Schedule: The Winter's Club

I just felt the need for this blog post to be about what is happening in December and beyond.

Sunday December 9th paddle and 'Tidy-Up and Check' Day - Regular Sunday paddle, followed by general tidy of boat house, equipment, equipment checks and repairs. If you're willing to help out with this please let me know.

Friday December 21st, club Christmas meal at Totally Delicious, 7.30pm, there's just a few days left to pay your deposit and choose meal choice.
If you want to book a place, email info@trenthamcanoeclub.co.uk

Sunday December 23rd, Club-Christmas-Paddle followed by bacon baps, mince pies & mulled wine, along with the annual raucous raffle !
If you are bringing a raffle prize please can you gift wrap it just to add an extra twist to the mayhem, thank you.
If you're not paddling and can assist with the catering please let me know.

Friday December 28th, Club trip, Shrugborough Loop, with lunch 1.30/2pm approx. at Canal Side Farm Cafe -  places are limited due to limited number of coaches available for this trip, you may also need to transport your own boat. For full details please email me, menu available for meal choice which needs to be booked by December 21st along with deposit.

In the coming months, the club will also be having some Winter-Talks. Once these are scheduled, we will pass on the information, watch this space.

For now, take care, and be safe.

Gavyn.

A Message from the Vice...

Hi, everybody (did you hear that as if it was the Doctor in The Simpsons?)

Another few weeks goes by and there are still brave-souls on the lake every week. Make sure that you contact Marie for any information regarding the Racing Team. They are still in training mode and would love to see you give it a try. Facebook is on a roll and the website is slowly coming into its first completion. Make sure you check-out the new festive logo (see above); it is, very, nice...

There is a message that is all about the Lyme-Lottery, you can see the PDF by clicking, here.

Supporting the club is a great thing to do, but also allows us to support the community, too. Our club relies on the people around us and the generosity of the volunteers that offer their time and effort into keeping Ruth's Legacy alive! Watch for Ruth's grand-entrance onto the website, a place that she should be given 'pride-of-place', and thus, her story be shown to all.

Stay safe on the water and keep lit. Following the club policy on this one could save getting wet, or worse!

Be good.

Gavyn.

Into the Winter...

Hello, and welcome to another blog entry for Trentham Canoe Club. Having had our first official committee meeting since the new roles were announced, we are making plans for trips and paddles.

As these are confirmed, they will be updated to all forms of communication, at least those that we offer, anyway. It is amazing how quick time is passing, before we know it, it will be the warm season and things can be normal, once more.

I want to ask you a question. Is there anything that you would like to see on the website? With the first phase wrapping up, I want to look at new extras that we could try and use. These will be beyond the basics, such as, more photos; This is something that is being worked on, and will progress over the next twelve months. Drop me a line via the website; the Media Contact form is like a train track to my phone's email client!

As we verge on the new idea of using more than two forms of communication, I want us to keep Email at the heart of it. Using email is direct and 'report -able', I know that isn't a true word, but it sounds good and gets to the point! With the use of Facebook being fast and semi-reliable, we are not always watching the walls, therefore must rely on Email as our first port-of-call. There will be more about this in the coming months.

The website has no Membership Form to download, but will soon. The new GDPR compliant one is on its way to me, and shall be uploaded in the very near future.
Make sure you check out the new avatars on the Committee page. They look great and are 95% complete. Mine is at the bottom of this post, so take a look.

I have just purchased a new set of Palm gloves for the winter paddles and will review these on the next blog. I am hoping to get on the water, this Sunday.

Until then, happy paddling, stay safe, stay lit!

Media/Press - Gavyn

A late, late-night post...

Having been caught in the bustle of life for the past two weeks, I thought it was time to post some updates and news.

Though nothing has been done to the site for the past week, I am ready, now, to change more and complete the opening alterations for the pages. As a club, we have made changes to our Committee line-up and we are looking forward to a year of up-scaling what we do and showing everybody the delights of paddling.

Dusky waters...

This post is primarily about paddling at night. It is a new thing for me, and I am loving the magical experience that it offers. There is something great about paddling on a Sunday morning, the early light of day is cold, but feels safer. It is only when you try paddling at night that you realise how capable we are at navigating, observing and tackling problems in the darkness.

Even though it is cold, the addition of a set of gloves (for which I am now the owner of a fresh pair; I'm not a fan of cold hands) is a superb purchase and will change how you feel. Adding the spray-deck makes things surprisingly warm and you quickly forget the cold over the joy of paddling. What about you? Known faces and new faces should try it out, get on the water and enjoy the calm, quiet, nature of being on the silent-evening water.

Red lights and the Moon!

As an update, the site will shortly have a new Committee page and be given section specific contact. Having made changes, we have heard from new people wanting to be a part of the family, is it time that you were one of them?

Come and join us, we would love to see you at the boathouse, taking the advice from our amazing coaches and drawing on the best resources to offer. Just make contact, join us on Facebook, or pop down and say hello. The club is waiting to hear from you!

For now, happy paddling, stay lit, and be safe on the water.