Silverdale Coffee Morning

Another wonderful fundraising effort. Lots of hard work from Mags and many other members and helpers made the third Paddlers for Life Coffee Morning a great success. All the stalls, clothes, cakes, books and Bric-a-brac did great trade. The raffle and tombola were equally busy.       &nbsp... More

What does Windermere look like in January when the paddlers are not there?

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Aly, Tony and Sparky were the lone representatives of Paddlers for Life to ascend Lingmoor Fell in Langdale.

Aly, Tony and Sparky were the lone representatives of Paddlers for Life to ascend Lingmoor Fell in Langdale. See what a great view we all missed and the weather was clearly better than expected from the forecast. Still Sparky had a good day judging from her story. (As told by Aly) Sparky's Grand Day Out! Sparky had ... More

Winter fitness walk, Arnside to the Fairy Steps.

Winter fitness walk, Arnside to the Fairy Steps. A group of paddlers enjoyed a six mile walk across Salt Marsh, (very wet) pasture and Limestone Woodland and in the process negotiated the narrow limestone fissure that is the Fairy Steps in spite of the 'moist' conditions. More

Breast cancer dragon boat team forming in the Manchester area.

Good news about the newly forming Paddlers for Life, Manchester. Manchester Paddlers for Life group moves a step closer as Ann, Sue, Peter, Louisa, Paul and Maggie visit Debdale Park. They had a warm welcome from the manager and toured the excellent facilities. There is a secure place to store a full size boat close to ... More

Paddlers for Life have published their first set of postcards.

The postcard images have been selected by the writing group from photos taken by members. The writing group have jointly composed haikus as part of a collaborative writing project. The poems relate the feelings of some paddlers over their paddling year. The collaborative writing group was formed around research done by ... More

Glitzy Dinner, November 2011.

A lovely meal was enjoyed by paddling guests of Sylvia Emmott, Chair of SLDC, at Kendal College on Thursday 10th. November at a second 'Glitzy Dinner'. During her year as Mayor she has worked tirelessly to promote Paddlers for Life and raise significant funds towards the purchase of a replacement dragon boat. More

‘Wear It Pink’ breast cancer awareness and fund-raising event.

There was friendly rivalry to end the paddling season. Staff from English Lakes Hotels tried their hand at dragon boat paddling thanks to Paddlers for Life along with paddling visitors from Devon. Peter trained novice paddlers and Chris helmed the second boat. Three teams were created, a hotel staff team, a Paddlers ... More

Keni visited to give another great coaching session. We also had visitors from ‘Pool of Life’ in Liverpool

A good turn-out of paddlers enjoyed a great coaching session.           As usual Keni challenged paddlers to develop their skills and stamina with her usual light-hearted but determined style. Paddlers responded in enjoyable paddling sessions in which they enhanced their ... More

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