Today’s paddle was from the Barley Mow pub to Odiham castle, one of three paddles the club does on the Basingstoke Canal. With mixed reports on the weather an early start got us on the water shortly after 1000 am after an hour’s drive. Dave led John, Chris and Phil (accompanied by his three girls […]
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On Friday 27th September, Dave left home early doors (5am) to travel to Ardingly Reservoir. The weather was Knaff, it rained all morning, and the wind was on the uppermost remit for a sheltered water environment. Paddlesport Safety and Rescue or PSRC as its shortened name, is for some a prerequisite for Paddlesport Instructor and/or
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This month’s Tring AquaPaddle had 18 participants in total, consisting of 14 on the water, we had 7 Marshals with 3 paddling and 4 on the bank. 4 kayakers and 10 paddleboards. The weather was bright and sunny as is almost always the case when Dave organises something. 🙂 Winney was home in 1st place
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On Sunday 8th Sept Dave, Liz and Clare ventured into the clubhouse after Phillips 70th Birthday party. The session was all about Safety and More importantly the Rescue side of things. With Dave in a Canoe and being a swimmer, Liz on a SUP, and Clare in a kayak the session went ahead. SUP to
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Our Annual General Meeting was held on 22.08.24 Some great input, full committee reports and a few changes. Thank you all for attending, and thankyou to those who couldn’t for sending in your apologies. Members will be updated via email.
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Dave arrived at the Grand Junction Arms first to set up for the morning followed by Peter who now has the carpark marshalling down to a tee, thanks Pete. Due to tyre trouble Chris arrived in his smaller car with no room for his boat but with a bit of planning had arranged for Dave
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This section of the Grand Union Canal (GUC) started at The Grove Lock Pub, good parking next to the canal. An easy get in with a Start time of 10am, greetings to Dave (birthday last week) and Phillip’s Birthday yesterday.7.47km of paddling without a lock to portage. A quiet stretch of GUC and some walkers
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On Sunday 4th Aug some of the Tring AquaPaddle crew (Phillip, Dave, Zoe, Coco, Hettie and Ziggy) went to try out the 5K Hampton Molesey AquaPaddle on the river Thames. Zoe assisted the Timekeeper whilst Dave and Phillip were going for their personal bests, Coco Hettie and Ziggy just went for the day out and
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With Orientation just around the corner, Dave once again assisted the legend of Chris Conley in running another Paddlesport Safety and Rescue Course at Ardingly reservoir on Friday 2nd August. These Courses are not only a pre rec for Paddlesport instructor but also a valuable day of learning the safety principals and framework to effectively
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On Sunday 25th July 24, we paddled the Great Ouse near Bedford. Phillip and Dave have paddled this river before when it was in flood, and they went downstream and back up, this was a challenging paddle due to the flow of water, but they completed the journey as documented on our blog. This time
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