Margaret Ranken 
The sea kayakers were able to get out on Sunday for the first time in a while. (Although they did manage a surfing session in the wave basin a couple of weeks ago.) A cold foggy start but the fog soon lifted and paddling warmed folks up. The sea was quite flat inside the harbour … Read more
Warden Gorge on the North Tyne is a challenging run that the more intrepid club members occasionally enjoy. No pictures while paddling for this one – they had to concentrate on staying safe!
This is a favourite river run for the club and the sun shone and the autumn colours were showing – golden brown beech leaves drifting into the boats and lunch boxes.
The club helped out with the car park at the Tyne Tour weekend and then paddle from Wark to Barrasford. Sadly the Hexham club has said that this is likely to be the last Tyne Tour as the numbers have been declining for the last few years.
The first week of November is when the Hexham club runs its Tyne Tour and the Coquet Club traditionally turns out to help. This year some of the river runners started the weekend with a run from Bellingham to Wark.
There haven’t been so many news posts on this site over the summer but the club remains very active, with sea and river paddles, canoe coaching sessions and camping trips. Here are a selection of pictures: Haydon Bridge to Hexham is a favourite river trip Some keen folks met at 5.30 am at Amble for … Read more
There’s been more open canoe activity this summer than the club has had in recent years because we have more open canoe coaches and leaders now. With beginner sessions at the lake, rescue practice at the Little Shore in Amble and a recent river run on the Tweed from Norham to Berwick (which these photos … Read more
The club trip to the Falkirk wheel and Union Canal has become a regular feature in the calendar. This year a motley group of sea and river kayaks, open canoes and even a paddleboard teamed up for the trip. They stayed at the Spoke and Boot campsite and had a slot in the wheel booked … Read more
Last Sunday many of the sea kayakers were busy elsewhere and the only option for those who wanted to get on the water was to paddle up the estuary around high tide. It was a very high tide which made getting off the water easy but the river is very low upstream so there wasn’t … Read more
