2022 LCC Alpine Holiday to Durance Region in France Day 3 Monday: The Durance from the campsite to St Clement by Nikki Aldridge With the arrival of the rest of the group, who had stopped in various places all over France, today was the first day everyone was present. Unfortunately, after an incident with a car key and car boot, Nick and Oscar were not able to join us on… Read More »2022 LCC Alpine Holiday to Durance Region in France Day 3 Monday: The Durance from the campsite to St Clement by Nikki Aldridge

2022 LCC Alpine Holiday to Durance Region in France Day 2 Sunday: The Durance from the campsite to St Clement by Roy McHale Day 2 Sunday: The Durance from the campsite to St Clement by Roy McHale For the people who travelled directly to the L’Agentiere les-Ecrins campsite Saturday was a day of traveling and paddling only started on Sunday. The day started at a leisurely pace with the people… Read More »2022 LCC Alpine Holiday to Durance Region in France Day 2 Sunday: The Durance from the campsite to St Clement by Roy McHale

2022 LCC Alpine Holiday to Durance Region in France We set out with news of major port disruption in Dover. We had hoped that the M20 would settle down after midnight and we could just drive straight onto our waiting Eurotunnel train. Oh well, the best plans! Most of us ended up in a queue on either the M20 or one of the adjoining slip roads. With a 5+ hour… Read More »2022 LCC Alpine Holiday to Durance Region in France Day 1 Saturday: Espace Eau Vive de l’Isle de la Serre

Crossing from St Bees to the Isle of Man. TL/DR: Tim paddled from St Bees to the IoM and then got the ferry back, without any major dramas. I have been obsessively monitoring the Windy app for a couple of months in the hope of identifying a suitable weather window for the St Bees – Isle of Mann crossing. On Wednesday I had sufficient confidence to book Friday off work… Read More »Crossing from St Bees to the Isle of Man by Tim Haines

A big thank you to all that attended and made this event possible, especially our friends at Dee sailing Club who have fabulous facilities and are the friendliest hosts of the event each year. We had 24 club volunteers, helpers and safety kayaks out and about on the day and without whom, the event would simply not be possible. Gary Edwards was my hero of the day spending nearly 6… Read More »Hilbre Sea Kayak Event Results and Photos 2022

Improvers WW Trip on the River Dee by Chris Marsden I’d advertised earlier in the week that I was offering a beginners or improvers trip on the Dee this Sunday. I was surprised that there was no take-up from white-water beginners for the trip. I hadn’t realised it clashed with the Hilbre island race. Must check calendar next time. I had interest from improvers, rusty and more advanced paddlers so… Read More »Improvers WW Trip on the River Dee by Chris Marsden

Holy Island by JG Holy Island. HW Liverpool 12:15 @ 9.1m This was the one I have had on the bucket list for a while, and it didn’t disappoint. Departing Porth Dafarch at 0930 gave us plenty of time to get to Stanley Embankment. The trip to Rhoscolyn head was swifter than we expected as we were leaving in the dying flood, but picking up the eddie had us ticking… Read More »Circumnavigation of Holy Island by JG

Walney Island by JG After Fi and Dave’s trip to Puffin Island on Saturday my week of sea kayaking with breaks in-between was well and truly set up. The first stop was Walney Island on Monday, then to Holy Island on Thursday. Walney Island. HW Liverpool 0926 @ 8.39m We opted to depart from Roa Island at 0840 an hour before local HW to give us the last of the… Read More »Circumnavigation of Walney Island by JG