It was a Dave Paddles weather day as we returned to the Thames River for another section. The weather and strong flows in the winter had restricted our opportunities to safely do trips on the Thames so it was nice to get back on this beautiful river. An early start from Hemel/Watford should have been […]
Return To the Thames- Marlow To Cookham 6th April 2025 Read More »
What a great day, it started with a temperature of -5 but as the sun came out, and 2 dropped out it warmed up considerably. We went from 11 paddlers signed up to 9 overnight with 5 marshals, we all scraped the ice of the vehicles and arrived in plenty of time. Zoe and I
AquaPaddle Leighton Buzzard 16th March 2025 Read More »
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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 »
The Mychett centre is a popular starting point for paddlers, cyclists, walkers and runners, and in the summer runs boat rides. Our eight hardy paddlers, five club members (Dave, Liz, Cathy, Phil and Chris) and three guests (Cheryl, Annie and Geoff), arrived ready for a 10am start. Suitably briefed, by Dave, and watered (yes there
Basingstoke Canal 3rd 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 »
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 »
Today’s paddle was from the Barley Mow pub to Odiham castle, one of three paddles the club does on the Basingstoke Canal. With mixed reports on the weather an early start got us on the water shortly after 1000 am after an hour’s drive. Dave led John, Chris and Phil (accompanied by his three girls
Odiham Castle trip 29th Sept 2024 Read More »
This section of the Grand Union Canal (GUC) started at The Grove Lock Pub, good parking next to the canal. An easy get in with a Start time of 10am, greetings to Dave (birthday last week) and Phillip’s Birthday yesterday.7.47km of paddling without a lock to portage. A quiet stretch of GUC and some walkers
11th Aug 24, GUC Leighton Buzzard Read More »
On Sunday 25th July 24, we paddled the Great Ouse near Bedford. Phillip and Dave have paddled this river before when it was in flood, and they went downstream and back up, this was a challenging paddle due to the flow of water, but they completed the journey as documented on our blog. This time
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