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Exactly how deep it is depends on who you ask. As far as we're aware, it's around 10 to 15 metres. Because we are an old quarry, the banks are quite steep all the way straight down into the water. So even where we are, only 10 metres off the bank, we're already four or five metres deep here.
Exactly how deep it is depends on who you ask. As far as we're aware, it's around 10 to 15 metres. Because we are an old quarry, the banks are quite steep all the way straight down into the water. So even where we are, only 10 metres off the bank, we're already four or five metres deep here.
Yeah, so if you look at some of the other local lakes that are shallower than us, they're already up towards 20 degrees water temperature. At the moment, we're still at 16, so it takes us a long time to warm up.
Yeah, so if you look at some of the other local lakes that are shallower than us, they're already up towards 20 degrees water temperature. At the moment, we're still at 16, so it takes us a long time to warm up.
We do kayaking under Paddle UK, which is the new British Canoe Union. We run paddleboard sessions under British Standard Paddleboard Association. We run windsurf sessions under the Royal Yachting Association. We run... Dinghy sailing, we run, again, under the Royal Yachting Association, and we run raft build sessions, and we've just bought a load of mega subs.
We do kayaking under Paddle UK, which is the new British Canoe Union. We run paddleboard sessions under British Standard Paddleboard Association. We run windsurf sessions under the Royal Yachting Association. We run... Dinghy sailing, we run, again, under the Royal Yachting Association, and we run raft build sessions, and we've just bought a load of mega subs.
So 18 foot long paddle boards that are five foot wide, but eight students and an instructor on board. There's nothing quite like us anywhere nearby. You have to go quite a way to find similar. So all of our staff, everyone who works for us, is recognised under their national governing bodies for their sports. They're kayak instructors, canoe instructors. They're under Paddle UK.
So 18 foot long paddle boards that are five foot wide, but eight students and an instructor on board. There's nothing quite like us anywhere nearby. You have to go quite a way to find similar. So all of our staff, everyone who works for us, is recognised under their national governing bodies for their sports. They're kayak instructors, canoe instructors. They're under Paddle UK.
The sailing and the windsurf guys are all under the RYA.
The sailing and the windsurf guys are all under the RYA.
paddleboarding is british standard paddleboard association so we're all recognized under our governing bodies that means that we've all gone through levels of training and tuition to reach that including pre-assessments first aids health and safeties as well as week-long courses in how to instruct those sports you're training all sorts of people from all sorts of ages how young from we take students from eight years old
paddleboarding is british standard paddleboard association so we're all recognized under our governing bodies that means that we've all gone through levels of training and tuition to reach that including pre-assessments first aids health and safeties as well as week-long courses in how to instruct those sports you're training all sorts of people from all sorts of ages how young from we take students from eight years old
I think the oldest that I've taught here was 91. Fantastic. That's really excellent, isn't it? And what's the most popular of these water sports? So in terms of just numbers and bums on seats, paddleboarding has seen a massive explosion over the last few years.
I think the oldest that I've taught here was 91. Fantastic. That's really excellent, isn't it? And what's the most popular of these water sports? So in terms of just numbers and bums on seats, paddleboarding has seen a massive explosion over the last few years.
The accessibility and kind of the entry level kit has become quite cheap recently and is really good because we're getting a lot of people that just want to get out on the water and enjoy what we do. And it's kind of the easiest, cheapest, best way to get out there and do it.
The accessibility and kind of the entry level kit has become quite cheap recently and is really good because we're getting a lot of people that just want to get out on the water and enjoy what we do. And it's kind of the easiest, cheapest, best way to get out there and do it.
Yes. So we've just got a new investor and we're currently expanding the cafe, expanding kind of the food and beverage offering that we have here, but also expanding the number of people that we can get on the water and the number of staff that we need for that. So we've just invested from a water side of it in a new fleet of sit on top kayaks. So we're buying loads of those in at the moment.
Yes. So we've just got a new investor and we're currently expanding the cafe, expanding kind of the food and beverage offering that we have here, but also expanding the number of people that we can get on the water and the number of staff that we need for that. So we've just invested from a water side of it in a new fleet of sit on top kayaks. So we're buying loads of those in at the moment.
We've just bought a load of racing paddle boards and racing touring paddle boards, as well as the extra large paddle boards to go alongside our normal paddle board fleet. And then we're expanding the powerboat fleet and the dinghy fleet so that we can run more sailing sessions too.
We've just bought a load of racing paddle boards and racing touring paddle boards, as well as the extra large paddle boards to go alongside our normal paddle board fleet. And then we're expanding the powerboat fleet and the dinghy fleet so that we can run more sailing sessions too.