The Paddle Peak team were out in force again cleaning the River Derwent between Matlock Bath and Cromford this week and they were joined...

Paddle Peak founder and yesteryear slalom racer Pete Astles takes us through the historic technique of making canoe slalom gates. In days...

The Paddle Peak River Clean Team have been out again this week. The local community paddlesports charity deep cleaned the banks of the...

This year celebrates 250 years of Cromford Mills, the Worlds first water powered mill that was built by Sir Richard Arkwright within the...

Venue: Cromford Canal Wharf @ Cromford Mills. Paddle Peak Weekend Timetable: 30 minute sessions of ten paddlers with two coaches will run...

Over the August Bank Holiday weekend ( 28-30th ) Paddle Peak are giving local youngsters the opportunity to try kayaking on the Cromford...

Our roving river cleaner John Leyland reports with words and pictures from the Derwent between Milford and Darley Abbey. Last weekend I...

The Paddle Peak team were out again cleaning the River Derwent through Matlock Bath this week. The crew cleared from Artist Corner, down...

Over the Bank Holiday weekend a member of Midland Canoe Club (MCC), based in Darley Abbey, organised a “60 minute challenge” with her...

Cleaning flood debris through Matlock Bath The local community group Paddle Peak have been out again recently continuing in their quest...

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...

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...

The River Derwent flowed freely, long before we humans came along. It is the life blood of the valley. Carving its way through limestone...

John Chamberlin reports with words and pictures from his club's recent mission up the Derwent valley... A bunch of ten intrepid explorers...

John Leyland reports again with words and pictures from the Derwent around Belper. During the hot weather in mid-June a friend...

John Leyland and the Belper-Milford Massive report with words and pictures from their evening womble this week down the Derwent at...

Duffield Paddle Peaker John Leyland reports from his latest splash down the Derwent below Milford. I had planned a summer evening paddle...

Local community group Paddle Peak are often out and about cleaning our local river Derwent of plastic and other forms of pollution that...

Cleaning the River. Saving the Sea... The Paddle Peak group was out again this week removing more hay bale black plastic wrapping and...

After all the high water events of the last few months, there has been a large amount of rubbish and plastic left all the way down the...