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SUMMARY:Night Kayak & Campfire  🔥
DESCRIPTION:Following the success of November Night Kayak we are aiming to arrange a night paddle and Camp-fire the first Thursday of every month through the Winter [January excluded]\, forecast and conditions dependant.\n  \nWe expect to launch from Balmaha.  Meet point will be Loch Lomond stores at Balloch (6pm) or Balmaha (6:45pm) [see maps below].    \n\n\n\n\n\nPlease note: this is a night paddle in December.  Some additional consideration is required with respect to keeping hands warm while on the water.    Pogies or Palmless Mitts are recommended over neoprene gloves (more detailed info in The Craic’n [club newsletter] this month.   \nPlease notify the Trip Leader if you are planning on coming.  We are looking for a volunteer to make/add some soup for the DCKC Soup Flask for this months trip 😉  perhaps this could be you?  \n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  Unsure if this trip is for you? \nTo come along on this you should have:- \n\n\n\n\n\ndone a capsize drill or ‘wet exit’ ( as it’s sometimes called ) with a spray-deck on\, either outdoors or in the pool\nbeen canoeing / Kayaking outdoors on lochs\, or the sea\, a few times before.  Example outdoor trips would include Second Saturday / Roots / Loch Lomond Tuesday evenings\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nWhat to bring \nAt very reasonable cost you can hire the following from the club: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nkayak\npaddle\nsleeveless wetsuite\ncagoule\nspraydeck\nBuoyancy Aid\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdditional items to bring \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSomething to munch on / share\nA mug (for warm drinks)\nTwo thin and one thicker (fleece?) long sleeve top/thermal to wear underneath cagoule / wetsuite\nPoggies or Palmless mitts (might be possible to borrow)\nwet-boots or old trainers.  If you have wet-socks best to wear old trainers to save them getting trashed!\na big towel or changing robe to get changed in\na warm hat\na headtorch + spare batteries\na spare dry thermal or fleece for off the water\na  warm jacket for off the water\nSmall dry bag for phone / keys (you should be able to ask someone else to take your phone / car keys if you need them with you and you don’t have a dry bag )\nA bigger dry bag for spare warm clothes (you should also be able to ask someone else to take your dry clothes if you don’t have a dry bag )\n£5 trip fees\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOptional items to bring \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGloves for off water\nFlask\nFolding chair\nSnacks\nMap and compass\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf finding one or two pieces of equipment is an issue please reach out and we my be able to find a solution.   \n  \nNotes for membership & guests \nNon-members & guests are welcome to come to several DCKC events to see if you like it or not.   We aim to keep paperwork to a minimum but we would appreciate if you can bring your I.C.E [ In Case of Emergency ]  details which should include your own phone number and email and that of a person to contact in case of an emergency.  After three or so trips you might consider joining and we welcome you as a new member [details for this are on the website].   If you are a long term or returning participant you should be a club member to join this trip as other club trips.    The club achieves a huge amount on a small budget\, organising many trips per year in all kinds of wild and wonderful environments – club membership fees help a lot with this.  \n\n  \nMeeting points: \n\nYou can meet us at one of two places:- \n\n\n\n\n1. If you have your own transport and equipment you can meet us at  Balmaha Car Park. Park as close to Launch Point as possible. We are aiming to be on the water as close to 7.15pm as possible\, although it may be a little after this.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. If you wish to borrow a kayak and/or equipment (paddle\, wet-suite\, spray-deck\, buoyancy aid) from the club then meet at the club container at Balloch at 6:15pm.  We’ll load kayaks and share lifts from Balloch to meet everyone in Balmaha\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n 
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