Rain stops play! Well the wind actually!

Well we were warned the weather was looking marginal to paddle. Rain forecast, winds from the west 20 mph and increasing in the afternoon, gusts to 43 mph. Check the webcam, looking okay, weather station shows low wind speed and low gust speed. A calm and largely rain free journey up from the south until Troutbeck ... More

Paddlers for Life members have had a busy weekend of paddling.

On Saturday Peter trained several helms taking them through some theoretical work covering safety and other aspects of helming. Trainee helms then took turns at helming under Peter's tuition. They manouvered the boat to and from the jetty and completed other exercises to steer the dragon boats in different circumstances.... More

Marvellous News! Paddlers for Life Scotland SE have taken delivery of their new dragon boat.

Marvellous News! Paddlers for Life Scotland SE have taken delivery of their new dragon boat.                 Many paddlers at Windermere have visited and paddled at Port Edgar, a warm welcome and a great paddling experience near the Forth Bridge. We ... More

Flowers on the water ceremony.

Paddlers for Life held a flowers on the water ceremony in memory of Jeanette who was one of the first cancer survivors to take up dragon boat paddling in this country. Members who paddled in Liverpool with Pool of Life recalled Jeanette with fondness. She loved paddling and always wished to paddle on Windermere. Me... More

Safety Boat Training Awards

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 ... More

A special birthday. Saturday 3rd. September.

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? More

Paddlers for Life Scotland SE have paddled their new boat.

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 ... More

Paddling cancelled due to strong winds.

One of those rare sundays when paddling was cancelled due to strong wind gusts coming from the NW into the bay. More

Mary Smith, Reeve for the Township of Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield, and husband Al met Sylvia Emmott, Chair of SLDC.

Another evening paddle welcomed Mary Smith and Al who many members will remember from Lakefield in Canada.                   More

Safety Boat Exercise for a dragon boat swamping: An interesting (enjoyable!) dip in Windermere.

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 ... More