River Ure - Mickley to Slenningford

A club trip on the River Ure. The short boaters set off first and by all accounts they had a brilliant day, Anthony was buzzing having paddled the Burn down to and including the Slenningford rapids ( I'm just a little proud of him and our coaches right now)

The rest of us made our way in open canoes. Our friends Mick and Tricia have only paddled the open a handful of times on flat water and today was to be their first time on white water - (Mick does have much experience in K1 and this shined through), Tricia also did fantastic, we spent much time looking at river skills and she was game for it all.

Big thanks to good friend Roger for taking the lead on this trip and leading well. This freed me to do a little coaching, take photos and generally arse around.

River Ure - Part Two

River Derwent

A simple journey between Bubwith and Barmby Barrage. A little bit of warmth in the sunshine and lovely company

An Introduction to Canoeing

Today we had the pleasure of introducing two lovely couples to the joys of open boating. I introduced a session embracing the fundamentals of canoeing before then going on to explore efficient journeying - trim, forward paddle, turning etc.. We had all the elements thrown at us but with good planning the wind and rain was always on our backs.. :-) Our paddling friends did amazing and it was a true baptism to winter paddling but it was smiles all around

City of Culture - Volunteers Days

A few snaps of todays fun on Princess Quay assisting with City of Culture Volunteers fun day