British University Kayaking Expedition This weekend club member Reece Marsden will be taking part in a selection weekend along with 19 other candidates. The selection weekend takes part in Snowdonia. The group was invited a couple of weeks ago to a weekend of trials and tests to pick the 5 most suitable candidates for the 2024 expedition. It’s a great opportunity and the weekend in itself will great regardless of… Read More »British University Kayaking Expedition

2023 November photo of the month Please select your favourite photograph for this month’s competition and then click vote at the bottom. Please send any photos for next month`s competition to website@liverpoolcanoeclub.co.uk Be sure to include a short description.

Results of the 2023 October Photo of the Month Competition – Congratulations to Jason Belcher for his winning October photograph. Please send any photo for next month`s competition to website@liverpoolcanoeclub.co.uk

Sea Kayak Leader Sessions, Day 5 – Bull Bay by Eamon Hanlon Our penultimate sea kayak leader skills session with Dave and Fi took us to the north coast of Anglesey, with a planned trip from Bull Bay to Hells Mouth. As with previous sessions, the preceding days had been used to research weather and tide forecasts to help us decide individually where we would take the group. Other tasks… Read More »Sea Kayak Leader Sessions, Day 5 – Bull Bay by Eamon Hanlon

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Lancaster Canal Paddle – Garstang to Lancaster We were sent directions and details of the paddle by email from Carl who was coordinating the paddle – his knowledge, fantastic planning and detail made the day a breeze for us all. We all arrived promptly and unloaded the kayaks, canoes and paddleboards. Three cars set off towards Lancaster to shuttle so that we only had to paddle one way. We were… Read More »Lancaster Canal Paddle – Garstang to Lancaster

White Water Leaders Paddle in North Wales (Afon Seiont and Afon Ogwen) by Harry Ruggles After a successful trip the week before, we decided to venture out again, this time for some North Wales treats. After looking at levels, it was decided the Afon Seiont would be the river for us today. After a short shuttle, we’re soon on the river. The first main rapid of the river went mostly… Read More »White Water Leaders Paddle in North Wales (Afon Seiont and Afon Ogwen) by Harry Ruggles

Sea Kayak Leader training session 4: Gallows Point to Puffin Island by Ian O’Connor Participants: Dave and Fiona Gentle, Andy, Christine, Eamon and Ian.  I suppose the story of this trip starts way back in 1980. It was quite a year. The Olympics was controversially held in Moscow (the XXII Olympiad). We sadly and tragically lost two icons of the music industry, John Lennon (aged 40) and Ian Curtis (aged… Read More »Sea Kayak Leader training session 4: Gallows Point to Puffin Island by Ian O’Connor

WW leaders paddle on the River Lune by Harry Ruggles We met up at Starbucks at junction 3 of the M58 and loaded all the boats into Chris`s van. We paddled from Beckfoot down to the Killington Bridge and then on down over the two weirs to the confluence with the River Rawthey. We then went to the Casterton Golf Course cafe that is open to the general public for… Read More »WW leaders paddle on the River Lune by Harry Ruggles

Sea Kayak Leader Skills Day 3 of 6 by Dave Gentle Fuelled on Greggs’ doughnuts, we met at the Anchorage Hotel, Holy Island to discuss leadership skills. We could see the Inland Sea through the hotel windows & the sun shining. After a coffee we headed to Porth Dafarch. The team did their own briefing to each other with no assistance. David took a big step forward to lead the… Read More »Sea Kayak Leader Skills Day 3 of 6 by Dave Gentle