496 Results for author: Nick Harrison

Paddlers for Life Windermere visit Paddlers for Life Scotland SE at Port Edgar, South Queensferry.

Our Dragon Boats get their first taste of seawater and a trip away from Windermere. Some paddlers from Windermere visited Paddlers for Life Scotland SE (now Port Edgar Dragons) to help with their 'Come and Try' Day. Our Dragon Boats 'Artemis Diana' and 'Lucy' had their first trip out on their new trailer towed to Port ... More

Flowers on the Water for a fellow Paddlers for Life paddler.

Paddlers took a moment on Sunday to remember friends, family and fellow paddlers who have faced cancer. Sadly a fellow Paddlers for Life paddler, Val, recently died from her cancer. She was active with Paddlers for Life Wigan acting as secretary for the group  and visited us here at Windermere. Our thoughts are with her ... More

An exciting day of paddling on Sunday what with some blustery wind and a visiting Sea King helicopter on the Low Wood Marina field.

Paddlers had a rare chance to see the Sea King helicopter 'up close and personal'. Later when the helicopter left Low Wood we 'raced' them across the bay as they circled over us. Between the helicopter, ski wakes and some blustery waves it was an exciting day of paddling especially for the helms!    ... More

Easter Sunday Barbecue and Egg Hunt

Easter Sunday Barbecue and Egg Hunt Yet another beautiful day for paddling with two boats on the water. Paddlers also dined on a delicious Jacob's Join Barbecue with children of all ages enjoying an Egg Hunt. More

Paddlers for Life Wigan have been busy with fund-raising and now they have raised enough to purchase a full-size Dragon Boat.

They have been paddling a smaller Dragon Boat on Scotsman's Flash, a local Wigan beauty spot. Now they have raised enough funds to purchase a full size Dragon Boat of their own. Well done everyone! We look forward to the day when we can meet and race!             &nb... More

2011 season first paddle.

Lots of eager paddlers turned up to start our paddling season. The heads and tails had been spruced up with a lick of paint and Barbara had re-dressed the heads in her inimitable style. They looked wonderful! So on a fresh and breezy day two crews set out on a new season of paddling. It didn't take long for experienced ... More

Wetherlam winter fitness walk.

Aly and Tony led a wonderful walk up onto Wetherlam in the Coniston Fells. At last the weather was good with some sunshine and reasonable temperatures for the time of year. As you can see there was a small party of four (plus two), probably because there was a paddling session the previous day. An interesting ascent and ... More

Ingleton Walk for fitness.

Zoe and Jack led a lovely walk near Ingleborough. A cold windy start turned to sunshine as we explored this lovely landscape. Eleven walkers were entertained with geology, ecology, landscape, local events, caves and limestone pavements by the walk leaders as we strolled across the countryside. This was followed by an ... More

Helm Training.

Saturday was a hectic day of helm training. Peter and Sue organised a day of training with help from Jane and others. Paddlers visited from Scotland and several helms had the opportunity to complete the first part of helm training including people from Paddlers for Life Windermere and Paddlers for Life Scotland SW. They ... More

Glitzy Dinner with the Mayor.

Paddlers and other guests enjoyed a lovely 'Glitzy Dinner' with the Mayor at Kendal Town Hall on Friday 25th. March. Apart from an enjoyable occasion the purpose was to raise funds for Paddlers for Life and maybe help purchase a further boat. More