An early start meant that we were on the beach at Eastbourne at 10:30am, having coffee and croissants and sausage baps outside the local café next to our launch point. After a short safety briefing on the beach, we launched from the shingle beach into absolutely no waves.

That was a surprise as the weather ...

A lovely day on the sea at Margate.  We parked up at Hodges Gap promenade car park at Palm Beach Bay.  It’s not the closest to the beach – that one is adjacent but closed by a barrier to vehicles and access is only for jet-skiers with a code.  So it adds a little to the walk, but is manageable.  There are no toilets here – the nearest we found were at the ...

Perfect weather for a first time sea paddle for five members on the Solent trip in October. Liza had us all doing warm up exercises under the watchful eyes of some donkeys in the nearby field, before getting on the water, then it was simply a matter of following the coastline.

We had perfect conditions: a little cloud, slight winds and small waves...

We had one of the shortest paddles in our recent history, but what a trip! Originally we had planned to paddle from Bournemouth Beach around Hengistbury Head. the weather did not look promising on the weather apps and as soon as we were on the beach it was clear that the trip was not going to be feasible. Instead we set our goal to be somewhat less that half the planned dista...

For our annual camping and kayaking weekend on the Jurassic Coast, a dozen of us made our way down to Dorset on Friday afternoon and evening. The weather forecast did not look good at all and it was somewhat doubtful if we would get on the water. After deliberating while at the pub, it was decided that a circuit of Poole Harbour would be the Saturday trip as it was mostly she...