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Quicky around Desborough island

With the sun shining and the water dropping off a paddle round Desborough island after work is always a good way to unwind.... Check the pictures....

You can see a map and a bit more history of this route here.


Jump in at the shop.


Stick to the left bank, paddle round and out of the marina.


Paddle out of the marina, turn right and up you go! when the river forks say right, and go down the old river channel.


Carry on up round, The White house at the top of the bend.


At the top of the island & by Shepperton lock you find this small Island. D'Oyly Carte Island, once home to the producer of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas.


same spot looking up stream the the lock keepers cottage at Shepperton lock


some young slalom paddlers @ Shepperton slalom canoe club enjoying the rough water!



If you fancy some exploring the River Wey and Wey Navigation join the Thames here. You can Cruz up here all the way to Godalming. Nice bit of river.



Time to head back. Keep the right channel and go down stream through the Cut.


Turn in left into the marina, opposite Walton Bridge marina.


And home in time for shopping at M&S and repeats of Country File! marvellous.

posted by Pete @ 5:09 AM 3 comments

Hello you....

The Outlook is good! The out look is very very good…..

Well I know we have been a bit on the quite side Blogging wise, but for Shaw we have been busy in store, lots of new boats and loads of new kit. Most of our pre orders have arrived so we have lots of Rash vests for all sizes, ages, male or female. Loads of new super stretchy wetsuits, yesterday all the Peak kit arrived plenty of exciting new things from them, PFD’s in particular are always very popular. We have loads of new and exciting Sit-On-Top’s in stock; the new Malibu Two Angler

looks amazing! Perfect for the family beach BBQ, holiday.
Shop news! A big date for your diary is the return of our shop Open Day. The London and south east canoe and kayak show will take place on the 20th June and looks set to be quite a day full of fun and excitement. More news to follow on that.

Paddling & Fun catch up taken from!
The last week or so have been so busy I have barely had time to get any blogs done. So lets go back in time a week or so. Thursday/Friday a week and a bit ago saw me taking part in a four star kayak training course with Tom Parker. The course only had a couple of people on and was pretty mellow, thourghly enjoyable and not too cold. Result!!
The weekend that followed that was my first slalom race of the season, my home ground Shepperton. A solid first run saw me into second place with Pete 'the Scud' Scutt in first place. Pete was a good twenty seconds ahead so there was little chance of me catching him, my second run sealed second place for me, not too shabby

Fast forward one week and I made another long trip down to Shepperton, this time with a different boat, my new Molan. Shep was on a meaty five gates, and my boat performed brilliantly, swift edge transitions and big air, SWEET.


And finally water levels….. well things are still pretty high ish around here at the moment, Hurley amazingly seams to be on 3 still and looking good for the TVF’s 3rd Birthday paddle. Sunbury has’nt really worked a lot this winter and still is’nt great. Shepperton is on 3 gates, great for slalom training but a bit flat for surfing. But, But Chertsey………..Oh yes people the summer is nearly here! It going to be a hot weekend and maybe the first Chertsey of the season, we will let you know how things progress. Hope your all well catch you soon.

Buyeeeeeeeeeee.

posted by Pete @ 5:23 AM 1 comments