I am trying to do as much paddling as possible this year. As things stand, I have managed to get out on a river on all but three weekends so far this year. I managed to keep with with tradition this weekend just gone (29/30th March) and had a great…
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A cold Easter…
Shepperton in the sunshine Saturday morning saw an early-ish start for Amy and I, having arranged to meet Ricky, Emma, Dave and Martyn in Ivybridge at 0900 to do the Erme. The level looked low, but runnable so we decided it was a goer and got on. It turned out…
A successful quest
With paddling in Devon planned for both Saturday and Sunday, i needed something to do with my bank holiday off work. For some reason i decided that it would be a brilliant idea to try and paddle at three different Thames wiers with my day off. A few phone calls…
Learning the hard way…
The weekend of 8/9th March saw a small group head over to North Wales for an opportunity to do some different rivers. The group consisted of Martyn, Steve, Joe, Nick, Emma and myself. In order to get the most from the weekend, it was decided that an early start from…
Did someone mention the ‘s’ word?
He was doing so well. He had managed to go eight weeks into the new year without one. He had done a bit of paddling over the eight weeks and had managed to avoid doing it. Then there was today’s trip to Hurely… What am I talking about? Swimming. And…
Icy hangover cure
Saturday night was spent enjoying a charity ball at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Before the wine started flowing The night started off gently but that all changed when we hit the wine. Things went even more downhill when Chris decided it was a good idea to start on the Port….
Fun in the sun – a low-water weekend in Devon
Last weekend saw the uni club trip to Devon. There were a few things amiss with the weekend though. To start with, accommodation was booked in Somerset (Northcombe barn, Dulverton)! On Saturday, the club took its first trip down the Barle from Tarr Steps to Dulverton. Whilst the levels were…
Shepperton Photos
I have uploaded some photos of Shepperton on Saturday to Facebook. Photos courtesy of William Carter. Click on the image to see more photos
What a weekend!
It has been a great weekend. We started the weekend with a trip to Shepperton after reading reports that it was on a good 10 gate level. When we arrived, we could see it was down to 9 gates, but I can assure you that it did not disappoint. For…
Boulters in high water
I couldn’t turn down an opportunity to do some big water paddling on the Thames. With all the rain we had been graced with in the weeks leading up to the weekend, I was hoping to finally be able to catch Sunbury, or Shepperton at the levels it is renowned…