From the dim and distant past
August 2023 Julie and I put our application in for 2024. So much more than a paddling CV is needed – details of wilderness experience and experience of stressful situations needed to be complemented by self-reflection on the multitude of deficiencies we had and how we would overcome them in Read more
This lists the trophies that the club has awarded over the years. The information goes back to 1998 for complete information, and partial information back to 1989.
We seem to have created a tradition of having a Christmas pub crawl in the week or two leading up to Christmas. People were asking me the other day about some of the routes we had done in the past, so I dug out some info from old emails… Year Read more
[ Link to the photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/NoqWM9HAt6jEhNQn8 ] Each year Bristol Canoe Club organizes a foreign trip, but with private trips to France and America the only overseas destination for members this year was Croatia. Our old sea dog – Dave Brain very kindly proposed sea kayaking, which would repeat a Read more
I’ve given the Bristol Canoe Club website a bit of spring clean: https://www.bristolcanoeclub.org.uk/ It has a new WordPress theme, which makes it look a bit cleaner, with easier navigation. The search function is now more prominent, and there is a tag cloud which you can use to filter the articles Read more
Bristol Canoe Club was formed in the spring of 1962 to promote canoeing in the Bristol area and met at a barn with a loft in Keynsham. As this barn deteriorated, a new site was found in Saltford owed by Avery’s wine merchants. In December 1962, the first club newsletter Read more
For your entertainment: I’ve sorted through some old videos of Bristol Canoe Club trips, which I originally got from Quentin Nichols on VHS tape. Variously from 1993 to 2003. I’ve (eventually) uploaded them to the web so that we can all have a laugh (aka enjoy the demonstration of skills Read more
Year Chairman Treasurer Secretary Membership 2025 – 2026 Mark Gillett Rollo Warden John Wimperis John Wimperis 2024 – 2025 Mark Gillett Tom Brockett Anne Greenhalgh Anne Greenhalgh 2023 – 2024 Mark Gillett Conor O’Neill Lisa Gunton Nick Wainwright 2022 – 2023 Genny Sargent Conor O’Neill Fran Bamber &Tanya Cownie Nick Read more
The Bristol Canoe Club AGM 2018 was held last week. The new committee for 2018-2019 is: Chairman: Jeremy Sykes Treasurer: Fran Bamber Secretary: Tanya Cownie Membership: Nick Wainwright Other committee members: Conor O’Neill, Dave Hill, Mark Gillett, Emma Newman, Iain Hissett, Lee Nicholls
Neil Cox, and Leanne Dyke, both members of Bristol Canoe Club, crossed Iceland with a Packraft (a type of inflatable kayak) in May 2017. Here is Neil’s write-up, including video, and a river description. https://www.neilcoxmisadventures.com/packrafting/2017iceland-report Neil comments: “We believe this is the first recorded source-to-sea descent of the Þjórsá, with Read more