2024 LCC Alpine Paddling Holiday Day 02 Sunday: Espace Eau Vive de l’Isle de la Serre by Colin L On our first visit to La Serre and Eau Vive we were greeted with a thunderous storm at 3 am but…

SEA  PADDLE  –  PORTH DAFARCH  &  Penrhyn Mawr –   Sunday  21st  July  2024 After a great rescue session yesterday, it would be fair to say I was somewhat achy this morning.  In an attempt to revive myself, a ‘Full English’ (breakfast)…

2024 LCC River Karnali Trip – Nepal Day 10 – Camp at Kuine Paddling Day 7 After the previous day’s very short paddle, we now had a long paddle of approximately 45km ahead of us. After another delicious breakfast, we…

Sea Kayak Safety and Rescue Coaching Session On Saturday, 10 club members and four club coaches assembled at Porth Dafarch for an opportunity to get some valuable coaching on Sea Kayak rescue techniques. The pre-ordered sun decided not to turn…

Windermere (Fell Foot) Sunday 21st July by Allan B 6 of us had a great day paddling on Lake Windermere, a great 14.6 mile trip from Fell Foot (national trust) to Bowness and return. We met at 0930, on the…

2024 LCC River Karnali Trip – Nepal Day 9 – Short day and Swimming Paddling Day 6 One of the cool parts of this trip was seeing the occasional local kids come by to see what was happening, whether they…

2024 LCC Alpine Paddling Holiday This year was to be a three-campsite, trip with paddlers dropping in and out at different times. We started at Isle de Serre White Water Centre, just outside Lyon, which breaks up the outbound journey.…

2024 LCC River Karnali Trip – Nepal Day 8 – Camp before Seti-Karnali Paddling Day 5 This morning at breakfast we found a very large fish in the bucket that had previously been occupied by the eel – tonight’s dinner?…

2024 LCC River Karnali Trip – Nepal Day 7 – Gods House, Juicer and Strip _n_ Flip Paddling Day 4 This was set to be another big water day but only a half-day paddle today. Whilst getting ready in the…

2024 LCC River Karnali Trip – Nepal Day 6 – Paddling Day 3 After breakfast and rafts loaded, we set off for our third day on the river. This day brought with it a little more trepidation as this was…

2024 LCC River Karnali Trip – Nepal Day 5 – Barahatal to Scorpion Beach Paddling Day 2 Having been told we would be on the water at 9.30 this morning, there was no need for an early start but we…

2024 LCC River Karnali Trip – Nepal Day 4 – Kohalpur – Dungeswar – Paddling day 1 Today we were on the coach for 5.45am. We stopped for breakfast en-route and we encountered another landslide on a bend where big…

2024 LCC River Karnali Trip – Nepal Day 3 – Pokhara – Kohalpur Another early start (6.30 am) found us on a tourist bus loaded with 13 kayaks on the roof, 3 rafts somewhere on board and tonnes of kit…

2024 LCC River Karnali Trip – Nepal Day 2 – Kathmandu – Pokhara We had what we naively thought was an early start on Day 2 with our taxi picking us up at 6.45 am to take us the 200km…

A Weekend on St Kilda by Tim Haines St Kilda is a dream location for many sea kayakers, but not many people get there as it’s fairly remote and quite exposed. I got very lucky, and was able to make…

2024 LCC River Karnali Trip – Nepal This year a small team of club members headed for Nepal to paddle and raft the River Karnali, one of the major rivers in the remote west of Nepal. The Karnali is the…