On 27th December Jai A and myself (Dave) decided to brave the frost and go for a paddle to help with burning off the calories we may have acquired over the Xmas feast. We decided on the GUC and Wendover arm as it is local and we last paddled it in the summer, we were […]
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Saturday 24th December 2022 5.9 miles/9.5 km downstream, Wargrave to Aston. The reduced daylight hours resulted in the Section 9 trip, Reading to Aston (Paddle the Thames, Mark Rainsley), into two and this is the second part. Paddlers: Dave Hillier (Trip Leader), Pierre Leon, Chris Harper, John Murray, Phill Gent (with doggie guests Fifi and Coco),
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Nomad Kayak Club Trip 11 December 2022 On Sunday 11th December, 8 slightly insane Kayakers arrived at the St George and Dragon Pub in Wargrave on a frosty & foggy morning, with Pierre having negotiated the use of their car park and launch area. The air temperature was around -2°C and the water temperature approx.
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Thames Section 9a Trip Report – Friday 25th November 2022 6.2 miles/10 km downstream, Reading to Wargrave with a side paddle along St. Patrick’s stream and the Lodden. Because of the reduced daylight it was decided to split the Section 9 trip Reading to Aston (Paddle the Thames, Mark Rainsley) into two trips with a break at
Sunday 13th November. This was a 2-way trip, 7km each way, starting at the Mytchett Canal Centre and turning around at Ash Lock. Paddlers Dave Hillier (Leader), Pierre and Sue Leon, Nathan, Jai, John Murray, Phill Gent and Coco and Fifi. This stretch of the Basingstoke Canal is more like a river than a canal; as it morphs into lakes
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Section 8 of paddle the Thames. 12.2 kms 7.6 miles Participants were Myself, (Dave Hiller), Sue and Pierre Leon, Conrad, Chris, Phillip, Hannah and John. This was the last section of the middle Thames, It’s often said, ‘It’s not all about the water you’re paddling on, but who you’re paddling with’, Well today was just
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On Sunday the 9th October 7 Nomad members arrived nice and bright and early on a glorious crisp bright autumn morning in Sandy. Everyone arrived in good time, for fear of reprimand from the ‘lay-in’ police (Dave Hillier). It was really great to see the lift sharing coordination which meant all vehicles were fully occupied minimising
On Friday 30th Sept 2022, seven Kayakers the river Thames downstream as part of the paddle “The Thames quest”. Pierre, Dave, Sue, Phillip, + coco and Fifi, John, Hannah, and Jai. This section was just over 10 miles downstream, heading south as usual but the weather forecast seemed to be awful, so we had to
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16 kms The river Wey near Guildford On Sunday the 11th September 8 kayakers arrived at the Rowbarge pub near Guildford Surrey for a day’s paddling and exploring the river Wey and a side water, Led by Dave Hillier and ably assisted by Graham Summers this was a placid water paddle of 9 miles up
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17.6 kms 26.08.22 Culham to Wallingford On Friday 26th August 5 Nomads (Sue, Phillip, coco and fifi, John, Chris and Dave) continued with Paddling the Thames. This leg of our adventure took us to Culham and we would be paddling 11 miles downstream on the river to Wallingford. The weather was in the low to
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