A reminder that the Club New Years Day Paddle takes place this Sunday, 1^st January 2012 @ 10.30am.

Meet at Slenningford Watermill, near West Tanfield and paddle from Mickley to Slenningford Watermill.

Any equipment required please contact Peter Dawson via peter@decats.f9.co.uk

Some members may wish to walk up the river side instead of paddling and then join us for the Faith lunch.

The Faith lunch will be held above the Try-It/Go Outdoors canoe shop (thanks to Simon for letting us use the room). A Faith lunch is where each person brings some food such as: Mince Pies; Sandwiches; Xmas Cake; Cheese; Pork Pie; Mulled Wine; Wine; Mars Bar Cake; Sausages; Breadsticks; Dips; etc. The food is put on a central table and shared. This is an alternative to going for a meal at the local pub as they were charging £25 per head for lunch a few years ago and could become expensive for a family.

Hope to see you all there.

WYCC

Update: This trip is now fully booked.

The next club trip is the River Lune on 28th Dec.

Meet at 9:00am at Devils Bridge, Kirkby Lonsdale. This river trip is not suitable for beginner paddlers.

SAFETY NOTICE

Here is a brief list of equipment that each individual will need to carry on the River Lune and similar levels of River. This is not just for group safety but for the safety of the individual;

•  Throwline and Knife
• Warm drink in flask
• Dry Bag containing the following:-

1. Warm/Dry gloves hat.
2. Hand warmers (personal option)
3. Emergency food, mars bars or similar
4. Survival bag.
5. Optional small personal first aid kit
6. Any personal medication that maybe required, clearly marked.

Link to meeting point

On Wednesday 21st December we are planning a trip to the River Tryweryn in Wales. We are planning on paddling down from the White Water Centre down to Bala, it is a grade 2/3 with sections of grade 3. You can portage the final drop if you wish. For those who want to, you can paddle the White Water Centre, this is a Grade 3/4 Dam Release course.

We need around 5 paddlers who are intermediate standard to paddle the trip down to Bala. Also a minimum of 2 cars are needed due to the shuttle between the course and Bala.

If we can’t get 2 cars, we are paddling Tees Barrage WWC. This course is a great place to practice white water skills, but again, due to its nature you need to be confident on white water.

If you are interested contact Russ Johnson.

We will decide the river on Tuesday and it is currently subject to releases at the centres.

Russ.

Update: Perhaps the River Dee may also be a possibility (grade 2/3)…

The next club river trip is the River Irwell on Sun, 18 December, 09:00 – 15:30. Meet at Nuttall Country Park, Ramsbottom at 9am. This is a grade 2/3 run.

Link to Map

Please ensure you let Richard Cooke or Paul Atkins know if you will be attending.
This is very important due to current high water levels and to ensure there is enough safety cover.

Here’s a video to get you in the mood

This coming saturday will see another trip to Sowerby Bridge to play on the slalom course again. Meeting point is the car park on the right hand side, just over the bridge crossing the river – the same place as the last trip.