{"id":689,"date":"2009-04-04T10:02:18","date_gmt":"2009-04-04T10:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phpaddlers.com\/?p=518"},"modified":"2009-04-04T10:02:18","modified_gmt":"2009-04-04T10:02:18","slug":"kayak-coast-2-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phseakayaks.com\/blog\/kayak-coast-2-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"Kayak Coast 2 Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This proved to be a challenging 182 mile adventure over 8 days using an historic trading route linking urban life with rural and seafaring culture. Crossing northern England from the Irish Sea to the North Sea, the trip started in mid March at Crosby Beach at the Mouth of the Mersey Estuary. The team were interviewed and filmed for a BBC news programme<\/a><\/span> before setting off into blustery conditions on a very choppy sea.<\/span><\/p>\n

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At Runcorn Jean, Glen, Liz and me, (Jim Krawiecki) spent the night on a narrowboat moored beside the Kayaks North West shop and P&H offices before heading for Manchester through the rolling Cheshire countryside along the picturesque Bridgwater Canal. Over the next few days there were dozens of locks to portage as the route followed the trans-Pennine trading route along the Rochdale Canal and the Calder navigations.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Amongst the hills and dark satanic mills of northern England, spring was springing and wildlife was abundant. The natives were friendly too.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A gang of boisterous lads wielding bottles of WKD became worryingly inquisitive of the kayaks and equipment. But the paddlers were soon released in hearty fashion once a sinful watering of grog was sunk and the continuing voyage duly toasted!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Reaching the Humber Estuary at Goole was a great relief. No more locks! But the next day provided a gut busting a 30 mile paddle dodging ferries at Hull before spending the night in a lighthouse with a shoal of fish, several cats and a mad artist. On the 8th day all that remained was an 18 mile paddle down tide to Spurn Head and a tremendous welcome ashore by the lifeboat crew that lives there.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

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The Kayak Coast 2 Coast team<\/a> would like to express their thanks to Kayaks North West<\/a>, P&H kayaks and Peak UK<\/a> for their help with equipment for the trip. Thanks also to everyone who helped along the way, and helped to raise over \u00a31600 for the RNLI Lifeboats via www.justgiving.com\/kayakcoast2coast.<\/a><\/span> We updated the Kayak Coast 2 Coast blog<\/a> each day so that is worth a read but, there will be a more detailed trip report in a forthcoming issue of Canoe & Kayak UK magazine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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