Tower Hamlets Canoe Club

Hi Roger and Alison,

this trip is to get the 2*, as it is part of the assessment and will be at our level, fell free to join us. We still have to do a lot of the organisation, we haven't decided where to go and what time we leave etc. 

Helen:

Thanks for kicking this off Gudrun.  Hope you are succeeding with delegating some tasks.  I have put the date in my calendar. 

 I can take 4 boats including one for myself and three passengers.

I forgot I will be bringing Big Phil along so one space gone already in my car.

Hi everyone,

Apologies for not posting sooner - it's been a crazy week! I'd like to help out any way I can. Unfortunately I don't have my own transport, but is there something else I can contribute?

 
I think if we can make a firm decision on where we want to go then everything else can start falling in to place. There've been a lot of excellent suggestions - is there a group preference yet?
 

hi, we made a decison yesterday in the pub,
9th march 9 o'clock at the basin and then a day trip on the river Lea (http://wikipaddle.org/wiki/River_Lea_%28Hertford_Loop%29)
we will have a picninc for lunch.

Hey Guys,

 Having said that I would be around to help I have just found out that I'm away that weekend.

Sorry

Martin

Hi Gudrun,

 Just to confirm Sam and I will sort out food etc.  I will also look into the emergency stuff, e.g. local hospitals and kit we need to bring if no one is doing this?

 Cheers

 James

I'm free that weekend  if you are looking for any extra helpers but I would need transport for a boat (I'm happy to cycle to the start etc if it makes life easier but my boat hasn't got its own bike yet and it needs stabilisers)

Sarah

Hi Guys,

Let me know if you need any spare roof racks for kayaks. I will try to get something sorted.

Klaudia

The list of people comming I have is as follows:

Coaches

Helen I

phill

Ian

joanna

Jon Goodliffe

Dimitris

Sarah W

and the 2*

Gudrun

David

Rob (me)

Nick

Samantha

James

Malcom

Gareth

Russel

Rodger

Alison

Joe

Some other people have posted with out explisitly saying they want to come and I am assuming they do not.  If this is not so please post and explisitly say you want to come.

Gudrun is soring out the logistics and lifts etc.

On the basis of the above I have requested lary reserve for us 14 kayaks and 2 open canoes (2 people to a canoe) as agreed in the pub.

If you are intending to bring any of your own kit the please let me know so I can feed this on to what we need to borrow from the basin.  Currently I have to assume that each person needs a lifejacket and and cag/windjacket.  Each cannoe needs a spray deck and a paddle and each canoe 2 cannoe paddles.  I rather expect the coaches have more of their own kit than the 2*s.  Can anyone (especially the coaches) let me know if you are able to bring:

A.  a first aid kit

B.  Slips

C a throw rope.

D.  Extra dry bags to keep lunch in.

Regards

Rob

Can anyone bring a digital camera so we can take photoes of the event and post them on the web site afterwards.

 Rob

please may i come along for this if there us any more room.

i have a boyancey aid and a cag. i can borrow a spraydeck, or would'nt mind swapping over and going in one of the canaidien canoes for part of the way. it would help me pass my 2 star course and i would be very gratfull, even gratfull enough to bring a load of cakes for everyone. i hope the group might be able to squeeze me in.

i still hav'nt heard of the hertford loop but i think that if it that far north then it will be the river stort as the river lea stops around waltham abbey, but i could be wrong about that.

cheers.

china.

I think the 2 are the same for the Hertford loop see

http://wikipaddle.org/wiki/River_Lea_%28Hertford_Loop%29

All are welcome to come, provided there are boats and transport.

Gudrun will be be able to detail the transport situation.

The plan with the canoes is to swap over people at half time so that everybody gets enough of a 2* trip for the assessement.

Rob

I am not certain now that I will be able to come on the 9th March.  As much as I would love to do a canoe trip on hartford loop I am quite busy around that time and I think I might have got myself over booked.  Can I please confirm nearer the time, I understand if you need to know in order to sort out the logistics but If i need to make the decision now it will have to be a no.

Russell

rbannocks:

Can anyone (especially the coaches) let me know if you are able to bring:

A.  a first aid kit

B.  Slips

C a throw rope.

D.  Extra dry bags to keep lunch in.

Hi Rob,

The club has two sets of split paddles, which we can take. We can also take one or more of the club throwlines. I think it would be worth booking these early along with the rest of the kit.

I don't have a first aid kit, but I'm sure Sarah and Helen will bring theirs.

Finally, Dimitris and I can bring combined 5-6 small-to-medium sized drybags, as well as 2 bigger drybags (30L or 40L ones) which can stay in the canoes. They should be enough to hold some spare thermals and food for a number of people.

Dimitris and I won't need any other pieces of kit, apart from boats and paddles.

Joanna

I have full kit for me - except boat + paddle.
I will bring a first aid kit, a (non-waterproof) camera, and 2 spare (13L) dry bags.

I can also offer a piece of sleeping mat to cut squares for kneeling mats for the open canoes...