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peakukpete
Sep 2, 20241 min read
Cardington 2/3/4 31 Aug / 1st Sept 2024
A few Paddle Peaksters entered the national ranking slalom at Cardington over the past weekend. Being an event with three divisions is...
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peakukpete
Aug 28, 20245 min read
The Cromford Peak Challenge & Adventure Weekend
Each August Bank Holiday weekend, for several years now, local charity Paddle Peak have run come and try kayaking sessions free to local...
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peakukpete
Nov 28, 20232 min read
Black Bag Friday 2023 - Cleaning instead on consuming!
Fifteen volunteers from the local charity Paddle Peak took to waters of the River Derwent on what has been re named Black Bag Friday. ...
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peakukpete
Aug 29, 20233 min read
300 Local Youngsters Go Kayaking!
Over the showery August bank holiday, local charity and canoe club Paddle Peak gave a record breaking 300 local Derbyshire youngsters the...
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peakukpete
Aug 24, 20231 min read
Cromford Mills Adventure Weekend 2023 Schedule
Date: Aug 26-28th Sat. Sun Monday. Come and try kayaking over the bank holiday on The Cromford Canal. August ( 26-28th ) as part of the...
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peakukpete
Aug 31, 20222 min read
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....
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peakukpete
Aug 23, 20221 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20223 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20214 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20201 min read
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, 20205 min read
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, 20204 min read
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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