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
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
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
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.
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
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