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 […]
2 day 1st Aid Course 17/18th Jan 2025 Read More »
Great Day For A Paddle Although it looked quite bleak it wasn’t cold as we headed to meet at the clubhouse. A nice warm room waited for us to get changed and ready to start. Although there seemed to be a slight nip in the air at first, it wasn’t cold when we set off
Batchworth GUC Clean Up, 30.12.2024 Read More »
What a great day, we started all as planned, with the usual additions and withdrawals and all the paperwork that goes with it but it was covered, an early start, risk assessment, load, setup and then good to go. At the venue, (The Grand Junction Arms in Tring) we had a carpark marshal (Peter) directing
Aquapaddle Tring 15th Dec 2024 Read More »
On Sat 7th Dec Dittons PBC had organised a rescue training session in a swimming pool and invited Dave to assist in a bit of coaching due to Davepaddles being a multi craft club, and with the knowledge of rescues from all craft to all craft. This was planned for Kayak, Canoe and Paddleboard but
Pool Rescue Session 7th Dec 2024 Read More »
Those registered to receive them, should now have Nov 24’s newsletter from the club delivered to your email inbox. If you have not received it (please 1st check your spam folder) and still want a copy, please contact one of the committee members who will be pleased to forward you one. We no longer supply
Newsletter Nov 2024 Read More »
As the autumn has finally hit us the weather has also changed, we think this put a few fair-weather paddlers off. with 9 signed up it was a struggle to marshal the event as some of our normal marshals were committed elsewhere and we almost cancelled it. But at the last minute the hero’s changed
AquaPaddle Tring 17th Nov 2024 Read More »
This trip was mainly to do the planning for another AquaPaddle that is planned to start in Jan 2024. The plan initially was as a second location to our Tring AP, but yet may be set up and run as a standalone Bedfordshire venue. We had to measure the 2.5k each way distance and also
GUC Leighton Buzzard 10th Nov 2024 Read More »
Unfazed by the early morning start and the slight chill in the air, 24 enthusiastic paddlers gathered in the carpark of the Dudley Canal and Tunnels Trust. Clare, from Dittons Paddleboarding Club, lead the safety meeting and the group introduced themselves. We soon discovered that this trip was on many people’s bucket list, and the distances that paddlers were prepared
Dudley Caverns and Netherton Tunnel 26th Oct 2024 Read More »
On a cold Oct morning the numbers changed from 14 to 9 paddlers, and 6 marshals paddling this month’s AquaPaddle, 5K free event. With many returning paddlers and some new, and even some staying overnight as not to miss the start time. The usual safety brief was given by the captain in the carpark to
AquaPaddle Tring 13th Oct 2024 Read More »
Hampstead Lock To Oak Weir 6th October 2024 Today’s trip was one of the furthest afield daily trips the club undertakes with a journey of 1.5 hours from Watford to get to the Medway River, so an early start was necessary, with car sharing where possible. The river can present different challenges, and the flow
River Medway Trip 6th Oct 2024 Read More »