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Sometimes sea kayaking can give important life lessons, unrelated to skill, ability or aptitude. One of these lessons was exposed on last weekend’s CKC trip to the Jurassic Coast: if you don’t wear underpants while paddling 14 nautical miles, the chaffing will stop you paddling the next day. And so it was that part of […] There was one thing on everyone’s mind as we set off from the Chelsea Kayaking Club on the May Bank Holiday weekend: Durdle Door and Lulworth Cove. The weather was looking a bit uncertain, but we weren’t! When we arrived at the Primrose Fields Campsite near Wareham, we were welcomed […] Gorgeous day, and we all made it down to Cremorne bright and early for a paddle out west. High tide was at 1130am so we had the tide with us for a good chunk of the first leg. Before we knew it we were at Kew, in fact we were there by 1145 so […] As training sessions go, this one seemed to skip along happily like a kayaker in the wake of a Thames party boat. The three newbies, Dan, Dave and Nick figured a beautiful autumnal day along the quiet Shepperton river banks lined with post rehab rocker villas would be like chicken soup for their busy London […] Ok so we are mostly a kayak club. Chelsea Kayak Club. And we are mostly a sea kayak club. Chelsea Kayak Club. Does what it says on the tin, innit. But we do say we are London’s only paddlesport club devoted to sea kayaking and touring. And of course touring is rather nice in an […] 7th – 9th October 2011 My adventure began on Thursday 6th October and I still get a strong heartbeat every time I see a photo of Old Harry – I definitely must see him again – soon! It all started in Lot’s Road Pub that Thursday evening, when 10 enthusiastic sea kayak paddlers met in […] Chelsea Kayak Club got into a celebratory mood this Saturday for the The Mayor’s Thames Festival when we took part in a massive parade of boats down the river, amid cheers from the crowded banks and bridges.
The annual Thames Festival celebrates everything special about this great waterway, but this year something […] |
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