Social
Club BBQ in Henleaze
Very many thanks to Nick Wainwright for hosting a BBQ last weekend at his house. The weather cooperated nicely.
General
The Big Paddle Cleanup 2024
On Thursday May 30th, our weekly Club Session on the Docks participated in The Big Paddle Cleanup for 2024. We had 15+ members, including Dave Hill’s 5 year old son Toby helping clearing rubbish from the Arnolfini down to the Canoe Polo pitch situated below the Cumberland Basin. We pulled Read more…
Historical
Christmas socials…
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…
Social
Annual Dart Weekend 2023
Over the weekend of December 24-26th 2023, the Club’s whitewater team met for their annual trip to Dartmoor. Most of the 35+ members attending stayed in the Caving Barn near Ashburton, while a few opted for more luxury in some of the local pubs. The Friday early arrivers managed a Read more…
Social
Biking, and more biking…
Not really canoeing related, but both of us are very long-standing members of the club… Lisa Gunton and myself (Conor O’Neill) have just spent three weeks cycling around the coast of Wales. Lisa is now continuing on northwards, to cycle around the whole of the mainland UK coast, plus a Read more…
General
Canoe Club website clean-up and extras
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…
Flat water
Parking at Baltic Wharf
As of February 2020, the council have handed over control of parking at Baltic Wharf (i.e. “The Cottage Inn” car park), to the harbour master. We have seen that the harbour master has put up a sign saying that from 3rd March 2020 the car park will be closed overnight, Read more…
Photos
North Wales [2014]
Many thanks to Lisa F for organising last weekend’s trip to Wales. 10 of us went and we had a great time. On Saturday we managed to paddle the Conwy (not the Fairy Glen!). Low water, but most of us had never paddled it before, some of us after trying Read more…
Photos
California 2013 photos
California 2013 Photos I have put a “Quick set” of photos (61 photos) here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/q4Gksff7tLtrZFks5 If you want the full experience, the full set (288 photos) are here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/kC82QHZduHrRwA2L7
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Photos from ‘triathlon’ [May 2012]
Tony uploaded a few photos from our ‘triathlon’ day in May, where we did kayaking (at Cardiff), cycling (at Cwmcarn), and caving (Ogof Clogwyn near Gilwern). The photos only show people pushing their bikes up the steep bit at Cwmcarn! Note that you may need to be signed in to Read more…