Preparing for Florence, hats and sashes.

In the afternoon we made our straw boaters and sashes ready for the Florence parade. Again it was a real team effort from all learning new skills and the pictures truly show that at the Pink Parade we PFL Windermere will stand out from the crowd. Well done crew and what a great day had by all.   &nbsp... More

Paddling session to prepare for Florence.

We had a good turnout with John and Helen at the helm. It was a great morning paddle with two boats out and two new paddlers too. A fantastic team effort from the Florence crew practising race starts, lengthening the stroke........trying to take 2 inches off the back of the stroke and put it on the front really helped ... More

Health and Well-being Event, Kendal.

Mags and June promoted the activities of Paddlers for Life at a MacMillan Cancer health and wellbeing event in Kendal. More

Coaching session with Keni.

Two crews were taken through their paces training for a visit of some paddlers to an International Festival in Florence. As always Keni gave excellent advice to develop paddling technique and motivated paddlers to achieve their best. Some hard  paddling training but a lot of fun.   More

On a beautiful day, a special Flower Ceremony.

Family and friends of Sue, a founder member of the team, came to join current and past members of Paddlers for Life and other visitors who gathered to remember a much loved and inspirational member of the team. We are used to flower ceremonies when we remember the lives of those much loved people who can no longer paddle ... More

Evening paddle training preparing for Florence.

We had a fantastic paddle last night with a full boat and our goddess Roz at the helm. Apart from a couple of boats and paddle boarders we had the lake to ourselves. The weather was warm and sunny with a slight breeze and the water level was low. The crew were made up of survivors and supporters The Florence Crew in race ... More

Florence training session.

We had a great paddle today with Artemis Phyllis helmed by Roz in the morning and Helen in the afternoon. It was lovely to have survivors and supporters in the boat together as one and the strength and stamina of the team was amazing as we practised 500 metres ready for Florence. As we paddle together we surged on the ... More

Flower making workshop.

We had a wonderful workshop this afternoon from Shelley and Neecol Barlow to learn to make garlands for Florence for the Team Pink Procession. New skills were learned and Shelley and Nico as usual were fantastic leads as PfL members had never made anything like this before... Thank you to them both for their creativity, ... More

Another May Evening Practice for Florence.

Could there be a more perfect location? What gorgeous paddling weather! More

Evening Paddle

Evening Paddle Thursday Evening Paddle Thursday 10th. May, 2018 Helen was our helm. It was a lovely evening with some sunshine but a light breeze we were on the water for 6.30 pm. Mags took us through the 8 week training plan Keni designed for us to aid strength, stamina and timing. We paddled down to White cross bay ... More