An Awesome Day on the River Awe The River Awe is a short river (6km) in the Southwest Highlands of Scotland by which the freshwater Loch Awe empties into Loch Etive, a sea loch. The river flows from a barrage…

The River Leven and Blackwater Hostel Kinlochleven is a village located in Lochaber, in the Scottish Highlands and lies at the eastern end of Loch Leven. To the north lie the Mamores ridge; to the south lie the mountains flanking…

Easter Trip to Scotland Salty Seadogs Day 1 – Sound of Arisaig (by Andy Garland) The weather forecast for our first day of paddle-faffing was good – a light southerly breeze and reasonable temperatures. The paddle-faff got off to a…

Expressions of interest in Nepal Easter 2024 trip Two weeks over Easter – 29th March to 14th April 2024 I am planning a trip to paddle the River Karnali in Nepal.   This is Nepal’s longest river and has big roller…

Loch Linnhe and Shuna Island by Adya Misra On Easter Sunday we woke up to dramatic views of swaying trees near our hostel. Strong winds were building all morning and the prospect of being out at sea wasn’t too appealing…

STREAM Gorge (Spean Gorge) by Sarah Gille With bellies full of morning chocolate from the Easter bunny delivery, we arrived at a very, very, very low Spean Gorge, for what only can be described as a team-building exercise. Of the…

Equipment repairs at the compound We are busy repairing and making good some of our canoes and kayaks. Please remember some of our fleet gets used 3 or 4 times a week and although basic are ideal for use by…

Camping Trip to Ullswater by Diane Rogan On the Sunday morning Most of us departed Before we even got there The fun had already started. John was not impressed As Diane sang so loud To lots of Joyful music He just…

River Dee paddle Saturday 1st April by John Allerton Ponsonby to TyMawr Level 0.9m Manley – Thanks all for gracing me with your presence. 13 unlucky for some people turned out for a mellow grade 2 run. Good to see…

Boat maintenance sessions at the docks Tuesday 4th April Many thanks to all the members who turned up to help check, repair and sort the kayaks, canoes and equipment. We managed a tremendous amount today – many hands make short…

Walney Island Circumnavigation 1st and 2nd April by Gary Bunting Six becomes two! Following on from a last-minute suggestion by Keith, what was originally 6 became 2 of us doing what was an ideal start-of-season circumnavigation of Walney Island with…

Club Open Day Sunday 23rd April 2023 from 10:00 to 13:00 At Our Club Compound at Coburg Dock L3 4EB The Event is Open to All, Members and Non-members, Young and Old. We have a large range of boats and equipment…

Canoe Polo – the two final tournaments of the winter season on 25th March by Callum Cook On Saturday 25th both teams played their final tournament of the Northwest and Central League. At Collingwood dock in division 2 LCC B…

Bridgewater Canal 18th March by Diane Rogan Phil and Jackie got there first They stood there hanging round. And thanks to Diane’s sat nav skills The other 2 could not be found. Eventually Diane and John arrived With John all…