Paddling sometimes has to be cancelled.

The season continues with the tendency to be unsettled and blustery. The decision was made to cancel paddling due to strong winds and the forecast of increasingly strong gusts. Jo and Keith visited to present a cheque for £410 to Paddlers for Life Windermere from a fundraiser held by their Masonic Lodge. ... More

Paddlers for Life Windermere welcomed a variety of visitors. 

Paddlers for Life Windermere welcomed a variety of visitors. Roz and Peter helmed our two boats filled with reguar paddlers, visitors from U3A Kendal and a visitor from Australia. At last we had a dry day with less wind. In the morning novice paddlers were helped to learn the basic paddling stroke with a short race to ... More

Paddlers for Life UK announce NW Cancer Survivorship Conference.

Paddlers for Life UK announce NW Cancer Survivorship Conference. More

First Annual Solstice Race

Solstice Race, a 10.5 mile race the length of Windermere. 'Windermere Canoe and Kayak' organised the annual 2015 Solstice race of 10.5 miles along Windermere from Wateredge to Fell Foot. A team of supporters and survivor paddlers from Paddlers for Life Manchester and Worcester Busters borrowed Lucy at Low Wood ... More

Celebration! 20 years of breast cancer survivor dragon boat paddling.

Let's celebrate. Paddlers for Life Windermere took to the water on June 13th. participating in a celebration of 20 years of breast cancer survivor dragon boat paddling. They joined an international 'paddling party' celebrating this milestone. Abreast in a Boat in Canada were the first breast cancer dragon boat team ... More

The origins of the ‘Eye Dotting’ ceremony.

The Legend of Dragon Boating & the  Eye Dotting Ceremony "Awakening the Dragon". The Dragon Boat Festival has been celebrated in China since ancient times. Today dragon boat racing has become a popular international sport and the festival is celebrated in Chinese communities around the world. For many people the ... More

Artemis Phyllis and Lucy at Low Wood have their eyes ‘dotted’.

Awakening the dragons. Paddlers for Life 'Dotted the Eyes' of the dragons on their two dragon boats Artemis Phyllis and Lucy at Low Wood. Eye dotting is a traditional part of the dragon boat festival to 'awaken the dragons' that protect dragon boat paddlers on the water. Helen retold the story of the poet Qu ... More

A cardboard dragon boat at ‘Low Wood No Wood’.

Paddlers for Life at 'Low Wood No Wood'. Low Wood No Wood is a charity fundraiser event. Teams build boats, largely from cardboard as no wood is allowed. to try and navigate a figure of eight course against another team to try for the fastest time. There is also a grand finale in which boats try to rescue treasure ... More

Lancaster University Confucius Society visit for training

Some members of Lancaster University Confucius Society visited Paddlers for Life Windermere. They were practising for a dragon boat racing event for other Confucius societies at universities in the North West. The event is to be held on the River Lune in Lancaster on Saturday 16th. May. More

Keni tutors our first coaching session of 2015

Keni visited with her newest family member to do some start of season coaching.   Keni gives excellent tuition on technique to eager paddlers. Keni took the team through the basics of the paddling stroke as we try to awake our muscles at the beginning of the season and re-establish the muscle memory ... More