Haydon Bridge to Hexham
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.
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The last Tyne Tour?
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.
Pre Tyne Tour paddle
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.
Lots of action over the summer
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
Easy Going on Ulswater
Septembers camping weekend was a chance to use a selection of boat types on easy flat water. A leisurely paddle to Howtown tea room for coffee and cake, punctuated by stops for the dog who couldn’t decide between canoes, swimming or running on the bank. The return had John, our organiser, convert the canoes to … Read more
GPS Plotting of Recent Sea Routes
Two days on the sea last week made interesting plots showing we get to see much more than the tourist trips out from St. Abbs and Seahouses. The St. Abbs trip the plot shows just how many rock formations we navigated there and back. Plenty of maneuvering practice and what sea kayakers call ‘rock hopping’. … Read more
Open Canoe fun
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
South Out From The Tyne
Fantastic trip last Sunday, scenery and weather. With good company, especially usefull when it includes a vet to free a gull from fishermens line. Thanks to Richard Sill for these photos.
Round The Island Race
Despite the wind, most people enjoyed their paddle around Coquet Island. Many thanks to Vic who is the person who does all the work preparing for this race. Also a big thank you to all of our volunteers who manned the Safety boats and helped out generally. Several clubs competed with 6 of 24 contestents … Read more
Falkirk Wheel trip
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