Lofoten Islands Expedition 2019 “The Famous Five visit Lofoten” by Enid Blyton Day 07 – Sandvika beach to waterfall campsite at back of Austpollen (15th August) by Timmy “The Famous Five and the tepee” The night had been awfully wet and windy but the five had been snug in their tents on the sheltered beach.… Read More »Lofoten Islands Expedition 2019 Day 07 “The Famous Five and the tepee”

The Three Amigos go Open Boating at Llangollen There have been lots of club sea and river trips. With the recent intro to opens course being such a success, we felt it was time to get more club open boat trips. That was the plan, so Mike issued the call to all open paddlers and… Read More »The Three Amigos go Open Boating at Llangollen

Photo of the Month Please send any photos to website@liverpoolcanoeclub.co.uk September 2019 # 1 Take Off at Serpents Tail – Dave Gentle 33 votes (30%) # 2 Start Hilbre Island Race 2019 – Pete Thomas 19 votes (17%) # 3 Aaron Jackson on a reverse slide – Martin Aldridge 17 votes (16%) # 4 Neil… Read More »Congratulations to this month’s winners of the Photo of the month

Lofoten Islands Expedition 2019 “The Famous Five visit Lofoten” by Enid Blyton Day 06 – Finoya Island (smiley face island) to Brettesnes Vagen harbour (lunch) to Sandvika beach (14th August) Anne “The Famous Five go to Mystery Island” The Famous Five awoke far too early and emerged from their tents one by one, bleary eyed.… Read More »Lofoten Islands Expedition 2019 Day 06 “The Famous Five go to Mystery Island”

Liverpool Canoe Club Gazebo It made its first appearance during the Alps 2019 trip as discovered by Chris Murphy (and snapped on his FB page) when he popped by to say “Hello” to a campsite devoid of LCC paddlers. We were all out either paddling or sightseeing.  Now back in the UK it has had… Read More »Liverpool Canoe Club Gazebo

Lofoten Islands Expedition 2019 “The Famous Five visit Lofoten” by Enid Blyton Day 05 – Trollfiorden to Finoya Island (smiley face face island) (13th August) by Julian “The Famous Five go to Smiley Face Island” After having had a good night’s sleep, and more importantly as far as Dick was concerned, a hearty breakfast, we… Read More »Lofoten Islands Expedition 2019 Day 05 “The Famous Five go to Smiley Face Island”

Three go around Anglesey on neap tides by Catriona Hare We all set off at about 4:00 in the morning to get to Gallows point in time to leave at 6:30 and catch the tide down the Menai Straits. Well nearly, one of us was a wee bit tardy and we finally set off at… Read More »Three go around Anglesey on neap tides by Catriona Hare

Lofoten Islands Expedition 2019 “The Famous Five visit Lofoten” by Enid Blyton Day 04 – Island at North end of Raftsundet to Trollfiorden (12th August) by George “The Famous Five forget they are on holiday and get up very early” Anne, who is very organised, had brought lots of useful information with her to Lofoten. With… Read More »Lofoten Islands Expedition 2019 Day 04 “The Famous Five forget they are on holiday and get up very early”

Lofoten Islands Expedition 2019“The Famous Five visit Lofoten” by Enid Blyton Day 03 – Krakoya Island to Island at North end of Raftsundet (11th August) by Dick “The Famous Five and the mystery of the large boulder” After a gruelling day 2 on the water the famous five enjoyed a leisurely morning catching up on… Read More »Lofoten Islands Expedition 2019 Day 03 “The Famous Five and the mystery of the large boulder”