Venue: Paper Mill Lock (CM3 4BS / w3w.co/encoded.narrating.switched)
Arrive: by 6pm (gates lock at 6.10pm!)
Launch: after 6.20pm briefing
Finish: c.8.10pm
Level: all competent river paddlers

At last, after maybe a couple of (standard for the summer of ’24) teeny rainshowers through the day, it’s not looking like too windy a night, which means we can have an ‘all comers’ SUP Club… Back ‘home’ to the Willow Set at Paper Mill with just a light to moderate southerly breeze we’ll be going out against just the occasional mildly headwindy stretch and a little flow – so everyone capable of stand-up paddling a couple of locks is very welcome indeed. We’re not planning to go super-far or fast tonight. The Willow Set are again kindly allowing us in after hours, charging £3 from 5.30pm onwards when you use the password ‘SUPsect’ or flash our logo at the gate. Please get there before 6pm – and don’t be late as the gates are planned to lock at 6.10pm then we’re planning to brief at 6.20, so make sure you have time to pump up before that…

So, setting up by c.6pm at Paper Mill Lock to gather at our ‘training zone’ by the entrance for a 6.20pm briefing ahead of a 6.25pm launch. We’ll be heading west tonight – up to(wards at least) Stonham’s Lock, via Mill House and back.

As always, please ensure you are licensed to paddle the river (renewals via www.waterways.org.uk). Everyone licensed, with their own kit (including leash!) who can stand-up paddle confidently is very welcome… But please, if you’re not yet competently steering, stopping and turning, a busy group at SUP Club isn’t the place to learn these essential skills – we offer lessons for that!

After, we’ll be going for dinner and drinks as usual – numbers via a show of hands at the briefing.