19.08.2023 On Sat 19th Aug a come and try was organised by Davepaddles on the Basingstoke Canal, with Dave showing Jai (who is now a paddlesport instructor) the basics of running a trip with people who have not been in or on a craft before, We all arrived in plenty of time, Changed into our […]
30 July 23. St Patricks Stream and Hennerton backwater 30th July This was a davepaddles.co.uk driven trip linking up with a group named SUP with Ana, organised by Dave Hillier. Twelve of us met at the St George and Dragon, Wargrave to make up a group of nine paddleboarders (one from Nomads) and three kayakers.
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Paddlers Dave H. Trip Leader Conrad C, Assistant. Hannah S, Report Writer, Rach H Jai A, Assistant 2. On Sat 22nd July 5 Kayakers went to Wales. A trip that has been long in the planning. We finally made it to Wales ( to embark on a 3 night camping and kayaking adventure along the
9 July 2023 We met in the Water Street car park. A very nice, quiet spot east of the town centre. The weather looked a bit threatening and the weather forecast was mixed but Dave assured us the it never rains on his trips and on this occasion he was right. It was a beautiful
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On a wonderfully warm and sunny day, we started out from The Red Lion in Castle Eaton. Get-in was from the pub garden, not forgetting to pay a £5 launch fee for each boat. The river was running with a gentle current and well below the flood level we experienced in the winter where the
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Part of the Davepaddles Paddle the Thames Adventure, This section was the only section missed by Phillip, Coco and Fifi in the last year or so, of all of the sections we have paddled. Again It was a lovely sunny day, and with paddlers Hannah S, Phil (fifi and Coco) and Conrad C, Dave led
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May 12 / 13 / 14th On the weekend of May 13/14 Dave, Zoe, Jai, Hannah, and Conrad, met up at the pre booked Riverside camp site in Yalding Kent. The plan was to paddle the non-tidal river Medway from Tonbridge to Maidstone in 2 days. Day 1 would be a get in at Tonbridge
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Many thanks to Pierre and Sue Leon for all the efforts they have put in to this epic adventure paddling the whole (137 Miles) of the non-Tidal river Thames. From the Videos (below} to the research and way points maps etc, as well as their company. I (Dave Hillier) feel blessed to have led such
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Chertsey to Tedding Lock, Section 13, 4th May 2013 The final paddle of the non-tidal section of the Thames started just outside Chertsey Lock (KT16 8LF) and ended just before Teddington Lock (TW10 7YE) on a lovely sunny day. Our get-in was a convenient slide-in between the lock and Chertsey Bridge on the left bank
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