River Lune 0.54m great level for intermediate paddlers Low gill viaduct to road bridge on B6256 – Grade 2-3 Strid okay at this level Gorge not too bad, no obvious hazards.

Surfing at Lewsowe Bay Monday 5th April, 4pm. Surf the incoming tide at Leasowe Bay. It gets busy here with the local Dippers. Parking can be an issue. Vehicle needs to be under 2m to get through the barrier. Cracking surf beach. Surf with the boarders! Wind will be around 22mph. Onshore wind with nice… Read More »Surfing at Lewsowe Bay

Open canoe trip – Farndon to Chester The weather was too good to miss, and we had agreed to meet up in Farndon to paddle down to Chester. We had agreed to paddle as two groups on the river with social distancing made easy in the opens. Put-In: Holt (Roman) Bridge in Farndon, Bridge Street, LL13… Read More »Open canoe trip – Farndon to Chester

Training sessions in the Docks It was good to see lots of group out on the water over the first week after lockdown. Along with the many paddle start sessions, distance paddling, skills sessions and general docks paddles were the open canoe sessions and sea kayak leaders and transition paddles. Some photos below. To see… Read More »Training sessions in the Docks

It will be great to get back paddling after such a long break. Just a couple of pointers below to help things run smoothly. All paddling places MUST be pre-booked with coordinator, once on site you need to wear a mask (from “car to afloat”). When planning trips, please ensure they are well within your… Read More »Return to paddling

Stolen North Shore Calypso 2 Sea Kayak Please could you post a picture of my stolen Kayak on your site in case anyone has seen it for sale online? It was taken from us in Argyll at the end of January. It is pretty old and not very valuable but has great value to us.… Read More »Stolen North Shore Calypso 2 Sea Kayak

Over the next week or so you find that club paddles and sessions will become visible on our calendar and bookwhen booking system. All paddlers MUST be pre-booked with the session leader either via email or for most docks sessions via the link to the bookwhen site. Generally, sessions become visible 7 days ahead of… Read More »Paddling with the club after 29th March

River Alt from Hightown Neap tides and calm weather gave the opportunity to paddle from Hightown down the river Alt and along the Hightown Dune system. We are still restricted to daily exercise with one other person, so Graham and I decided to take opens and enjoy the evening sunset. We accessed the river down… Read More »River Alt from Hightown

The excellent weather forecast continued over the Sunday – Very light winds and blue skies.  This meant we had to go on the sea but where?  Midday spring tides gave lots of opportunities around the region, River Alt from Crosby, River Mersey on the flood and return, Hilbre Island, Runcorn bridge to Fiddlers Ferry and… Read More »TSS Duke of Lancaster – Dee Estuary