Cromford Mills Adventure Bank Holiday Weekend 2022
Over the August bank holiday weekend the Paddle Peak Team ran come and try kayaking sessions on the Cromford Canal for local youngsters....
Promoting responsible paddlesports in the Derwent Valley
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peakukpete
- Aug 23
- 1 min
Cromford Adventure Weekend. Aug 27-29th
Come and try kayaking on the Cromford Canal over the three day Bank Holiday weekend as part of the Cromford Mills Adventure Festival....
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peakukpete
- May 1
- 2 min
Six Shopping Trolleys, Four Car Tyres and a Thousand Wet Wipes!!
The Paddle Peak team were out in force again cleaning the River Derwent between Matlock Bath and Cromford this week and they were joined...
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peakukpete
- Jan 18
- 3 min
Make your own slalom gates….
Paddle Peak founder and yesteryear slalom racer Pete Astles takes us through the historic technique of making canoe slalom gates. In days...
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peakukpete
- Oct 8, 2021
- 2 min
The Million and One Mile River Clean....
The Paddle Peak River Clean Team have been out again this week. The local community paddlesports charity deep cleaned the banks of the...
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peakukpete
- Sep 1, 2021
- 4 min
Cromford Mills Adventure Weekend
This year celebrates 250 years of Cromford Mills, the Worlds first water powered mill that was built by Sir Richard Arkwright within the...
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peakukpete
- Aug 25, 2021
- 2 min
Cromford Mills Adventure Weekend Aug 28-30th. Event Details
Venue: Cromford Canal Wharf @ Cromford Mills. Paddle Peak Weekend Timetable: 30 minute sessions of ten paddlers with two coaches will run...
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peakukpete
- Aug 20, 2021
- 1 min
COME AND TRY KAYAKING, KIDS!
Over the August Bank Holiday weekend ( 28-30th ) Paddle Peak are giving local youngsters the opportunity to try kayaking on the Cromford...
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peakukpete
- Jul 5, 2021
- 2 min
Cleaner seas start with cleaner rivers..
Our roving river cleaner John Leyland reports with words and pictures from the Derwent between Milford and Darley Abbey. Last weekend I...
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peakukpete
- Jun 18, 2021
- 2 min
Cleaning the River Derwent , saving the sea…
The Paddle Peak team were out again cleaning the River Derwent through Matlock Bath this week. The crew cleared from Artist Corner, down...
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peakukpete
- Apr 13, 2021
- 2 min
Midland Canoe Club Easter River Clean-up
Over the Bank Holiday weekend a member of Midland Canoe Club (MCC), based in Darley Abbey, organised a “60 minute challenge” with her...
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peakukpete
- Dec 14, 2020
- 2 min
Black Bag Friday Continues...
Cleaning flood debris through Matlock Bath The local community group Paddle Peak have been out again recently continuing in their quest...
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peakukpete
- Nov 25, 2020
- 1 min
Two new canoes from Hou?
Paddle Peak are the proud owners of two shiny new Prospectors from Hou Canoes. The boats will be used for regular river clean ups and...
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peakukpete
- Nov 11, 2020
- 5 min
Plastic in the River - From its source to the sea...
In a very sad article published in the press recently, a dead whale washed up on the coast with over 100kgs of plastic found inside its...
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peakukpete
- Aug 17, 2020
- 4 min
The History of Boats on the Derbyshire Derwent
The River Derwent flowed freely, long before we humans came along. It is the life blood of the valley. Carving its way through limestone...
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peakukpete
- Jul 20, 2020
- 1 min
Peckwash Sea Kayak Expedition
John Chamberlin reports with words and pictures from his club's recent mission up the Derwent valley... A bunch of ten intrepid explorers...
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peakukpete
- Jul 6, 2020
- 2 min
The salvage of HMS Inconsiderate
John Leyland reports again with words and pictures from the Derwent around Belper. During the hot weather in mid-June a friend...
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peakukpete
- Jun 25, 2020
- 4 min
The Milford Riviera
John Leyland and the Belper-Milford Massive report with words and pictures from their evening womble this week down the Derwent at...
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peakukpete
- Jun 19, 2020
- 6 min
I should have had a bigger boat!
Duffield Paddle Peaker John Leyland reports from his latest splash down the Derwent below Milford. I had planned a summer evening paddle...
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peakukpete
- May 27, 2020
- 2 min
This morning’s ride to work..
Local community group Paddle Peak are often out and about cleaning our local river Derwent of plastic and other forms of pollution that...
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