New Boats to a new Location
Last Saturday a hardy few braved the cold and went down towards Portsmouth. It meant meeting at Cremorne at 8 am, loading up the boats and then whizzing off down the A3 to meet up with Richard B and his mates Read more…
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Emergency Text Procedures For Kayakers and Hill Walkers
Simon Willis posts an article on SMS safety procedures and registering your mobile with the emergency services. While you’re there have a look around the site, it’s great. http://simon-willis.blogspot.com/2010/11/emergency-text-procedure-for-kayakers.html. Toons
Cremorne
In The Coach’s Words
I’ve been under the impression that the kids’ weekend drop-in sessions at Cremorne were about kayaking. Well, on Sunday I got my impression corrected. Sure, they kayak (that’s a given when you’re in Harry’s care), but it’s so much more Read more…
Cremorne
More Fame For The Club – And The Centre
Simon Willis is a British journalist who has been doing Podcasting interviews with Sea Kayakers about expeditions, favourite routes and issues of interest at SeaKayakRoutes.com andSeaKayakPodcasts.com since 2006. He popped down for a paddle with Cremorne Riverside recently – check out his Read more…
CKC in CK Magazine
The December 2010 edition of Canoe and Kayak Magazine is just out and CKC is this months Club Scene feature. The feature gives a great overview of what the Club is about and includes a view from the Chair (Andy), Read more…
Weekly Sessions
Friendly Neighbours
An unusual paddle last night, for many reasons. For a start, we had only 4 people for the later paddle, with slightly more than that showing up for the early one. Great that Geoff’s idea is working well. Mind you, Read more…
Scilly Isles Sea Paddling
30th September – 4th October 2010 The Isles of Scilly have been on my “must do” list for ages so when Miranda suggested a Club trip / reccie out there it was something that could not be turned down. After all this Read more…
A Swell Time in Folkestone
Saturday 11th September 2010 After a few weeks back from an amazing trip to Sweden we thought it’s about time we got back onto salt water. We got in touch with Seapoint and as luck would have it their boats and kit Read more…
Bohuslan Archipelago
At the end of August, 10 members of CKC returned from Sweden, after an uplifting week of wild camping and paddling the Bohuslän archipelago, a group of islands dotted along the West Coast of Sweden. These days, the area is Read more…
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Pawlata is not a Starter but a Main Dish
I was chatting with a member of the club last night, discussing rolling. “I can’t roll” “Well next time we’re in the pool, we can start learning the pawlata” “Oh I can do a pawlata” It’s a very misunderstood roll Read more…