Rockhoppers Kayak Club

Sunday Trips

The club usually holds regular weekly trips on a sunday. The Boyne and Liffey are main stays, the Annamoe when it's been raining also the Dargle, Analecky Brooke and Upper Liffey for the thrill seekers

Our next planned Sunday Trip will be Sun 29th - upper liffey section


Other Trips

We have some very active members doing their own thing. Whether its trying out Scotland, to 6months away travelling the world or merely taking the Annual Pilgrimage to the Alps. Some exciting lives they lead and we ask them to share their experiences with us, (or make us green with envy). There will hopefully be a good resource in these articles for those of you adverturing in the future.

Have a look at the trip list below:

Uganda 2006

Sunday 8th January 2006
After months of planning we, Mairead, Paula & Niall headed off to the wild-water of Jinja, Uganda. You would imagine with all the pre-planning one of us would have the address of where we were to take a taxi to from Entebbe Airport - oh no, there we were after a days travelling, not without its own traumas, 3-paddies with kayaks dumb-founded when asked by our enthusiastic taxi-man ripe for a $100 fare "where are you going?" we all looked blan
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Scotland 2004

Thursday 8th January 2004
Scotland is quite simply great for Kayaking. The Highlands, Lowlands and the Borders are three distinct areas offering a diversity of rivers. However, most of the best rivers are North of the Highland boundary fault - a line running north-west from Loch Lomond past Stirling, Perth and up to Aberdeen. The Scottish Whitewater Guidebook covers some 200 rivers, and most of these are located here. There are Motorway and Dual Carriageway links to all these place
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