As of February 2020, the council have handed over control of parking at Baltic Wharf (i.e. “The Cottage Inn” car park), to the harbour master. We have seen that the harbour master has put up a sign saying that from 3rd March 2020 the car park will be closed overnight, Read more
Feb 2020: Cumberland road is closed to through vehicles due to subsidence into the new cut, so for the foreseeable future you can only access Baltic Wharf from the west (i.e. from Cumberland Basin).
The recent AGM announced the following awards: Most improved white-water paddler: Tom Brockett Best marathon paddler: Colin Chudley Polo most improved player: Isaac Johnson Polo ‘most valuable’ player: Lewis Downward River God: “Pablo” (random guy in Slovenia), care of Richard Puttock Fish of the Year: Dave Hill, for Upper Dart Read more
At the AGM held on 17th Oct 2019, a new committee was voted in. Chairman: Tom Brockett Secretary: Patrick Rainey Treasurer: Fran Bamber Other members: Iain Hissett, Mark Gillett, Ellie Payne, Conor O’Neill, Dave Hill, Daisy McKay, Ezra Watts, Matt Baird, Tanya Cownie, Nick Wainwright Many thanks to the outgoing Read more
This lists the trophies that the club has awarded over the years. The information goes back to 1998 for complete information, and partial information back to 1989.
Year Chairman Treasurer Secretary Membership 2020 – 2021 Tom Brockett Fran Bamber Ezra Watts Nick Wainwright 2019 – 2020 Tom Brockett Fran Bamber Patrick Rainey Nick Wainwright 2018 – 2019 Jeremy Sykes Fran Bamber Tanya Cownie Nick Wainwright 2017 – 2018 Jeremy Sykes Conor O’Neill Richard Puttock Nick Wainwright 2016 Read more
Here are some photos from the Tryweryn weekend: https://goo.gl/photos/yBjx5WGz24Nmt3w1A
A bunch of us travelled to Idaho in the USA in June 2017, for a multi-day trip down the Middle Fork of the Salmon. Here is a write-up, and some links to photos included at the end: https://www.bristolcanoeclub.org.uk/static2/reports/2017/Idaho2017Writeup.odt
In Summer 2015, a group of us went to Montenegro to paddle the Tara gorge, a beautiful three-day trip through a deep gorge. We found that the (limited) available information was sometimes misleading, so I created something to help future trips. This document isn’t really a trip write-up, instead it Read more
My photos from France are here; enjoy: https://picasaweb.google.com/conoroneilluk/6306157593686159825 As always, the best rapids don’t have any photos. 🙁 Conor