BBC film Paddlers for Life Windermere for the Inside Out NW Show.

Our first ever December paddle. We don't usually paddle at this time of year but a request from the BBC to film Paddlers for Life Windermere led to a date being arranged. The weather wasn't cooperative and dates were changed but members finally managed to paddle on Saturday  7th. December. Interviews had been filmed ... More

October breast cancer awareness, 2019.

October is breast cancer awareness month. The plan was for a 'Pink Paddle' to promote awareness of Paddlers for Life dragon boat team and its mission to support those with a breast cancer or other cancer diagnosis. Although a bright day, the gusting winds caused cancellation of paddling. Instead a 'Flower Ceremony' ... More

A Team Heads to Dublin for 2 Days of Racing

On 13th September a group of paddlers headed off to Dublin to compete in their annual regatta. We were joined by 4 paddlers from Pool of Life Liverpool which was fantastic - including Ann as our drummer..driving us on! Despite being from different groups we paddled together with great spirit...we gave it our all..... and ... 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

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

A quilt from Frances.

An Amazing Quilt. There was a lovely surprise package waiting for us at the regatta... It contained a quilt, a 2010 memory book and a letter from Frances. Frances was a regular paddler in the first few seasons of Paddlers for Life and very much involved in all our activities. The quilt is beautiful and ... More

Dragon Bay Regatta 2019

Paddlers for Life participate in the Dragon Bay Regatta. This regatta is sponsored by Low Wood Hotel and organised by CBA Events. Low Wood Water Sports staff and CBA Events staff did an excellent job of creating a day of fun and excitement. Teams from local businesses, charities and other dragon boat teams participated ... More

‘Eye dotting’ and supporters day 2019

'Dotting of the Eyes' 2019 A tradition of Chinese dragon boating is dotting the eyes of the dragon heads. Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanwu Festival, is a traditional and important celebration in China and generally falls in early June. Paddlers for Life Windermere honour this event by dotting the eyes of the ... More
The floating pontoon is assembled and in place.

All Hands on Deck

Again Roz lead on this day. Members gathered at Low Wood to get everything ready for paddling next week. Roz trained everyone on how to prepare the boats for the water dressing them with the head, drum tail and steering oar and all the safety equipment. In a race to dress the boats newer members showed ... More
A great fundraiser at Silverdale.

Silverdale Coffee Morning Fundraiser

Another fantastic fund raiser. This was the the tenth Coffee Morning to raise funds at the Gaskell Hall Silverdale to raise funds for Paddlers for Life Windermere. Previous coffee mornings had raised close to £10000 over the years and this year's event continued the trend raising a brilliant £1475.27p. Mags ... More