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Notice to Mariners (NTMs) – Upper Thames

Notice to Mariners - Upper Thames

Hayling in the Snow

The skinny middle aged runner we encountered in the carpark of The Ship pub was the first to speak.

“Ah someone more mad than me,” he said, having spent 90 minutes jogging in sub zero icy and snowy conditions.

He was vacillating between sheer admiration of our chutzpah to circumnavigate Hayling Island and the ludicrousness […]

Mulled wine, mince pies and flashing hats – a chilled paddle on a calm night

Thursday night and time to head down to Cremorne for some respite from London’s pre-Christmas bustle.

Late as usual after a hectic day but Olwen Jac and Christoph waited patiently with all the kit ready, and their patience was rewarded with… Flashing Christmas hats!

Lowering the boats off the pontoon (wearing our flashing Christmas […]

Visit to PLA VTS and London Coastguard, October 2012

We had a very interesting visit to the Port of London Authority (PLA) Operations at Woolwich yesterday. Seven of us were met on a bitterly cold morning by Tom Southall, the Deputy Manager of VTS. The PLA ops and London Coastguard are based in the same building just beside the Thames Barrier (which is independently […]

The Only Way is Essex

CKC team up with Maldon and Dengie Canoe Club for a paddle around Osea Island on the Blackwater Estuary

August 2012

By Ann Gales

As well as exotic trip locations such as Sardinia, Denmark and Kilchoan, we like to try to organise some fairly local paddles in the South East, so when Rob […]

CKC Trip to Fyn (Funen), Denmark, August 2012

Danish Delights

by Ann Gales

When Pia casually suggested last year that she would want to invite her friends at CKC back to her home in Denmark to paddle and see some of the beautiful coast of the Island of Fyn (Funen in Danish), I don’t think any of us imagined just what an […]

Site Work

You may have noticed a little downtime today. I’ve updated our webserver so it instructs your browser to cache more of the site and for longer. Sorry for any trouble and hopefully you’ll see a slightly faster site. For anyone that’s interested I enabled some apache mods, see more here.

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The Lido Sessions, Brockwell 13/05/12

Brockwell Lido Session Brilliant Springtime evening sunshine welcomed us out onto the lido, beautifully vibrant and blue after its recent renovation. The water was cool, but inviting, and Tom jumped straight in for a swim before we started.

We all had a great time practicing rolling in various boats, with excellent coaching from Geoff, resulting […]

South Coast Weekender – Hayling Island Paddle with Portsmouth Canoe Club

Hayling Island Circumnavigation As if one day of paddling in the wind and rain on the South Coast wasn’t enough, Rob, Richard Bate and I stuck around for a second day of paddling, joined at the last minute by Fiona.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We were well rewarded […]

South Coast Weekender – Saturday Skills Day

Langstone Harbour Skills Day (and swimming with Mulberries) Eight of us (Philippe, Tom, Neil, Rob, Noakesy, Miranda, Toons and Richard B) made it down to Hayling Island for a skills day in Langstone Harbour on Saturday 5 May, organised by Miranda and led by Richard, who grew up in the area and knows the waters […]

Chairman’s New Year Wishes

2012! An exciting year to be in London. The long awaited Olympic Games are now 200 days away. The second longest serving British monarch (after Queen Victoria, as you ask) will be having her Diamond Jubilee. This will include a huge river festival, and our club will be well represented on the water. Chelsea Kayak […]