The first summer evening club cruise will be held on Friday 12th July at 6:30pm, on the River Calder.

Meeting at the start at Healey WF5 8NE and paddling down to the Navigation at Bombardier at Horbury Junction Industrial Estate WF4 5ER.

Bring money as we will end up in the beer garden of the Navigation pub or elsewhere 🙂

This is a good, easy river for people who fancy trying moving water and ideal for practicing skills such as ferry gliding.

Batley Baths pool sessions have now finished for the Summer so over the the next two months, we plan to run regular paddle sessions on local rivers. Many of these paddles are suitable for the newer paddlers and are a good intro to moving water.

The first of these is at Sowerby Bridge on Friday 5th July, meet at 18:30 onwards. If you arrive late, no worries as we won’t have gone far.

For Sowerby Bridge, you need to have had some experience of paddling on moving water – it is a grade 2 section of river with some grade 3 rapids that we spend our time playing on, all in the space of a few 100m. It is also a good opportunity to come see what the fuss is about (and watch us practicing our rolls 🙂 ) if you don’t fancy taking part.

Directions to the car park are as follows:-

Approaching Sowerby Bridge from the Halifax side, drop down through Sowerby Bridge, cross over the bridge spanning the river and take an immediate right before you go under the railway bridge and before the pedestrian crossing. The car park is at the side of the river, approx 25m from the main road.

Hopefully see some of you there.

PS Bring money as we tend to visit the pub afterwards 🙂

A group of club members are running the River Calder from “Mytholmroyd” to Sowerby Bridge this Sunday. Members from the club are more than welcome to come along – the paddle is easy and mostly flat with a few slidey weirs, suitable for newer paddlers. You will need your own gear or borrow and transport kit from the club prior to Sunday however, as we have no way to transport additional equipment. You can collect equipment from Pugneys on Saturday afternoon if required.

Next Washburn release is the 19th May and we’re planning to be there for a 9am release. Hopefully see some of you there 🙂

This is a rescheduled trip following last months cancellation due to the snow.

I’m planning a paddle of the Upper Tees on Sunday 21st April, subject to water levels once again.

This is a mainly grade 2 paddle with some more technically challenging sections and two major grade 3/4 features, the S-bend (or Dogleg) and Low Force (a 10-foot drop over a waterfall). The trip is definitely not for beginners however all the big features can be walked if you don’t fancy running a particular one.

The put in point is just off the B6277 outside Middleton-in-Teesdale.

The plan is to meet at the bacon butty bar at Scotch Corner at 9:30am.

It is IMPORTANT that people let me know that they plan to attend so I can collate names and organise safety cover. Additionally, if the trip is cancelled or moved due to water levels, you’ll save yourself a lot of time and trouble. The paddle will only take place if there is sufficient numbers of competent paddlers which is why I need an indication of who’s going as soon as possible please.

Water level gauge should be around 0.5-0.7, lower and it’s scrapey, higher and it can become a tad more challenging – 0.6 is ideal.

Please confirm your attendance via email asap to me at tonythompson@pobox.com or post a reply on this page on the website.

Cheers

T