This trip was suggested by a member a while ago but work, travels and trips had moved the date to last weekend, as it is almost a 2-hour drive some of us decided to travel down on Saturday 6th and camp overnight saving the commute on the Sunday morning. As the weather was awful on
7th July 2024 River Stour. Read More »
Dave and Zoe were camping for the whole weekend at the Mytchett center campsite, a campsite with basic facilities run by Hampshire Council. A lovely grassy field campsite that was not overly busy as we were on “term time” side of the holidays. This campsite has: toilets, showers, washing up facilities, a cafe and above
8th-9th June Basingstoke Canal Read More »
Peer Paddle, Glen Affric, Scotland, May 2024 This trip was suggested after a member of Davepaddles (LN) visited the area in 2023 and saw that both lochs were suitable for longer kayak camping paddles. In early May 2024 two DP Members (LN and PG) met at Cannich, a small village in the Glen Affric area,
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Hello Everyone. March’s Newsletter is here, Yes I know its early, but we have some exiting things going on that take some time to plan and as the new membership year is fast approaching, I thought (as our comms officer is holidaying again) I would step in and cover his work. The new membership year
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Welcome to our February newsletter. Dave has done most of the work again as I have been away skiving (well, skiing).There were a couple of trips completed and two more planned for March. Although it might have seemed cold first thing recently, we have had some great weather when out on the water. The sights
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On Sat 11th of November 23, Dave Jai and Pete set off from Oxford on a two day, one night kayak camping trip towards Culham. The river Thames was on red boards all the way from Cricklade to Teddington, some 130 plus miles, so the flow was with us as we were paddling downstream all
On Sat 16th and Sunday 17th Sept. Davepaddles.co.uk went to Bewl Water to assist ‘As Keen as Mustard’ with the one of many swim Runs they do throughout the year. We assisted as on the water Safety and Rescue Marshals. On this occasion most of our group were not available as holidays and commitments were
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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
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
Medway Trail Parts A-B Read More »
