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Trips Reports & News Stories

Here you'll find our recent news stories and fantastic members' trip reports. It's another way to get to know what PaddlePlus is all about and the people that make up our club. If you'd like to write a trip report of your own, please get in touch.

Cold Turkey, River Derwent - December 2019

Wednesday, 1st January 2020 Darley Dale Bridge To Artists Corner Written By Matt Dyer For me my Cold Turkey trip started several weeks...

River Tees - December 2019

Monday, 16th December 2019 River Tees Written By Jamie Crichton In Clive's absence I thought I'd pop in a trip report or at least my...

Tyne Tour - November 2019

Friday, 8th November 2019 Tyne Tour - November 2019 Written By Clive Edwards Saturday 2nd November 2019 was the start of the Tyne Tour...

White Water Training, Matlock - Sept '19

Sunday, 1st September 2019 White Water Training, River Derwent, Matlock Written By Clive Edwards The day started chilly but with enough...

White Water Safety Rescue training - Sept '19

Monday, 30th September 2019 White Water Safety Rescue Training Written By Clive Edwards Great weekend. The whole team came with a...

Our Walk up Kinder Scout - May 2019

Monday, 20th May 2019 Our Walk Up Kinder Scout Mountain Written By Penny Jones, Age 7 My weekend began on Friday when I got packed and...

Bagshawe Cavern - February 2019

Thursday, 28th March 2019 Bagshawe Cavern Written By Sophie Macken, Age 9 I had a fantastic trip to Bagshawe Cavern in Derbyshire on...

The Dee - March 2019

Thursday, 28th March 2019 The Dee Written By Niamh Macken, Age 13 We had a large mixed ability group and low river levels, but also...

Tyne Tour - November 2018

Sunday, 2nd December 2018 Tyne Tour 2018 Written By Lucy Stone I have a confession to make… I am a Tyne Tour “virgin”. So this year I...

Jackfield Rapids - 2018

Sunday, 16th September 2018 Jackfield Rapids, Moving Water Intro Session 1 By Unknown Author Loaded with boats and kit we left Leicester...

100 Mile Canoe Test 2018

Monday, 28th May 2018 Written by Duncan Jack (volunteer Water Marshal) The 56th annual 100 Miler in May 2018 was as rewarding and...

Scotland - Easter 2019

Saturday, 18th May 2019 Scotland, Easter 2019 Written By Sean Payne So, to set the scene… we are stood beneath beautiful snow-capped...

Hot Potato Paddle

Sunday, 1st November 2009 Written By Steven Walker The day started out with everybody meeting at the centre at half 8 in the morning (on...

Full Moon Sponsored Paddle - Oct 2009

Thursday, 1st October 2009 Paddling Through The Night For Children In Need - 11.5 Miles, LOPC To Cotes Mill Written By Stacey Warner ...

Avon Descent November 2007

Thursday, 1st November 2007 Avon Descent Written By Tim McDowell Having been a member of PaddlePlus for a while now, I’ve got used to...

100 Mile Canoe Test - May 2006

Thursday, 11th May 2006 100 Mile Canoe Test, River Trent Written By Jon Simpson At around 7.00pm on Friday 26th May 2006 at the LOPC,...

Border Esk & The Lune - Dec 2006

December 2006 Scottish Borders Weekend, Border Esk & The Lune Written By Stuart Malcolmson After an initial interest from a large number...

Avon Descent & Exe Descent Race Reports

November 2006 Avon Descent & Exe Descent Race Reports Written By Karl Donaghey AVON DESCENT: Racing canoe class Lammy Tennant & Anton...

Avon Descent - November 2006

Friday, 3rd November 2006 Avon Descent 2006 Written By Andy Oughton This was the third year that the club has had paddlers taking part...

Tryweryn Trip - Sept 2006

Friday, 1st September 2006 River Tryweryn Trip Written By Ian Sargent I thought the Tryweryn trip was a great success because of the way...

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