On Saturday 31st August a group of six (Rachel, Fiona, Charlie, Ronan, Liza and Tudor) headed to the Isle of Sheppey. I must confess to never having heard of the Isle of Sheppey, so this added an air of mystery to the trip! We set out from a slipway at 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…
9 (Instead of 11) Paddle Sardinia Sitting at my desk, nursing a lemsip, reflecting on the first really chilly London day in December, I could swear that today, it actually started getting dark before it got light. It is therefore pretty tough trying to picture myself stretched out on the Read more…
Whether you’re planning on ‘changing your shoes’ or ‘taking your trowel for a walk’ there’s no getting away from that call of nature when you’re out in the back of beyond on a paddling expedition – no matter what you call it. Admittedly those are two of the more polite Read more…
30-31 July 2011 There’s nothing quite like the ‘home stretch’ whenever you’re out paddling – the optimism, the burst of speed, the feeling of ‘nearly there’. Well on this trip we had two whole days of home stretch as we shuttled eight of the club boats 52 miles up river Read more…
Sunday 11th April 2010 I was part of a small group that headed over to Shepperton Lock today for a paddle of the single bladed variety. Not to be confused with kayaking (its closed deck relative), canoeing (or open boating as it is often called) is a rapidly developing discipline of Read more…