Day 1 Friday 22/07/16 Falls of Lora CKC started the 2016 Western Highlands “Mulvonachoan” expedition at Connel Bridge, just outside Oban, where Alex and Geoff were pitting themselves against the rapids at the Falls of Lora, on Springs, for a Friday evening pre-expedition warmup paddle. Miranda, Loz and John wended Read more…
Paddling the Ardnamurchan Peninsula and the Small Isles with CKC, June 2014 Kilchoan Five Chelsea Kayak Club paddlers made their way North from London, through beautiful Scottish scenery, to join Geoff and Sandra in Kilchoan. The Argyll scenery is stunning, and Kilchoan is in a particularly beautiful part, nestled Read more…
Bognor Regis Winter Paddle, 24th November 2013 On a beautiful crisp winter morning 5 intrepid CKC members (Neil, Dan, Rob H, Miranda and Jac) headed to the south coast. There was a lovely shingle beach – (not so gently sloping in places) and free easy parking – perfectly selected. Read more…
Gorgeous day, and we all made it down to Cremorne bright and early for a paddle out west. High tide was at 1130am so we had the tide with us for a good chunk of the first leg. Before we knew it we were at Kew, in fact we were Read more…
The skinny middle aged runner we encountered in the carpark of The Ship pub was the first to speak. “Ah someone more mad than me,” he said, having spent 90 minutes jogging in sub zero icy and snowy conditions. He was vacillating between sheer admiration of our chutzpah to circumnavigate Read more…
Thursday night and time to head down to Cremorne for some respite from London’s pre-Christmas bustle. Late as usual after a hectic day but Olwen Jac and Christoph waited patiently with all the kit ready, and their patience was rewarded with… Flashing Christmas hats! Lowering the boats off the pontoon Read more…
We had a very interesting visit to the Port of London Authority (PLA) Operations at Woolwich yesterday. Seven of us were met on a bitterly cold morning by Tom Southall, the Deputy Manager of VTS. The PLA ops and London Coastguard are based in the same building just beside the Read more…
CKC team up with Maldon and Dengie Canoe Club for a paddle around Osea Island on the Blackwater Estuary August 2012 By Ann Gales As well as exotic trip locations such as Sardinia, Denmark and Kilchoan, we like to try to organise some fairly local paddles in the South East, Read more…
This was followed by some more rescues, fun in a playground on the island where Jakob was crowned Champion of Swingball, and Paul threw caution to the wind and launched himself head first down the waterslide. Hilarious. The next day the sun shone brightly and we had a fairly gentle Read more…
Brockwell Lido Session Brilliant Springtime evening sunshine welcomed us out onto the lido, beautifully vibrant and blue after its recent renovation. The water was cool, but inviting, and Tom jumped straight in for a swim before we started. We all had a great time practicing rolling in various boats, with Read more…