Archive for the ‘Trips’ Category

Alps trip 2010 (2010-7-1)

“Une femme dans le bateau!” On the 7th June, 18 of EUCC’s members headed out to the French Alps for two weeks of sun, paddling and beer! After much faffing over packing the van, we set off for Dover for a fairly uneventful ferry crossing, until we arrived in Calais and were called back to [...]

Saunton Surf 22nd May 2010 (2010-5-23)

On the warmest day of the year so far a group of examus finishus (latin for those who have finished exams), and a couple trying to avoid revision, headed to Saunton to take advantage of the surf we’ve been lacking recently. There were a few first-timers at surfing amongst us, and they all did very [...]

From Tiverton to Double Locks in 7 hours, 8 minutes and 55 seconds (2010-3-30)

So to raise money for the charity that i’m going to Uganda with in the summer, i thought it’d be a good idea to paddle from Tiverton to the Double Locks Pub. And on Saturday the 27th of April, i did. It was a long and arduous quest, filled danger and adventure…..who am i kidding [...]

Ex Members Weekend (2010-3-14)

R.J. Chase EUCC 2006-2009 Ex members weekend started for myself after finnishing work and cooking and eating a pie (steak and ale. Hot cross buns for pudding) and driving to Dartmoor via the splendid B3212 I drank some beer and went to bed. Not much else of note that day. The next morning I got [...]

National Student Rodeo 2010 (2010-3-8)

For those of you who don’t already know, the NSR is the biggest freestyle kayaking event in the world with well over 600 people on the water and many more at the party. The paddling takes place on Nottingham’s HPP whitewater course, with literally all abilities getting stuck in. More importantly the partying goes on [...]

River Walkham (2010-3-3)

A fantastic bunch of paddlers assembled at the cave to do the Walkham (Bedford Bridge – Denham Bridge). For many it was their first descent of the river, including the fearless trip leader. After a longish drive we arrived at the put-in to find, unsurprisingly, that it was low, very low! We decided that it [...]