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In which I join the boathouse

June 20, 2024

By now, you already know about the boathouse but my story has reached just under two years ago and I’m about to discover it. I went to do a fencing session with some local Rangers (who didn’t turn up, for various reasons) and chatting with their leaders, I discovered that they were going kayaking at … More In which I join the boathouse

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The first boat club session of 2024

May 23, 2024

A couple of weeks ago – over a month ago now! – I did the post on the pool/assessment session for the new boat club girls and now finally I’m doing the first boat club session of 2024. Yes, there’s a big gap. There wasn’t such a big gap in real life but 1) I … More The first boat club session of 2024

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Boat club 2024 season: the pool session

April 18, 2024

Because I’ve been telling my paddling story chronologically here, I haven’t mentioned the boathouse yet but the season is upon us! Eventually, we’ll catch up – you’ll find out how I came across the boathouse and how I joined it and what happened there last year but for now, we’ll jump straight into 2024. The … More Boat club 2024 season: the pool session

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Paddling with the Rangers

February 15, 2024

A week or so later, I took my Rangers out paddling for the first time. I don’t know why I’d never done that or why I suddenly had the idea to. There was a local Ranger leader working at a watersports centre and so off we went. We started with kayaking and then moved on … More Paddling with the Rangers

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    It’s been a slow start to the boathouse 2026 summer season - the first two boat club sessions were cancelled but we managed the third and slotted in an extra one over half term. If the weather is cooperative, we’ve got our first unit sessions this week: my own Rangers and their sister Guides and the Guide unit I was in/sister to until four years ago and I might even get to boat club too. I haven’t even had the time to go down to the beach and kayak on my own as practice or for the sheer joy of it yet! First paddle of 2026 complete and not a moment too soon - we’re back at boat club this week and I haven’t been out on the water since September! (Technically boat club started last week but I was running a few activities at Brownies that night so I wouldn’t be there anyway and then the wind wasn’t cooperative so it got cancelled). *blows the dust off Instagram* I’ve only managed three or four selfies out on the water at the boathouse this summer - of the nine sessions I got to, one was at the pool, two were shore nights and we swapped two lots of kayaking for rafting, which only leaves four kayaking evenings and you do have to squeeze selfies around actually being a helper. But I want the occasional bit of photographic evidence I’ve been out on the water with Girlguiding, giving girls adventurous opportunities they wouldn’t otherwise have! #shepaddles #girlguidingpaddles #kayaking #haveadventures Please, picture me in the reeds… taking shelter for a few minutes from an appallingly hot sun! #shepaddles #gopaddling #canoeing It’s the end of term and end of the boat club season for this year, so we presented the girls with their badges - our very own boathouse badge and the Guides Water adventure badge. They used to earn the Outdoor Pursuits interest badge, discontinued around 2018 but we’ve finally run out of stock of those, so if anyone has any ideas for replacements, let me know. #shepaddles #girlguidingpaddles #guidebadges Old Harry dead ahead! Taking it slowly and gently and lazily along the coastline and out to my ultimate destination, landing on Old Harry Rocks. #shepaddles #gopaddling #seakayaking #studland Get it from the right angle and Studland can almost look quite tropical. #shepaddles #gopaddling #kayaking Made it all the way to the road bridge in record time! #shepaddles #canoeing
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