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Paddlers for Life Windermere at the Westmorland Show

Westmorland Show Presence. Our trustees have been busy preparing for this show. They put up the new gazebo the day before and then the stand was dressed to show the team at its best. There were lots of giveaways and plenty of information about the team with the Tenth Anniversary film showing our activities. The ... More

Training for the Dublin Regatta.

A joint training session. Paddlers from Pool of Life in Liverpool visited for a training session in preparation for next week regatta in Dublin. More

Visit to Windermere Jetty and Boat Museum

A day out for paddlers. We had a fantastic paddle down the lake to Windermere Boat Museum who made us so welcome. Thank you to all the staff there who loved seeing our beautiful Dragon Boats Artemis Phyllis and Mary at Low Wood. They had many admirers and as usual they were fully dressed with flowers in tradition of ... More

New Gazebo

Paddlers for Life Windermere have a new gazebo ready for our presence at the Westmorland show. The branding and livery will certainly draw attention to the team. Paddlers practiced putting it up. More

Flowers and cancer survivor dragon boat paddling.

Why flowers? We had garden flowers attached to the drum and tail today, lavender, roses and hydrangea. The fragrance was lovely as we paddled along we even had a couple of bees joining us for the ride along  Windermere. The Tradition of having flowers in the boat some of you may know and some may not. It is always ... More

Fundraiser at Asda, Kendal.

This was an opportunity for fund raising and to raise the profile of Paddlers for Life Windermere. Irene organised the collection through Sandra who works at Asda. Maureen, Lynn and myself collected from 10.30 until 13.30 and we had plenty of interest in the charity and very supportive comments. We gave out our ... More

A few members paddle with Preston Dragons.

Paddlers visit Preston Dock More

July regular paddling session.

A chance to try different roles in the dragon boat. We had a lovely morning paddle with experienced John at the helm. Sara, a newbie paddler this year, had a training session as helm and Julie had her first time on the drum which was great.           Well done Sara and ... More

Paddlers for Life host a visit from University of the Third Age.

U3A members from Kendal visit Paddlers for Life We had two lots of visitors this morning, First of all six U3A visitors came from Kendal. Here is Roz giving them their pre-paddle brief ,tuition and buddies for the session . As usual with our wonderful Roz at the helm of Mary at Low Wood we were in safe hands once ... More

CanChat Cafe Lancaster

June talks to BBC Radio Lancashire about volunteering at the CanChat Cafe. A volunteer-led community project has been set up to help emotionally support those affected by cancer. The CanChat Café  is held every Thursday afternoon at The Cornerstone on Sulyard Street in Lancaster provides a way to meet others who ... More