Cookham to Windsor Thames Trip 6th Jul 2025 Heaviest Mist On Record? It doesn’t rain on Dave’s trips, as we have all heard many times, but this trip saw the heaviest Mist on record with parts of it thumping into the river and splashing the water. (see picture) Four on the trip Dave and Chris in […]
Cookham to Windsor, 10 Miles, 6th July 2025 Read More »
On Saturday 21st June, Dave Graham and Antony set off on a paddle wild camp, Peter unfortunately had to drop out shortly before so couldn’t attend. The sun was out, and we had clear blue skies as we meandered down the river. The temperature was in the high 20’s, so we rested and took on
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Wallingford To Pangbourne – Thames Trip – 18th May 2025 Early start to head to Wallingford, a fifty-mile journey, where Dave and Chris met up with Brendan. After the shuttle led by the trusty Graham, we were on the water by 1100, two kayaks and a paddleboard. It was a lovely day to tackle this
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Our 1st event from our social side of the club was held on Thursday 6th Feb 2025 at the Hollywood Bowl in Watford, this event was organised by Clare who did a great job in encouraging 6 of us to attend. We had a great couple of hours, with many laughs and good conversation as
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On Friday 17th and Saturday 18th Jan, Davepaddles.co.uk had a 16 hour, 2 day First Aid Course, ran from our clubhouse in Rickmansworth. There were 8 of us in total attending this course, some new to first aid, some renewing and some just topping up on any latest techniques that may have changed. Neil was
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Sunday 21st April was quite a busy day for davepaddles, we had planned to paddle from here to the Koi carp pub and back and with Glen tagging along who was going to show us a few tricks and flips in his new C1, all was set, Glens new boat was delayed, and work still
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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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26/11/23 4 paddlers met at Ardingly Reservoir for a taste of some bigger water than they are used to, most have not been more than 50 metres from a bankside, and Ardingly was the perfect place for a taster session. It was a frosty cold start to the day, with all of us having to
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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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