Paddlers Trying New Roles

Sunday 6th October: A misty autumn morning on the lake with calm waters giving paddlers the opportunity to have a go at new roles as we headed across the lake to Wray Castle. We moored up and wandered up the hill to the castle for a coffee before heading north around the lake. It is wonderful that Paddlers for Life gives ... 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

Paddlers for Life Windermere at the Westmorland Show

Westmorland Show Presence. Our trustees have been busy preparing for this show. They put up the new gazebo the day before and then the stand was dressed to show the team at its best. There were lots of giveaways and plenty of information about the team with the Tenth Anniversary film showing our activities. The ... More

Training for the Dublin Regatta.

A joint training session. Paddlers from Pool of Life in Liverpool visited for a training session in preparation for next week regatta in Dublin. 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

New Gazebo

Paddlers for Life Windermere have a new gazebo ready for our presence at the Westmorland show. The branding and livery will certainly draw attention to the team. Paddlers practiced putting it up. 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

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