{"id":5776,"date":"2025-05-31T08:18:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T07:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gscc-online.com\/news\/?p=5776"},"modified":"2025-05-31T08:18:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T07:18:07","slug":"chesterfield-canal-next-sunday-sleningford-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gscc-online.com\/news\/2025\/05\/31\/chesterfield-canal-next-sunday-sleningford-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Chesterfield Canal next Sunday &amp; Sleningford Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Drakeholes Chesterfield Canal Trip Sunday 8th&nbsp;July<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On Sunday June 8th, GSCC are planning a flat-water trip to the Chesterfield Canal. Starting at Drakeholes, which is between Bawtry and Gainsborough just off the A631<br><br>The trip is just over 10 miles, so you will need to be able to paddle this distance in a Canoe or Kayak.<br><br>We will be paddling to Hayton, which has a picnic area and opposite to this is the Boat Inn and back to Drakeholes, if the weather is against us we will turnaround sooner<br><br>We will be meeting at the Boathouse at 08:00hrs and leaving promptly at 08:20hrs. &nbsp;Getting to Drakeholes for around 09:15hrs and on the water for 09:30hrs&nbsp;<br><br>You will need to make your own travel arrangements and where possible take your own equipment.<br><br>What you will need, remember, whatever you bring needs to be carried in your boat<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Picnic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Drinks \u2013 lots of<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sweets for energy boasting reasons\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A waterproof jacket<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sun Cream, even if its cloudy, slap some on<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A hat\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sunglasses with a strap \u2013 to help reduce the glare from the water<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dry clothes to change into<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A personal First Aid Kit, desirable, not essential but it is best to use your own if allergic to certain plasters<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A bag to keep this lot in, preferably waterproof!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We expect to be off the water for 16:00hrs and the 45 minutes back to Brigg<br><br><strong>Please let us know if you are coming along, as we\u2019ll need to arrange and load up boats and equipment before Sunday, it may also be possible to share a canoe, so ask one of us if this is the case. There is a list in the boathouse for you to fill out what you need, if you need more information see Iain, Dave or Gail<\/strong><br><br>If anyone wishes to walk along side or cycle, then there is a public footpath following the Cuckoo Way at the side of the canal for the entire route.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/70906f58f82a571c9cc67853d\/images\/322a624b-17dc-f404-6c3f-6d25dd096dbe.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sleningford Reminder<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are planning on joining us for the Sleningford trip on Saturday 28th June, <em><strong>either for the day or the weekend<\/strong><\/em>, please remember we need to know you are coming so we can sort out the correct kit. Please reply to this email or to trips@gscc-online.com, message us on this Facebook post or complete the attendance list in the boathouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For full details see our previous email by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/3a88cfc52df1\/club-weekend-day-trippers-welcome-17301649\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drakeholes Chesterfield Canal Trip Sunday 8th&nbsp;July On Sunday June 8th, GSCC are planning a flat-water trip to the Chesterfield Canal. Starting at Drakeholes, which is between Bawtry and Gainsborough just off the A631 The trip<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,38,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flat-water-news","category-latest-news","category-wwnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gscc-online.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gscc-online.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gscc-online.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gscc-online.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gscc-online.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5776"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gscc-online.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5777,"href":"https:\/\/gscc-online.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5776\/revisions\/5777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gscc-online.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gscc-online.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gscc-online.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}