Club Calendar

Meet at 9.30 am at the boathouse for a short paddle along the canal.  Land at the ‘beach’, help Brian set up his tarp and Kelly Kettle, have a brew up and any nibbles you happen to bring along, paddle back to the boathouse.

An evening paddle, 22nd June, on the Wey doing the Guildford Loop either from Broadford Rd or Dapdune wharf at 6pm. Transport for kayaks and kit can be provided. paddle length is approx 5 miles and we should be off the water by 9:30. if you cant make the barn at 4:30pm to load, but can make the launch point by 6pm, talk to me. please book your place using Spond https://group.spond.com/CFYPF

B3C summer trip 2023, Friday 8^th September pm to Sunday 10^th September pm.

Paddle the River Medway from Tonbridge to Maidstone over 2 days with 2 nights camping.  A gentle 29km paddle with a few locks and some canoe shoots for those who wish to try them .

We plan to camp Friday night, paddle Saturday and Sunday and return home Sunday pm.  Drive time to the camp site near Yalding is just 1.5 hours, so suitable for after work on the Friday night. This will be an out and return Shuttle both days from the campsite so we will not be kayaking with all the camping gear.

Please let us know if you are interested so we can advise the camp site of numbers.

Any questions please call Rick.

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The River Medway is a major river in the South East of England in the county of Kent. Stretching from High Weald in Sussex, through Tonbridge and Maidstone, the river ends where it meets the Thames estuary near Sheerness.

It is an ideal touring adventure. Great for recreational users and those looking for multi day-trips. It has some gentle grade 1 rapids but otherwise the river is a lovely flat, green wilderness paddle.

The River Medway is a popular river for canoeing. The river has a length of 120 kilometres, but the navigable non-tidal part runs from Tonbridge to Maidstone and has a length of 29 km, the Medway Canoe Trail. From Tonbridge you can make an extra round trip of 4 km upstream. This round is very popular by local people. You can paddle the full 29 km in one day, but most people do it in 2 days and camp on the way.

A gentle paddle to blow away the cobwebs! Barley Mow Bridge Nr Dogmersfield to the Fox and Hounds pub Church Crookham and back – 14km – for reference the Club to Ash Lock rtn is 10km. Bring a packed lunch. Meet at the barn 9.30 – 10am. Rick is happy to take the trailer so this would be suitable for new paddlers who do not have J bars etc. Please indicate in the Spond chat if you are happy to drive, have roof and/or J-Bars we can make the decision on the day on which transport we use.