The following morning, Sunday 31st May there were a few more clouds in the sky compared to the last few days and it had rained for a short time the evening before. I had a nice cup of tea waiting for me (made by Dave, for once!) as I woke up at about 7am with […]
River Dee, Horseshoe Falls 31st May 2026 Read More »
“Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing–absolutely nothing–half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” [1] As Ratty said in Wind in the Willows, there is nothing better, especially when the setting and the company is as fabulous as it was on the Llangollen Canal Trip. Part of a two-night adventure, the
Llangollen Canal Aquaducts and Tunnels 30 May 2026 Read More »
On Friday the 29th of May, after the heatwave experienced by the UK over the last week, we embarked on one of our signature trips to Llangollen, North Wales. We had decided to split the whole thing up into sections, Friday being a walk to the castle, Saturday we were paddling and Sunday would be
Castell Dinas Brân 29th May 2026 Read More »
As usual we met at the Grove Lock Pub in Leighton buzzard for a 10am Start, Due to the fine weather and holidays etc we were short of numbers for this to be an exciting event for the effort that goes into marshalling and actually running it as an event, so the day before those
Hydro5Kpaddle Leighton Buzzard 17th May 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
Wolvercote 19th Apr 2026 Read More »
A bit of Ditching and ice breaking. On the morning of the 11th of Jan 26 and our 1st paddle of the year 5 of us set out on a paddle just as the canal had defrosted and seemed to be paddle able. We went upstream to the river Gade, portaging the Batchworth lock and
Clubhouse Paddle 11 Jan 2026 Read More »
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
Chertsey to Teddington 28th Dec 2025 Read More »
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
Culham to Wallingford 16th Nov 2025 Read More »
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
Thames Camping trip Sept 2025 Read More »
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
Wargrave September 2025 Read More »