1. Learning about birds (Hey, what’s that bird? A cormorant. Ah, right. And that one over there? Hmm, I’m going to go with ‘a bird’.) 2. Great company* 3. Houses of Parliament glowing pinkish-gold in the setting sun 4. Wildlife Read more…
Sunday 25th July 2010 10 of us headed down to the Kent coast for the Club’s first local sea trip today. We were all pretty surprised to discover just how accessible a one-day, low hassle, low cost sea kayaking trip Read more…
On a perfect summers day in London, Phil and Jacqui took a group of 6 (mostly beginner) girls out on Wimbledon Park Lake to teach us how to paddle! We had all listened to Jacqui tell us how much fun Read more…
Saturday 10th July 2010 What do pensioners, pre-teens, cardboard and the Thames have in common? If you’d asked me a week ago I would have been stumped. But last Saturday it became clear: cardboard canoe racing. Saturday 10 July saw Read more…
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Friday 11th – Monday 14th June 2010 Last weekend was the inaugural club trip and what better place to choose for getting on the sea than Kilchoan – a remote Scottish crofting village at the westernmost end of the Ardnamurchan peninsula, a Read more…
6th June 2010 Some people would say that the VHF radio is perhaps the most important piece of safety equipment to have aboard a boat. VHF radios can be used to check the weather, communicate with other boats and land stations, Read more…
Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd May 2010 Whilst I have maintained a full First Aid at Work qualification for well over a decade now given most of my free time is either spent up a mountain or on the water Read more…
Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th May 2010 “What’s the weather usually like on the Isle of Wight in May?” I asked Mitch from Isle of Wight Sea Kayaking – “In May it’s usually pretty good”, she replied. And so it was that Read more…
Monday 17th May 2010 CKC would like to say a big well done to Cremorne Riverside which has just become the first kayaking centre to receive the London 2012 Inspire Mark for its “Future Paddling” project! The project aims to engage year Read more…