Sometimes sea kayaking can give important life lessons, unrelated to skill, ability or aptitude. One of these lessons was exposed on last weekend’s CKC trip to the Jurassic Coast: if you don’t wear underpants while paddling 14 nautical miles, the chaffing will stop you paddling the next day. And so Read more…
There was one thing on everyone’s mind as we set off from the Chelsea Kayaking Club on the May Bank Holiday weekend: Durdle Door and Lulworth Cove. The weather was looking a bit uncertain, but we weren’t! When we arrived at the Primrose Fields Campsite near Wareham, we were welcomed Read more…
30 May – 6 June 2015: Kilchoan, Ardnamurchan Not the title of a crappy sequel to the classic John Candy movie, but how a dozen CKC members got to this remote part of Scotland. SATURDAY, 30 MAY 2015 Kilchoan is the most westerly village on the British mainland. It is 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…
As training sessions go, this one seemed to skip along happily like a kayaker in the wake of a Thames party boat. The three newbies, Dan, Dave and Nick figured a beautiful autumnal day along the quiet Shepperton river banks lined with post rehab rocker villas would be like chicken Read more…
33 CKC members and partners congregated together at the Hurlingham Yacht Club on a clear crisp Friday night to celebrate its second Christmas together. Thanks to Richard Bate bringing along a last minute extension cable we were up and running with a compilation of the years trips via big screen Read more…
Ok so we are mostly a kayak club. Chelsea Kayak Club. And we are mostly a sea kayak club. Chelsea Kayak Club. Does what it says on the tin, innit. But we do say we are London’s only paddlesport club devoted to sea kayaking and touring. And of course touring is rather Read more…
7th – 9th October 2011 My adventure began on Thursday 6th October and I still get a strong heartbeat every time I see a photo of Old Harry – I definitely must see him again – soon! It all started in Lot’s Road Pub that Thursday evening, when 10 enthusiastic Read more…
Chelsea Kayak Club got into a celebratory mood this Saturday for the The Mayor’s Thames Festival when we took part in a massive parade of boats down the river, amid cheers from the crowded banks and bridges. The annual Thames Festival celebrates everything special about this great waterway, but this Read more…
August Bank Holiday Weekend, 2011 Six of us from the Club (Jac, Toons, Miranda, Debs, Ann and I) attended the inaugural Isle of Wight Symposium which took place over August Bank Holiday weekend. The Symposium, organised by Isle of Wight Sea Kayaking, was put on to to fill a bit Read more…