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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Llangollen 24 On 19th July 24, Zoe Jai and I attended a revised Llangollen trip. I led this trip before, in July last year but was not part of the planning, I was more babysitter, logistics and safety. However, the trip was completed but needed a plan A, B and C. It turned out that
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The prelude to this this trip was a four hour bike ride along the Grand Union Canal tow path from Rickmansworth to the Slough arm of the GUC looking for a convenient “get in”. This journey is well worthwhile it, whether walking, cycling or kayaking as it tracks its way through the Coln Valley Regional
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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
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A good day out on the River Stort We all met at the put in point, pub (The Moorhen) car park in Harlow. Everyone on the water just after 10am, and as ever more experienced paddlers helping less experienced members into their boats by coming alongside and offering stability. New member Glen joined us in
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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
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