Open Canoe Trip – River Dee – by Bardia K A great turnout as 14 paddlers, including some novices, took to the water at Farndon in a dozen open canoes. With a light breeze on our backs, we set out…

2025 Islay and Jura Sea Kayak Trip Day 1 Port Askaig to Ardbeg by Catriona Day 1 of our trip started with me mentioning the need for sunscreen for peel-wally people (not quite correctly) and Ella announcing that we were…

2025 Islay and Jura Sea Kayak Trip Day 0 to Port Askaig This year’s trip was to be the Inner Hebrides, with backup plans to base ourselves from Leachive Caravan Park – Tayvallich in poor weather, but with good conditions,…

Paddle UK Coaches, Leaders and aspirants are invited to the Cumbria ‘CPD Live Event’, on Saturday 24th January 2026, a great opportunity to:Qualify for 10 CPD points for your Coach/Leader Update Scheme.Meet other coaches, leaders and club paddlers to share…

2025 08 31 River Dee organised by Sarah Gille Nine of us met up at Horseshoe Falls car park and then shuttled most of the cars to the bottom. Town Falls was still a little bony, so we opted to…

GDPR and members’ contact details Yesterday, Liverpool Canoe Club removed the ability for its members to look up other members’ email addresses and telephone numbers.   We are also removing the telephone numbers and email addresses being displayed on the calendar page…

Boat Maintenance on Saturday, 30th August I just want to thank everyone who came along this morning to assist with boat maintenance, 10 of us, experienced and novices alike Most of us learned some new ideas in repairing boats, which…

Docks paddle – Saturday 16th August by John Fay So I arrived at the compound just after Julie Brookes to find Marty already there, the first of the 31 members who attended today’s leisurely docks paddle. Those 31 included 8…

Junior Whitewater Development and Holiday Week – France 2026 Arrive on Saturday, 25th July 2026, Depart on Saturday, 1st August 2026 This holiday and Whitewater coaching week is to be held at the fabulous Isle de Serre Whitewater Centre and…

John Lamb – An Inspiration To Everyone He Met I am terribly sad to let you know that Junior Club member John Lamb left us yesterday. John had faced many health issues in the last 2 or 3 years and…

2025 08 09 and 10 Sea Kayak Rescues Refresher Course This was based on Anglesey and was designed to go over a variety of rescues, tows and emergency situations that could happen while sea kayaking. There were 10 of us…

Day 5 Na Gurrabail Gamisdale to Tigh Na Mara, campsite 16 miles Emma We dropped our dry tents on the brow of the campsite at Eigg, ate breakfast on the beach, and prepped our kayaks for our final journey across…

Kinloch (Rum) to Na Gurrabail, Galmisdale (Eigg) – 28 km / 18.5 milesPaddlers: Catriona, Ian, Ella, Adya, Alan, Emma, and Andy The Isle of Rum is the correct name. While “Rhum” was historically used, it was a deliberate alteration by a…

Day 3 Guirdil Bothy to Kinloch (The weather forecasts have changed, all of them) north westerly 16mph gusting 25 by Andy The day began on a high as we gathered inside Guirdil bothy and passively inhaled the smoke from the…

Day 2 Camas Sgiotaig (Singing Sands) to Guirdil Bothy 18 miles We woke up to a beautiful, warm day, and we all decided to abandon cags and paddle in T-shirts. We headed over to the south side of Rum; no…

Docks Leader Training Course (Home waters) Last Tuesday, we held a Home Waters training course with 11 potential club leaders looking at: As a result, several new leaders were signed off to run sessions in our home waters at Liverpool…