Following a reasonably early Saturday morning start from London, a group of six CKC-er’s in total (with mixed experience of kayaking on the sea) led by Liza, met up by the Southsea Angling Club by Eastney Beach around 10.45am. After off loading the kayaks and associated equipment on the beach, Liza gave the safety […]
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BRACKLESHAM TO SELSEY BILL, 19 JULY 2026 On Sunday 19 July a small group of four CKC-ers, led by Liza, headed to Bracklesham beach on the south coast, for a lovely paddle on the sea. There’s a car park right by the beach, but on a beautiful sunny weekend day in the summer holidays, […] Scratchells Bay Conditions couldn’t have been better for the trip from Hampshire to the Isle of Wight on a Saturday in June. We all assembled at the campsite on Saturday morning to discuss the plan, before heading to the launch point. Most had come down the night before to the campsite amongst trees and […] Isle of Mull camping spot for the week The Isle of Mull is a long way from London and a long way from anywhere. But it wasn’t always that way. Just across the water from the island’s western tip, where CKC pitched camp for a stormy week in May, lies Iona and its abbey, […] After settling in on Friday evening to our most comfortable accommodation at Preseli Venture, between St David’s and Fishguard, our fun-filled kayaking weekend started off meeting our coaches Martin, Ben and Rich from Sea Kayak Guides (SKG) at their new base at The Paddock, Mathry. There’s a small cafe and nice farm-shop there, and […] We haven’t been able to paddle to Beachy Head for the last 2 years as the weather and tides never worked for us. But this year we managed to get to see the lighthouse twice in 6 weeks! Although the wind was a bit gusty while we were getting ready at Eastbourne, it was […] It’s 11:00am and I’m already part way through my first crab roll of the weekend for brunch. Today is a travel day as we’re on the Northumberland coast and it takes about 6 hours to drive up from Kew Bridge. There are 8 of us paddling plus a cake maker and support dog. Over […] When I signed up to join an expedition cruise to Antarctica I ticked the box labelled ‘kayaking’. I had previously done what I thought was kayaking on the Loire in France and a single trip to look at Sea Otters in Monterey Bay. It turned out that this wasn’t nearly enough experience to qualify. […] An early start meant that we were on the beach at Eastbourne at 10:30am, having coffee and croissants and sausage baps outside the local café next to our launch point. After a short safety briefing on the beach, we launched from the shingle beach into absolutely no waves. Fantastic conditions to launch and not […] A lovely day on the sea at Margate. We parked up at Hodges Gap promenade car park at Palm Beach Bay. It’s not the closest to the beach – that one is adjacent but closed by a barrier to vehicles and access is only for jet-skiers with a code. So it adds a little […] |
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