Wandle's wonderful waterway, 1st April 2012
What a wonderful Wandle trip it turned out to be. With the regular Wandle wanderers, and several new to the delights of our own little...
North Wales Feb 2012
As we drove along the A5 into north Wales, raindrops began to fall against the windscreen. Pete smiled. Phil started dancing. It was...
Lee Valley - January 2012
After the runaway success of last year’s trip to the national whitewater centre at Lee Valley, Battersea Canoe Club took again to the...
3 Wise Men - North Wales 2011
We three kings from Battersea far, paddled North Wales, no need for a car... 2 days, 3 rivers, 3 cream teas, 1 swim, 1 van, £42 on...
May Bank Holiday - Tryweryn May 2011
The Royal Wedding Tryweryn weekend, unfortunately Will and Kate couldn’t be with us, they had a more important engagement, not sure what...
Symonds Yat April 2011
So this was to be my first Club trip, wait make that my first dedicated Kayak trip ever. When I put my name down for this I was ...
Four Star Training March 2011
We set off, a small group of ‘intrepid’ paddlers, wondering what we had let ourselves in for by signing up for the four star ...
The Severn Bore March 2011
Sunday 20 March (20:53hrs)/ Monday 21 March (09:13hrs) There’s a famous saying; ‘time and tide waits for no man’ and never have the two...
Attempted Wandle Paddle
The plan was to paddle down the Wandle from Merton Abbey Mills (Colliers Wood), out onto the Thames and back up the Thames to the ...
Symonds Yat, October 2010
Nine intrepid travellers set off from London on the Friday for the supposed 3 hour drive to Symonds Yat. With a mixture of roadworks on...
