2024 LCC Alpine Paddling Holiday Day 11 Tuesday afternoon 30th July: Upper Guisanne The third river of the day was only for those with enough energy left and a little bit of nerve to paddle the grade 4, “S-bends” rapid,…

2024 LCC Alpine Paddling Holiday Day 11 Tuesday afternoon 30th July: Upper Durance by Mark Benson The Upper Durance offers a varied, mainly grade II run, to keep our mixed experience group entertained all the way down. Our second visit…

2024 LCC Alpine Paddling Holiday Day 11 Tuesday morning 30th July: Lower Guil to St Clement`s by Clara Clews The Lower Guil was still running at a good level, so we headed off to Clara`s favourite river. We carried down…

2024 LCC Alpine Paddling Holiday Day 10 Monday afternoon 29th July: Lower Durance “The Sunshine Run” by Amy After some lunch, we set off from the beach, the river running fast with big wave trains to follow down.  It didn’t…

Stand Up Paddleboard (SUP) ONLY paddle at the docks Stand Up Paddleboard (SUP) ONLY paddle at the docks every Thursday during the Summer at the Docks. 5 x Club SUP`s are available or you can bring your own. It is…

2024 LCC Alpine Paddling Holiday Day 10 Monday morning 29th July: Lower Guil to St Clement`s After returning to the campsite for a late breakfast we headed up to Clara`s River again to paddle down to the usual get out…

2024 LCC Alpine Paddling Holiday Day 10 Monday morning 29th July: Gyronde With an early morning start, we headed up the valley for the first of three paddles today. We parked at the campsite on the Gyronde for an early…

2024 LCC Alpine Paddling Holiday Day 09 Sunday afternoon 28th July: Upper Durance by Amy After the morning paddle, we headed up to the upper Durance leaving a shuttle car at the get-out near the tunnel above Prelles Barrage (Dam).…

2024 LCC Alpine Paddling Holiday Day 09 Sunday morning 28th July: Lower Guil to St Clement`s A group of us headed back down the valley to Clara`s favourite river, the Lower Guil. After shuttling a car to the get out…

2024 LCC Alpine Paddling Holiday Day 08 Saturday 27th July: Summer Luge by Sarah Gille It was forecast to be 30 degrees centigrade today. A group of 8 had set off to walk the glacier while we decided to take…

2024 LCC River Karnali Trip – Nepal Day 16 – Extra days and flights home We all headed off that morning to fly back to the UK via our various routes. Martin and Nikki were on a budget airline for…

2024 LCC Alpine Paddling Holiday Day 08 Saturday 27th July: Glacier Blanc by John Cooke Saturday was an early start for the group that was going to trek up to Glacier Blanc, the idea being you avoid the heat later…

2024 LCC Alpine Paddling Holiday Day 07 Friday afternoon 26th July: Lower Durance by Nick Coughlin Friday afternoon and it was decided we would paddle the Lower Durance or “Sunshine Run.” After a slightly delayed start, nearly the whole group…

2024 LCC Alpine Paddling Holiday Day 07 Friday morning 26th July: Lower Guil to St Clement`s by Clara Clews At the start I was quite nervous but when we got on the river it was very fun. We did it…

2024 LCC Alpine Paddling Holiday Day 07 Friday morning 26th July: Gyronde by Poppy Clews It was an early 9 am get-in for 8 keen paddlers running the grade 3+ section that finishes back at the campsite.  The water was…

2024 LCC River Karnali Trip – Nepal Day 15 – Everest and Durbar Square We had a very early start with a taxi collecting us at 5.20 am to take us to the airport for our Everest flight. It was…