massive camp on the north bank of the Lagoon run offered a fine place to relax into the sunny morning. The little tent…

Last night, we joined Liverpool SUP Co`s Halloween paddle at the docks and paddled around to see the various “festival of light” installations. The Albert Dock was crowded, and we turned into part of the light festival with our various…

Bloodvein River, Canada Day 10: Rapid 78 – Lagoon Run (24km) by “Martin Aldridge” After the morning coffee watching the morning view, and now with regular drone flight done, time to pack up camp. Day 10 started with some big…

Bloodvein River, Canada Day 9: Rapid 65 – Rapid 78 (29km) Breaking camp is now a well-oiled process; tents down, kit packed away, breakfast eaten, boats loaded and away we go again! The weather was a bit kinder today, back…

Bloodvein River, Canada Day 8: Dancing Fire Rapids – Rapid 65 (10km) by Ian Bell After a night of lying in the tent and watching the lightning storm but not hearing any thunder and no rain, we had a late…

Bloodvein River, Canada Day 7: Kautunigan Lake – Dancing Fire Rapids (31km) by Mike Alter Despite what Nikki has said about Day 6, we (Ruth & I) were never in any danger of inspecting the riverbed. Well, that is how…

Bloodvein River, Canada Day 6: Rapid 37 – Kautunigan Lake (24km) by Nikki Aldridge After our usual breakfast and de-camp, we had an easy start to the day’s paddling. Before long we reached our first rapid of the day, which…

Bloodvein River, Canada Day 5 – Goose Rapids – Rapid 37 (22km) by Graham Rowe Comfortable, dry night at a rocky Peninsula/Island Camp… Pleasant morning and start, but a change in the weather was to come. Ian is in the…

Bloodvein River, Canada Day 4 – Stonehouse Rapids – Goose Rapids (27km) by “Martin Aldridge” Well what a rollercoaster of a day. Three great successes, and then a near disaster. So, I’m going to start this report with restating one…

Agenda AGM / Paddler of the Year Awards and club presentations of major trips Monday 28th October 2024 Location – Liverpool Marina – Spinnaker Suite main conference room (Access from the bar) Apologies – 7:30 – 8:00 pm – Catch…