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charlesgr4
May 9, 20183 min read
Teith Trip
Sunday began sunny in Edinburgh and was still sunny when we arrived in Callander, so I made the possibly critical error of deciding to...
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charlesgr4
Apr 16, 20184 min read
North Esk River Race
On Saturday I did a practice run on the North Esk before the race on Sunday with Jonathan and his friend Poppy from Forth Canoe Club. The...
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charlesgr4
Apr 8, 20182 min read
Teith Trip
One of the things that I love about rivers is that they always deliver. I can’t always be sure what they will deliver, but there is...
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charlesgr4
Apr 8, 20181 min read
Teith Trip
The Teith was a busy river on Sunday with not only EKC at the get-in, but groups from Cumbernauld, Stirling and Clackmannan, and a crowd...
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charlesgr4
Jan 14, 20181 min read
North Esk Trip
We thought we were going to the Lothian North Esk yesterday, turns out it was the other one! It was a really good day, despite making a...
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charlesgr4
Dec 7, 20174 min read
Glenfeshie Weekender
Packrafting is a fairly new paddle sport, designed to allow you to carry your inflatable kayak into remote areas in a rucksack, so that...
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charlesgr4
Jun 26, 20162 min read
North Esk Trip
Saturday's river trip was attended by myself, Mags, Graham, Max, Tim and Ian. The plan was to go to the North Esk. By watching the river...
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charlesgr4
Jun 5, 20161 min read
Tummel Trip
11 paddlers gathered under grey skies at South Queensferry Tesco before the arranged start time of 930 (never have so many EKC members...
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charlesgr4
Mar 13, 20162 min read
Fort William Weekender
The advance party left Edinburgh on Friday afternoon and made it as far as Ballachulish before realising they were missing a drysuit....
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charlesgr4
Mar 6, 20161 min read
Borders Esk Trip
Four intrepid paddlers assembled at the boat shed at 9am on Sunday for the trip down to Langholm. The advance party of Steve and Simon...
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charlesgr4
Feb 9, 20162 min read
Teviot Trip
This was the clubs second attempt at this stretch of the Teviot, this year, and proved well worthwhile, despite concerns over high water...
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charlesgr4
Dec 6, 20153 min read
Teith Trip
Today's trip was a joint trip with Heriot-Watt Kayak Club. The original plan was the Avon but that was high and rising like a lot of...
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charlesgr4
Jul 19, 20152 min read
Tummel Trip
People attending this trip were Mags, Christina, Jenny, Katerina, Ian and I. We were planning to do the Lower Tummel, but when we stopped...
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charlesgr4
Feb 22, 20151 min read
North Esk Trip
We got a lovely day for the trip yesterday, although those who went for a swim said the water was quite cold! Also the sun does not quite...
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charlesgr4
Nov 14, 20141 min read
Leny Trip
There were just 3 of us braving the snowy weather on Saturday. We had a look at the Falls of Dochart but Christina and I decided we were...
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