Link to video…. Good little trip out with the juniors to Chester weir, everyone seemed to enjoy the experience and well done to all the juniors for attempting the fish ladders. Think the youngest on the trip was 7/8 yrs old. Hopefully we can organise a few more trips in the not to distant future.   We started at Sandy Lane and paddled down to the weir looking at… Read More »Junior Club Trip to Chester Weir from Sandy Lane by John Cooke

Sunday 23rd October – Sea Paddle – Trefor to Porth Dinllaen by Ian Crook Ian Bell Chris Bolton David Gould Andrew Garland Catriona Hare Adya Misra Kris D’Aout Phil Lloyd Ian Crook This trip began with a last-minute email from Ian Bell proposing an ‘Intermittent Sea Kayak Trip’.  Being relatively new to paddling, I thought I’d come along and see what this style of kayaking was all about.  Perhaps I’d… Read More »Sunday 23rd October – Sea Paddle – Trefor to Porth Dinllaen by Ian Crook

Write Up of The Last Junior Docks Session by Richard Clews While it started off a bit cold and cloudy, fortunately the sun did decide to appear for our last regular Junior session at the docks. A big group of 30 paddlers, we headed to the other end of Coburg for some races, before paddling down to the Albert Dock, giving the tourists on the restaurant boats a good wave… Read More »Write Up of The Last Junior Docks Session by Richard Clews

Leeds to Liverpool Canal Trip by John Fay A great paddle organised by Dave Hendry. A mix of crafts set off from the Ring o Bells pub and paddled to the Appley Bridge lock where we stopped for lunch. The return trip was done leisurely by most whilst Mick moved a little quicker trying to get warm after his post lunch dip. A great day with great company and lots… Read More »Leeds to Liverpool Canal Trip by John Fay

River Dee Trip 17th September by John Allerton Few Pics from Saturday the 17th on the Dee – thanks for the trip JC Trevor Strain, Sarah Gille,@John Cooke, Usual thrills and spills of the Dee on a day that the sun graced us with its company. Good runs of Serpents tail.

2022 Scottish Sea Kayaking Trip Day 12 Thursday Mull – Duart Castle to Oban by Catriona Hare We packed up to leave the small bay at the base of Duart Castle and were all ready for the relaxed leaving time of 9:30. This time had been chosen to make sure we hit Lady’s rocks close to slack water. Three tides meet at Lady’s rock and the water can be rough… Read More »2022 Scottish Sea Kayaking Trip – Day 12 Thursday Mull – Duart Castle to Oban by Catriona Hare

2022 Scottish Sea Kayaking Trip Day 11 Wednesday Mull – Rubh` an t-Sean Chaisteil to Duart Castle – by Debbie Hughes Time to leave our 5* campsite, no midges, running water, superb views, and tackle a long day  – all the way down the Sound of Mull to the far end. Catriona was in charge of navigation, and to iron out the dog leg of the sound we set off… Read More »2022 Scottish Sea Kayaking Trip – Day 11 Wednesday Mull – Rubh` an t-Sean Chaisteil to Duart Castle – by Debbie Hughes

2022 Scottish Sea Kayaking Trip Day 10 Tuesday Mull – Calgary Bay to Rubh` an t-Sean Chaisteil by Frankie Annan Waking up early; it was to be a quick departure from the controversial campsite, Keith rated it 5-stars, Ian 3-stars, the ladies were most disgruntled having been promised the previous day, that our reward for paddling on was a 5-star campsite on golden sand in Calgary Bay. Instead, we had… Read More »2022 Scottish Sea Kayaking Trip – Day 10 Tuesday Mull – Calgary Bay to Rubh` an t-Sean Chaisteil by Frankie Annan

2022 Scottish Sea Kayaking Trip Day 09 Monday Mull – Port Gart an Fhithrich to Calgary Bay by Andy Garland Today was going to be a long one! We were camped on the southwestern side of the large open bay that separated us from Treshnish Point, which was around 25km to the north. One of our options would be to make a direct crossing, only briefly making contact with land… Read More »2022 Scottish Sea Kayaking Trip – Day 09 Monday Mull – Port Gart an Fhithrich to Calgary Bay by Andy Garland

2022 Scottish Sea Kayaking Trip Day 08 Sunday Mull – Carsaig Bay to Port Gart an Fhithrich by Ian Bell Having had a good night on the five-star elevated campsite in Carisaig bay we timed are departure to be close to local high water so there would be little or no carry. This also meant we would get the best of the tide to assist us along the southern coast… Read More »2022 Scottish Sea Kayaking Trip – Day 08 Sunday Mull – Carsaig Bay to Port Gart an Fhithrich by Ian Bell