Introduction In July 2003, 12 of us went to Norway to paddle. We paddled some fantastic rivers. We had a few epics, but no major injuries. We had a fantastic time. The motley crew consisted of: Tony Barrass, Conor O’Neill, Lisa Gunton, John Leopold, Richard Gunton, Baldrick, Dominic Morgan, Lisa Read more…
Nepal 2002 Richard Gunton (See some photos here). Me and Kim eventually arrived at Kathmandu international airport, dog tired after 16hrs travel. The moment we exited the terminal a large scrummage of taxi touts descended on us. Luckily Kim had organised a mini bus, we jumped in and headed of Read more…
The Yak Exe Descent It’s winter in Britain: cold, wet, and no adventure races. Time to try something different, and white-water kayaking has to be a good bet. The Exe Descent is a classic river race held in Devon every November incorporating 19 miles of white-water and 10 large weirs. Read more…
Northern Exposure Trip Report : River Tees / Tees Barrage Date : 26/27 October The motivation for a small group of paddlers to travel this far north was a mixture of early season over eagerness and a search for the ‘cheapest women in England’….We were not to be disappointed. Upper Read more…
Idaho the white water state 17-27 May 2002 Paddlers profiles Harvey Lyons: Recent paddling experience – Four days this season of which three days were over one weekend on the Dart. Fred Willerup: New father, now living in Denmark therefore sod all in the last two years. Back ground Fred Read more…
In June 2002, seven of us went off to France to do some paddling, cycling, and/or lazing around. The group consisted of Dominic Morgan (chief organiser and fire starter), Justin Sims (chief drinker and back-marker), Mandy Wood (chief photographer and cross-stitcher), Tony Barrass (chief probe). John Leopold (chief caravanner), Lisa Read more…
As you probably know, ten of us spent a week paddling in Scotland. In summary – it was an excellent trip, with lots of paddling, even if the rivers were a bit low. The people were: Conor, Lisa, Jenny, Jim, Clive, Pete, Tony, Rich, Kim, Mark. The rivers paddled were: Read more…
In April 2001, some of the club paddled the Grand Canyon in America. A brief write-up is available here [scanned from the 2001 club magazine]. Some (very grainy, [scanned]) photos here.
Preview from Episode 1: Star Wars Long, long ago in a Galaxy far, far away, a Yobbo Alliance of Trainee Jedi Knight sprang up to fight the mighty River Etive, but it was to be a long and arduous battle with the Dark Side of the Force i.e. Nathan who Read more…
A Personal View Quentin Nichols As I slipped away from Lees Ferry to the first few riffles of white water in the Grand Canyon, I thought “225 miles to go – what’s that going to be like? The boat’s 2 metres too long, I haven’t put enough padding in, I’m Read more…