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
7th July 2024 River Stour. Read More »
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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Clear Access Clear Waters (CACW) Grand Union Canal Tring 2nd June 2024 As we use the Grand Union Canal near Tring for AquaPaddle, crewed by davepaddles and A1 Sup Hire, it seemed appropriate to undertake our CACW contribution in that area. This time we chose the Wendover Arm section and met at the excellent Grand
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Hi all, this month’s newsletter Issue 5 should now be in your inbox. apologise for the word Final, it’s not our last one, these things take a lot of time and effort to create and are passed throughout the various sections before being released, so the word final was (final draft) not final copy. our
Davepaddles Clear Access Clear Waters Officer and Chairman Jai is planning Our 1st clean up as a Paddle UK affiliated club. THIS IS A FREE EVENT IF YOU HAVE YOUR OWN KIT. Jai plans to do 4 of these a year on various sections of Rivers and Canals. Our Pilot event will be held on
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19.05.24 AquaPaddle – Davepaddles Pilot Event 19th May 2024 Tring “Have you thought of trying an AquaPaddle?” suggested Lyndsey at one of our founding committee meetings. This suggestion set Dave, with his normal enthusiasm, on a pathway to learn more. Initially, he signed up for an event in Northampton as a helper, it was cancelled
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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