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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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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During the week commencing 19th may the Cherwell trip went into planning, the weather forecast looked bleak with heavy rain and strong winds. Dave had done the planning anyway and decided to have a meeting on the sat amongst the leaders to discuss any issues, the wind being the main cause of concern, the forecast
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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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After a pool session on Sat 26th Dave stayed at Apps Court again, a nice big campsite that you can book a single night and is just 10 mins drive from our pool and AquaPaddle Hampton Molesey. So an early start for Bewl water was not necessary as we were already half way there. 05.45am
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On Saturday morning the 19th April 15 paddlers gathered at the George and Dragon pub in Wargrave, this trip organised by Dave and Clare was a multi craft trip with SUP’s, a Kayak and an Inflatable Canoe, As Dave has a lot of experience and knowledge of this figure of eight trip he took the
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Some days are excellent for a paddle and this was one of them. A sunny day with a cloudless sky, little wind and a warm temperature. Great conditions to tackle this beautiful stretch. Originally planned as a Friday club Thames trip, in the end there were only two of us, so it became a peer
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