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Harry, Rob and Nick received certificates following their successful completion of the RYA Safety Boat training.
The training took place over two evening sessions in August at Low Wood Marina
supervised by Paul and Gary in a series of wide-ranging rescue scenarios.
The training was supported by a grant from MacMillan ...
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Hazel, one of our founding paddlers, shared a special birthday with fellow paddlers. She put on a splendid party and Ceilidh at Grange-over-Sands.
The dancing and the food were great and everyone clearly had a wonderful evening. Can you guess what present paddlers gave to Hazel?
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Andrina and Guthrie send these pictures of their first paddle at Port Edgar last week.
Guthrie helmed the boat today and Andrina had a turn at helming also.
Meanwhile at Windermere Roz and Sue shared the helming in relatively calm ...
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One of those rare sundays when paddling was cancelled due to strong wind gusts coming from the NW into the bay.
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Another evening paddle welcomed Mary Smith and Al who many members will remember from Lakefield in Canada.
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Paddlers took advantage of warm 19°C water in Windermere to experience what it might be like if the dragon boat was swamped by water.
Paul briefed paddlers about what to do and what might happen!
Twenty-one willing volunteers loaded into Lucy armed with balers and paddles and took her about 100m off ...
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A reporter from BBC Cumbria spent some time with Paddlers for Life
Louisa, Sue and Jenny were all interviewed about breast cancer dragon boat paddling.
Paddlers for Life welcomed Jenny Yule from Vancouver, Canada.
Jenny is the Secretary-Treasurer of ...
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On a busy day of paddling, Paddlers for Life were visited by Furness Breast Cancer Support Group members and paddlers and supporters who are trying to set up a Paddlers for Life Manchester group. Peter, Tony and Chris took visitors through some basic paddling training and the experience of short races supported by regular ...
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Harry, Rob and Nick have completed their safety boat training over evening sessions in August thanks to Paul and Gary at Low Wood Marina. The training included boat skills and retrieving people from the water. (Paul and Rob bravely volunteered to wear dry or wet suits!) Different methods of righting various sizes of ...
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A report by Macmillan Cancer Support has suggested that cancer patients should get at least 150 minutes of exercise every week. The charity explained that traditional advice for patients to rest while they received their treatment no longer held true.
The report, Move More, said 1.6 million cancer survivors in the UK ...
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