New Boats to a new Location

Last Saturday a hardy few braved the cold and went down towards Portsmouth. It meant meeting at Cremorne at 8 am, loading up the boats and then whizzing off down the A3 to meet up with Richard B and his mates Sprucey and Peter. Richard had done a fine job of planning and had kept […]

Scilly Isles Sea Paddling

30th September – 4th October 2010

The Isles of Scilly have been on my “must do” list for ages so when Miranda suggested a Club trip / reccie out there it was something that could not be turned down. After all this was just the sort of trip the Club was set […]

A Swell Time in Folkestone

Saturday 11th September 2010

After a few weeks back from an amazing trip to Sweden we thought it’s about time we got back onto salt water. We got in touch with Seapoint and as luck would have it their boats and kit were available for a journey on Saturday.

After checking the tides, tidal streams […]

Bohuslan Archipelago

At the end of August, 10 members of CKC returned from Sweden, after an uplifting week of wild camping and paddling the Bohuslän archipelago, a group of islands dotted along the West Coast of Sweden.

These days, the area is full of yachters, motorboaters and others with holiday homes who flock to the area in […]

Kentish Sea Paddling

Sunday 25th July 2010

10 of us headed down to the Kent coast for the Club’s first local sea trip today. We were all pretty surprised to discover just how accessible a one-day, low hassle, low cost sea kayaking trip really is – on the actual sea!!!

It is indeed entirely possible to:

Not have […]

Kilchoan Sea Paddling

Friday 11th – Monday 14th June 2010

Last weekend was the inaugural club trip and what better place to choose for getting on the sea than Kilchoan – a remote Scottish crofting village at the westernmost end of the Ardnamurchan peninsula, a two-hour drive to the west of Fort William.

Seven club members set […]