On Sunday the 9th of August we met at Hurley Carpark for a Paddle Safer award course, this was a multi craft award delivered by Dave over a 4-hour session, 10am until 2pm. With 5 sign-ups and a 6th at the last min on a hot day in the 30”s we arrived early, Parked and […]
Hurley Paddle Safer Award 9th Aug 2026 Read More »
Well, it was nice to be back doing this trip, our last attempt in Feb was cancelled due to the conditions, and safety concerns. We had no stream warnings this time and as always, the weather was better than forecast, sunny with only a few clouds in the sky, and it has been mentioned for
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An early start to cover the 12-mile distance as the Thames was just downgraded from red to yellow boards with a stream decreasing value added made it the perfect opportunity to deliver the paddle explore award. 4 paddlers signed up for the trip and the award, and started by sorting out the car sharing amongst
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Davepaddles- Culham to Wallingford 16th November 2025 Its Sunday morning, the rain stopped overnight and its forecast to stay dry for us with the sun potentiallymaking an appearance around lunchtime. Meeting at 8.30am wasn’t early enough for Tony, who was so keen toget back onto the water for another paddle with the group that he
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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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On the 6th of Sept 2025 Dave took Frank out on a recce and St Patrics stream trip, Dave is busy working with other things, but not too busy to paddle, on a beautiful sunny day after a gray start, both Dave and Frank set out up the Thames from Wargrave, Frank is relatively new
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On Phillips Birthday 10th Aug, we (after a last min change) decided to do a recce of another potential round and back trip.This section has many wonderous turns and crevices, like swift ditch, to be explored.We set out as planned at 10am, paddling downstream towards Culham.On the river right we explored Abingdon marina, the swift
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A couple of years ago Dave decided that he wanted to paddle the 138 miles of the non-tidal section of the Thames. Starting at the source (Cricklade) and finishing at Teddington from where the tide takes over it can be split into bite sized chunks. So begun a quest for several people including me. I
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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
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