If wanting a set of Phone Apps for planning a trip, covering weather, charts, tides, swell, marine traffic, then David Steel’s list of Apps for Paddling is a good starting place !

Winter wonderland paddle on the Tweed from sailing club. Fantastic first paddle of the year. Well wrapped up and homemade soup to keep us warm

An afternoon and evening trip up the Tweed from the sailing club at Spittal, to Chain Bridge, then return, with night falling on the way back. Photos from two successive days, Friday 21st and Sat… 

A photo of the Royal Border Bridge in Berwick

Learning the correct way to right a river boat and return to the water.