Anglesey day 2 Sunday 1st OctoberBy Martin Page with photos by Andy BroddleMoelfre to Red Wharf Bay and return Lead Ian Bell, with Andy B, Andy BR, Catriona, Martin, Miles, Owen and Stuart. With a storm overnight and winds forecast F4-5 SW all day, a northeast coast trip seemed a good idea for Sunday. Night before in the Paddlers bar Ian put together a coast-hugging plan for Moelfre south to… Read More »Anglesey Weekend #4 Moelfre to Red Wharf Bay by Martin Page

2023 Paddler of the Year Awards To see this year`s nominations, photos and a short description of reasons for the nomination click here………..

Ynys Mon (Anglesey) weekend # 4 aka paddling with porpoise Porth Eilian to Bull Bay Saturday began with an 8.30am group meeting before heading off on trip B2. Friday night in the Paddlers bar had seen Keith signing up 40+ paddlers for 4 trips A,B1,B2 and C. I joined trip B2 led by Ian Bell. The plan was to paddle from Porth Ellian (not Porth Eileen) to Bull Bay and… Read More »Anglesey Weekend #4 Ynys Mon paddling with porpoise by Frankie Annan

Anglesey Weekend #4 Gallows Point to Menai Bridge 1st October 2023 Anglesey Weekend #4Paul Goetzee A new day, a new plan. Another group of 8, again led by David and Fiona but this time without Chris. We were joined by Brian Green, now a sit-down rather than stand-up paddler. The weather was not much different from the day before, at least in the morning. Blowy and rainy (technical terms). The… Read More »Anglesey Weekend #4 Gallows Point to Menai Bridge by Paul Goetzee

2023 LCC Celtic Sea Kayaking Trip Day 12 Wednesday – Casteltownbere to Adrigole Harbour by Chris Bolton We left the rather good value campsite at Allihies (8 Euros a night) and drove for half an hour along very narrow lanes to Casteltownbere. Parking spaces by the harbour were found, but the slipway was used by the ferry to Bear Island, and we had to get on the water quickly to… Read More »2023 LCC Celtic Sea Kayaking Trip Day 12 Casteltownbere to Adrigole Harbour by Chris Bolton

Results of the 2023 September Photo of the Month Competition – Congratulations to Sarah Gille for her winning September photograph. Please send any photo for next month`s competition to website@liverpoolcanoeclub.co.uk

Anglesey Weekend #4 Sun 1st Oct – Bull Bay to Porth Eilian HW Liverpool 13:09, HW Amlwch 12:39Chris, Andy, Christine, Terry, Kirk and Ella The team assembled outside the Paddlers Bar at 8:30am on Sunday to organise lifts and transport arrangements, and then set off for Bull Bay. On arrival we sorted kit, unloaded the kayaks and prepared for launching. Chris gave us a short briefing, explaining the route and… Read More »Anglesey Weekend #4 Bull Bay to Porth Eilian by Christine Bond 

Up (and Down) The Mersey by Tim Haines Having arrived at the car park in front of the Ferry pub in Egremont at around 0900 and prepared the boats, we spent some time idly chatting, waiting for the tide to come in over what looked like deep Mersey sludge on the shoreline. By 1000, the tide hadn’t come much further in, so we tentatively walked out over the sludge, only… Read More »Up (and Down) The Mersey by Tim Haines

Anglesey Weekend #4 Bull Bay to The Brickworks (Porth Wen) 30th September 2023 Anglesey Weekend #4Autumn. Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness… and tipping rain. A group of 8 -Paul, Keith, Andy Garland, Chris, Kevin, Gary, ably led by David and Fiona Gentle- set off in warm, calm, but decidedly damp conditions. The plan was to rock-hop our way round the coast from Bull Bay to the brickworks on Porth… Read More »Anglesey Weekend #4 Bull Bay to The Brickworks (Porth Wen) by Paul Goetzee

Bwa Gwyn/Bwa Du and Trearddur Bay Saturday 30 September. The previous evening, LCC team leaders were asked where they wanted to paddle the following day. The weather forecast wasn’t looking brilliant for a west coast paddle. Constant SW swinging to SE during the day with wind strengths f4 gusting to f6 and strong f7 with rain for mid-afternoon meant the probability of large seas out of the protection of the… Read More »Anglesey Weekend #4 – Trearddur Bay Saturday 30 September by Neil Mack