SUP Fitness: Wellbeing & Adventure

Tuesday 8th

6:30am - 7:30am: Sunrise / Intervals / Pure - River Trent, Trent Embankment

7:30am - 8:30am: Social Catch Up - Everyone welcome, pop down and say hi - Costa Coffee

10:00am - 11:00am: Technique / 1hr Adventure Paddle / Intervals / Pure - Nottingham Canal, Waters Edge Pub‍ ‍

11:00am - 12:00pm: Intervals / Pure / 1hr Adventure Paddle - Nottingham Canal, Waters Edge Pub

10:00am - 12:00pm: Intervals XL / Pure XL - Nottingham Canal, Waters Edge Pub

12:00pm: Social Catch Up - Everyone welcome, pop down and say hi - Waters Edge Pub

5:30pm - 7:30pm: Intervals XL / Pure XL - Nottingham Canal, Waters Edge Pub

5:30pm - 6:30pm: Intervals / Pure / 1hr Adventure Paddle - Nottingham Canal, Waters Edge Pub

6:30pm - 7:30pm: Technique / 1hr Adventure Paddle / Intervals / Pure - Nottingham Canal, Waters Edge Pub

7:30pm - 8:30pm: Supper Club -Social Catch Up - Everyone welcome, pop down and say hi - Waters Edge Pub

The feeling of home

In Greenland.
In the middle of nowhere.
Surrounded by mountains, icebergs and an ocean that stretches beyond the horizon.

Our journey into Camp Kangiusaq began with a water taxi over 100km through the fjords, weaving between towering mountains and giant icebergs before finally arriving at this tiny camp tucked away in the wilderness

Kangiusaq is wild in every possible sense

But step inside the camp and something changes

Warmth. Stillness. Laughter.
Amazing food. Coffee. W**e and b**r.
Stories that go on long after dinner

There’s a Danish word for this feeling: hygge.

It’s often translated as cosiness, but it’s so much more than that. It’s warmth and comfort. Connection and togetherness. The feeling of being exactly where you’re supposed to be

And that’s what Camp Kangiusaq became for us

A little pocket of warmth in an enormous wilderness

And there was so much freedom to simply be

Days could be spent paddling amongst the icebergs, practising yoga on the deck, hiking up to a hidden lake or climbing to the viewpoint overlooking the vast Icefjord and the edge of the Greenland ice sheet

And then there were the days when we did absolutely nothing

Board games, draughts, backgammon and cards around the table. Reading a book. Painting. Drinking coffee. Talking. Laughing. Or simply sitting outside and watching the wilderness move around us

And then, on a couple of evenings, we were lucky enough to look up and see the Northern Lights dancing above camp

But perhaps the most beautiful thing was that the hygge didn’t come from the cabins or the fire or the food

It came from the people

From sharing the extraordinary
From looking at each other and knowing, can you believe we’re actually here?
From laughing until your face hurts
From being completely present

We came to Greenland looking for wilderness

We found adventure. We found wonder, stillness.

We found hygge 💙🩵🤍

A zillioooonnn pictures taken of absolute magic moments.... let the great upload commence 📸

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Sunday 6th Sept What's On

10:00am - 11:00am: 1hr Adventure Paddle - Beeston Heritage Centre

11:00am - 12:00pm: 1hr Adventure Paddle - Beeston Heritage Centre

10:00am - 12:00pm: Weekend Adventure Club / Intervals XL / Pure XL - from Beeston Heritage Centre

The feeling of the Ice Fjord 🩵🤍🧊

We headed deep into the Ice Fjord, surrounded by a landscape that felt almost impossible to comprehend

The silence… broken by the sudden CRACK of shifting ice

Then a deep, thunderous roar as an iceberg rolled, reminding us just how powerful these giants really are

We paddled past towering walls of ice, onto a remote sandy beach where icebergs had come ashore, scattered across the shoreline like enormous pieces of sculpture

And then there was the thought that made it all feel even more extraordinary…

We were the first team of paddlers to explore this area

To paddle somewhere so wild, so untouched, and so completely dominated by ice and wilderness is so so special

One of those days we'll remember forever 🩵