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 it was for so long that we thought we’d better Read more…
Thursday 29th April 2010 Our smallest group yet – Phil, Andy, Tim and guest Judy Armstrong, all the way from Stellenbosch, South Africa, via Southfields. Pleasant weather and a strong ebb tide saw us go up river. The idea was to take it fairly easy but seemingly little effort saw us Read more…
Sunday 18th April 2010 A cracking paddle on Sunday 18th April. Taking advantage of the Centre Manager’s generous offer to use Cremorne when there are no youth groups in, we assembled at 11:30. There had been some mention of towing a boat and throwing unexpected factors into the mix, but as Read more…
Thursday 1st April 2010 This morning the ‘club clown’ sent out a rather plausible April Fool’s email to everyone letting us all know that “for circumstances out of our control” we’d no longer be able to paddle in sea kayaks with the Club as planned – and that for the privilege we Read more…
Wednesday 31st March 2010 I’m very pleased to say that all the wait has been worth it. Our agreement with the Royal Borough was signed last night and we gave over our access fee. This will give us access to the centre until this time next year: Thursday nights and weekends Read more…
Tuesday 23rd March 2010 Some of us from CKC attended a get together of local clubs on Tuesday night to test and compare a number of lights/ torches that paddlers are using for after dark Tideway paddling. Representatives from the Port of London Authority (PLA) and BCU were there too. Read more…
Thursday 11th March 2010 Tonight was the night – the maiden voyage, so to speak, of Chelsea Kayak Club on what will become our ‘home turf’ – padding on a flood tide, it’s from Chelsea Wharf outbound along the Thames to Westminster and the foot of the London Eye. It Read more…