Winter Hydropaddle At Tring 21st December It was delightful to know that the Grand Junction Arms at Tring had reopened and was available for a 5k circular Hydropaddle. It was very misty heading to Tring early in the morning, but the weather turned out just right for a paddle at 1000am. With nine attendees we chose […]
Hydro5Kpaddle Tring 21.12.2025 Read More »
At the Grove lock pub, Leighton Buzzard, on the 19th of October, we met for our monthly Hydro5Kpaddle. This is a Free 5K timed event, but you don’t need to be timed, many paddlers use it as a free social paddle and social it is, with many friendships made throughout the day. All of the
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Well, what can I say? Feedback below from an amazing trip with great people. by DH. We had the most fantastic time on a two-day kayak trip led by Davepaddles.co.uk, starting from the George and Dragon pub in Wargrave. From the very beginning, Dave was welcoming, knowledgeable, and clearly passionate about the river and all
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As some people know this was not our first paddle of this type from here, but we have re branded it and made it better.These events are owned, marshalled and run by davepaddles.co.uk and are totally free for participants with their own craft and kit, subject to signing up (free) via our website.Our signup sheets
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A Paddle of Discovery. We don’t normally use our website for peer paddle blogs, although we thought differently about this one. Reason, to bring awareness as to what can go wrong at any time or place, also to put an importance on the training gained by the club’s leaders and instructors to keep themselves and
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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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