On a chilly but dry Sunday morning the 18th of October we met at the Grand Junction arms in Tring for our bimonthly hydro5K, this time however we also added a 10K on the same pound and at the same time. Due to a knee problem Dave assisted Zoe with the start from the bank
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4 club members ventured down to Kent to paddle to lovely river Medway, we set of from Hamstead lock and after the usual warm up and Safety brief paddled upstream passing the Oust house and disused lock. We stopped off and had a lovely coffee and break at Branbridges where we were bathed in sunlight.
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On the 13th of September we as a group decided on a gentler paddle from the Grove Lock pub in Leighton Buzzard passing our usual turn around point at 2.5K and continuing to the lock. We had a short refreshment break before returning to the start and enjoying a nice beverage on the canal side
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We paddled our monthly Free HydroPaddle at Tring on Sunday 16th August 2026, from the grand Junction Arms, a wonderful pub with Canalside views and a lovely garden. (well worth a visit). Gone are our aqua paddle days and the hounding for donations, this bimonthly event is truly Free to paddles that sign up and
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On Sunday the 9th of August we met at Hurley Carpark for a Paddle Safer award course, this was a multi craft award delivered by Dave over a 4-hour session, 10am until 2pm. With 5 sign-ups and a 6th at the last min on a hot day in the 30”s we arrived early, Parked and
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On Sunday the 14th of June 2026 we met for our monthly HydroPaddle, this month we were in Tring and hosted by The Grand Junction Arms as usual, a lovely country cask ale pub that sits on the waterside of the Grand Union Canal. We met up at about 9am to inflate boards, kit up
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The following morning, Sunday 31st May there were a few more clouds in the sky compared to the last few days and it had rained for a short time the evening before. I had a nice cup of tea waiting for me (made by Dave, for once!) as I woke up at about 7am with
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“Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing–absolutely nothing–half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” [1] As Ratty said in Wind in the Willows, there is nothing better, especially when the setting and the company is as fabulous as it was on the Llangollen Canal Trip. Part of a two-night adventure, the
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On Friday the 29th of May, after the heatwave experienced by the UK over the last week, we embarked on one of our signature trips to Llangollen, North Wales. We had decided to split the whole thing up into sections, Friday being a walk to the castle, Saturday we were paddling and Sunday would be
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As usual we met at the Grove Lock Pub in Leighton buzzard for a 10am Start, Due to the fine weather and holidays etc we were short of numbers for this to be an exciting event for the effort that goes into marshalling and actually running it as an event, so the day before those
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