Margaret Ranken 
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
The club regularly organises trip to interesting places for sea kayakers and Palamos has been a regular destination for the last few years. This year’s trip was a great success. The group were led and looked after amazingly well by Marc. He is a very experienced advanced sea kayak leader who knows the coastline like … Read more
On Sunday the sea conditions were fine for kayaking but the tides were not great at Amble. It gets a bit muddy putting in at Shorebase at low tide. So the group went to Newbiggin-by-the-Sea for a change. There’s a lot of sand there at low tide but that’s better than mud.
Last Sunday the sea group consisted of experienced paddlers with several leaders in the group and they decided that the level of competence was sufficient to paddle out to Coquet Island even though there was a bit of an off-shore wind. They didn’t go round the island, just went out there and back. It meant … Read more
Most Sundays there’s an opportunity for a gentle paddle in the estuary – up through Warkworth and past the Hermitage if the tide is right. Last Sunday there was the added excitement of watching a young seal chasing fish and later eating one beside the Hermitage landing. Sadly none of us managed to get a … Read more
A hardy group went round the island on Sunday in 5 degrees, calm conditions and sunshine. They encountered quite a big pod of dolphins – but not great luck with photographing them although there is a video on Facebook here https://www.facebook.com/100080977505871/videos/pcb.10161099315887406/567702222773638
The Coquet Club joined with the Hexham club for a Boxing Day run from Haydon Bridge to Hexham. There was a good turnout on a really nice day.
The weather forecast wasn’t that good but the sea kayakers found that it was very calm at the start of their outing and decided to go for a trip round the island. Getting round the back was a challenge with some cracking waves as the swell was over a metre. Once they got to the … Read more