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

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

June 16th. 2019 Paddle

While some paddlers were down in Liverpool paddling with other breast cancer paddlers at Pool of Life's Dragons and Flowers regatta there were still other members paddling on Windermere. June writes... We were in John’s capable hands as helm and 8 of us spread out in Artemis Phyllis to get the balance right. ... More

Paddling Fundraiser with Bishop Rawstorne Church of England Academy

A great fundraising effort. A huge thank you to Jane and the staff from Bishop Rawstorne Church of England Academy, Leyland On Saturday 15 June 2019, 22 members of staff from Bishop Rawstorne Church of England Academy, Leyland came along to experience the joy of dragon boat paddling. Under the expert tuition of Jane ... More