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Bidford To Evesham Paddle

Here’s a little write up from one of the Jacqui John Adventures on the Avon series of river trips. This time from Bidford to Evesham. Paddled on Sunday 2nd November by a keen trio of WKCC’ers; Claire Teagle, Jacqui John and Marcus Draper in fine and pleasant weather. Meeting at the get-out, Rapheal’s Restaurant, Jacqui’s kayak was happily mounted on top of Claire’s for the ride to the put-in at Bidford. The main carpark was closed for the season, so this meant a bit of boat d

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Llangollen 2025: The final showdown?

Townfalls Credit: Arron Gary Coe The WKCC has been paddling the features, drinking the ales and eating the cakes of Llangollen for over a decade. Sitting astride the ever-imposing town falls, laughs have been had, tall stories told and songs sung in the beautiful Welsh town. 2025 may be the last visit for a while with new pastures calling further north but we made sure to go out with a bang. Friday’s dinner at the Bridge End Inn saw everyone reunited in known territory, clu

Nov 84 min read

Snapshot: Double pool session

Last nights 2 hour pool session saw lots of people turning up and practicing a variety of skills. Everything from support strokes, hand rolling to self rescues. A selection of club buoyancy aids were tested by Nuala Dalton to check they officially pass the float test. If you’ve not come along to a pool session for a while, it really is a great place to practice and fine tune your skills.

Nov 51 min read

Stratford to Bidford paddle

It was dry for our 9.5 mile paddle on the 27th September on the Avon with 6 locks to negotiate. Six paddlers – Nigel, Marcus, Jacqui, Helen, Simon and Russ started from Stratford and 5 hours later arrived in Bidford. The Avon meandered through picturesque countryside and with great teamwork we tackled different situations. Jacqui – organiser, map reader, historian pointing out locks built by prisoners. Russ – lock and key keeper, pushing gates aside. Simon – taxi driver, do

Sep 291 min read

Tryweryn fun!!

A few weeks ago some of us spent the weekend paddling the Tryweryn, of course we all had a great time, enhancing our paddling and developing new skills. Over all there were 8 of us paddling on the Saturday and 4 on the Sunday. The group comprised of: Kenny (Organiser), Pete, Jackie & James, Aimee & James, Ian, and Clive. Chris & Elise joined us on the Saturday and camped with us. We camped at Ty Isaf Bala Caravan & Camping Site , the usual place of late. and drove to the Tryw

Aug 62 min read