Chelsea Kayak Club

After settling in on Friday evening to our most comfortable accommodation at Preseli Venture, between St David’s and Fishguard, our fun-filled kayaking weekend started off meeting our coaches Martin, Ben and Rich from Sea Kayak Guides (SKG) at their new base at The Paddock, Mathry.   There’s a small cafe and nice farm-shop there, and toilets.  We agreed that wi...

We haven’t been able to paddle to Beachy Head for the last 2 years as the weather and tides never worked for us. But this year we managed to get to see the lighthouse twice in 6 weeks!

Although the wind was a bit gusty while we were getting ready at Eastbourne, it was to get lighter throughout the day. Whereas on the previous trip we were dodging rain clouds, this t...

It’s 11:00am and I’m already part way through my first crab roll of the weekend for brunch. Today is a travel day as we’re on the Northumberland coast and it takes about 6 hours to drive up from Kew Bridge. There are 8 of us paddling plus a cake maker and support dog. Over the course of the day everyone arrives at the Airbnb, which overlooks the massive sandy Budle Bay, near ...