Leven Estuary - Tidal Return Trip from Canal Foot (Ulverston)- Weds 14th Feb - CANCELLED DUE TO HIGH FORECASTED WINDS

CANCELLED DUE TO HIGH FORECASTED WINDS

The plan is to head up the Leven estuary with the flood tide, hopefully to Low Wood. A lunch stop here and then head back with the ebb tide back to where we started. We plan to miss the tidal bore, we will still need to pass through waves and confused waters under the Leven Viaduct on the outward journey. We will be getting on the water at 1245 prompt.

1. Event coordinator and leader: Pete Riley 

2. Trip type: Sea Kayak - Grade 1 or 2 water foreseeable at the viaduct

3. Level of ability: Intermediate

4. Date - Weds 14th Feb

5. Venue: Fell Foot (Ulverston) - aiming for Low Wood (near Haverthwaite)

6. Meet location: Canal Foot, Ulverston: Canal Foot   SD 313 777

7. Meet time: 12:00, or enough time for you to get ready, park vehicles etc. and be briefed. There isn’t always parking at the put in, so please factor this in. We won’t be leaving late!

8. Sharing lifts: depending on who comes and where coming from, a good meeting place is at the Volvo garage at Gilpin Bridge. Volvo Garage It’s approximately 30 minutes from Canal Foot, so a suggested meeting time here is 11:15, which gives 10 minutes boat transfer and 50 minutes to park, get ready and put in. 

9. Helmets not required / It will be cold - dry suits required.

10. RSVP limit at 8

11. Please read notes re trips here:

12. Or sea trips here: https://lakelandcanoeclub.wordpress.com/trips/

We probably won’t be arriving back at our vehicles until after 17:00, so it will be a late day. 

The trip will be led by an LCC-approved leader, however, we will paddle as a team taking joint responsibility for each other’s safety on the water.

Last RSVP time 24 hours before the event.