Since we had so much fun doing the Cheshire Ring race for East Cheshire Hospice we have decided to do more under the name of the “Jolly Paddlers”. To this end we now have a new Web site; The Jolly Paddlers
Hope you enjoy.
John
Great party on Saturday night. Kayaking for care 2013 is now done.
Thanks to everyone for their support on Saturday night, we all had a great time. I am not going to thank individuals as there are too many to list and I don’t want to miss anyone, BUT, having said that, a special thanks to the bands! Without your energy and performances there would not have been a party.
Kayaking for care video and photos which Lieven prepared can be found here:
Jolly Paddlers fundraising party.
Last 6 months of training and the race day.
Will update with total amount raised soon.
Thanks again from all the Jolly Paddlers.
We did it! 21 hrs 41 minutes.
We completed the race and our official time is 21 hrs 41 minutes. Well done everyone. Special thanks to Phil, Natalie, Penny, Lieven and Grace for being our support team.
Many thanks to Andrew Gage and all the others who gave their time to come out to organise it. We all had a great day. Everyone was very friendly and supportive. Various photos can be found here:
Cheshire ring race day, morning
Cheshire ring race day, afternoon
Some more photos to come when I get them.
Last day training, race is in 12 hrs….
We had our last training day together on Wed 26th June. Some great pics from Lieven. A bit of a difference from January… Enjoy….
But before that, a movie…. YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/johnboykamp
Fundraising has passed the £2000 mark this morning
Some more donations came in this morning which means YOU have contributed towards more than £2000 raised for East Cheshire Hospice. The Jolly Paddlers thanks everyone for your support so far.
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Thanks to the Potteries Paddlers
A special thanks to the “Potteries Paddlers” who provided us with their route plan a number of months ago. This has formed the basis of our route plan. Thanks for your help and perhaps see you on the water soon.
In less than 24 hours we will be paddling, track our progress
A HUGE thanks to everyone for their donations so far, there are more to come…
Because we would love to have supporters on route here are some of the details which you may find useful on the day of Saturday 29th June. Our start time is 8:15am at the Miners arms in Poynton. We are intending to attach a live GPS system to the kayaks so that you may monitor where we are in real time over the internet from your smart phone or computer.
To track us via live GPS tracking:
http://www.greenalp.com/RealtimeTracker/index.php?viewuser=jollypaddlers
Our race day route plan:
https://kayakingforcare.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/jollypaddlers-race-notes-web.pdf
Hires zoom-able map with overview on route:
https://kayakingforcare.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/cheshire-ring-map-hires-v3.jpg
Prize giving is at the Miners arms in Poynton at 11:00am.
Estimated arrival times for each portage (for a 10:00am start so subtract 2 hours):
| Number | Name of start point | Section miles | Section locks/tunnels | Guide minutes for 20 hrs | ETA 24hr clock | |
| 1 | Bridge 18 – Miners Arms | 5 | 57 | 10:00 | A – Steve/Matt | |
| 2 | Marple | 5 | 16 L 2 T | 65 | 10:57 | B – Stuart/Dan |
| 3 | Apethorn Lane, Hyde | 3.25 | 37 | 12:02 | C – JohnK/C | |
| 4 | Dukinfield Junction, Ashton | 6.25 | 18L | 91 | 12:39 | A – Steve/Matt |
| 5 | Ducie Street, Manchester | 8 | 9L | 95 | 14:10 | B – Stuart/Dan |
| 6 | Marsland Road, Sale | 6.75 | 71 | 15:45 | C – JohnK/C | |
| 7 | Burford Lane Underbridge, Lymm | 6 | 70 | 16:36 | A – Steve/Matt | |
| 8 | London Road bridge, Stockton Heath | 6 | Half T | 75 | 18:06 | B – Stuart/Dan |
| 9 | Preston Brook Tunnel | 3.5 | Half T, 1 L | 39 | 19:21 | C – JohnK/C |
| 10 | Valley Farm, Little Leigh | 7.25 | 2T | 86 | 20:00 | A – Steve/Matt |
| 11 | Broken Cross | 5.5 | 64 | 21:26 | B – Stuart/Dan | |
| 12 | Middlewich Big Lock | 6.75 | 9L | 87 | 22:28 | C – JohnK/C |
| 13 | Wheelock | 4 | 14L | 59 | 23:53 | A – Steve/Matt |
| 14 | Rhode Heath | 2.25 | 10L | 35 | 00:34 | B – Stuart/Dan |
| 15 | Red Bull, Hardings Wood | 5 | 3L | 65 | 01:39 | C – JohnK/C |
| 16 | Bridge 77, Congleton | 5.75 | 12L | 75 | 02:54 | A – Steve/Matt |
| 17 | Bosley top lock or locks | 4 | 48 | 04:09 | B – Stuart/Dan | |
| 18 | Bridge 44, Bullocks Lane | 3.25 | 37 | 04:57 | C – JohnK/C | |
| 19 | Bridge 29, Clarke Lane | 3.75 | 43 | 05:34 | A – Steve/Matt | |
| Total | 1199 mins | 06:17 | Back at Miners arms |
KML file for Real Time GPS tracker
For fun we will be using “Real Time GPS Tracker” on the kayak for the entire race. This free Android software allows us to overlay a KML file on the live tracker map but the KML file needs to be on the internet. So in this post is that KML file with a JPEG suffix as WordPress only allows certain types of files to be uploaded. And it works a treat!
Track us at:
http://www.greenalp.com/RealtimeTracker/index.php?viewuser=jollypaddlers
KML file but with a .jpeg suffix to fool WordPress. i.e. No image will show (this is expected).
Five days to go and we have the race details
There are 4 days left before race day. Gulp! Our start time has been allocated earlier than we anticipated but in hind sight this is a good thing – no waiting about – simply get up and it is all go.
Jolly Paddlers start time is now 8:15am on Saturday 29th June 2013 from the Miners Arms in Poynton. There are 13 other crews (making a total of 14 crews). 5 K1 teams and 9 K2 teams. Let the fun begin!
Prize giving is now at 11:00am on Sunday (it has been brought forward from 1:00pm).
A special thanks to all from Citation Ltd
A special thanks to everyone from Citation Ltd (in particular Janet Hulme) who collected money on our behalf during their “Dress Down” day on 31st May 2013. The Jolly Paddlers thank you for helping raise money for East Cheshire Hospice.
Well done for raising this much! Good effort.
Kayaking for care. A team fundraising event for East Cheshire Hospice. 
