All women paddleboarding adventure weekend
Explore one of UK’s best SUP locations
Reconnect with nature and explore a beautiful countryside location
Easy access from London by train
Created for paddlers with some prior experience
Action-filled SUP weekend with no annual leave required
Challenge yourself with your first overnight SUP expedition!
The Adventure
Join Gutsy Girls for a paddleboarding weekend adventure, paddling over 43km of the UK's most stunning waterways. Glide through serene canals and tackle exciting river rapids, surrounded by the breathtaking landscapes of the Cotswolds. As the sunsets, we'll set up camp at a private paddock, for an overnight camping experience. Our boards will be packed with all the necessary gear for this expedition-style weekend, including stops for refreshments and cake along the route.
This adventure is ideal for those with some paddleboarding experience. Our expert guides are here to enhance your skills and boost your confidence on the water, ensuring a comfortable and empowering experience for all. No prior camping experience is needed! We provide lightweight bivouacs for a night outdoors, so just bring your sleeping bag and embrace the spirit of adventure for a truly memorable paddleboarding weekend in the UK.
location
We’ve chosen Bath and the Cotswolds for its stunning landscapes and its super accessibility via public transport! Our meeting point is just an 8 minute walk from Bath Spa train station with frequent trains from London and many other UK train stations.
PADDLEBOARDING
This SUP weekend is specifically designed for paddlers with some prior experience. Due to the challenging nature of covering over 43km in just two days, it is not suitable for complete beginners. If you have never been on a board before, we strongly recommend that you undertake at least a couple of lessons to prepare for this adventure.
Over these two days, you will journey through some of the UK's most scenic waterways, supported by expert guidance and coaching. We provide top-quality gear to ensure your experience is as rewarding as possible. Join us to enhance your paddling skills in a supportive and breathtaking environment.
WHAT TO EXPECT
This trip is rated moderate. A good to high level of fitness is required to fully enjoy the experience.
Required Experience: You must have paddleboarded before, having had a formal lesson from a SUP instructor. You should feel confident in your ability to paddleboard all day
Duration: Gear up for 6-8 hours of paddling each day.
Distance: On day 1, expect to paddle up to 20 km, followed by up to 23 km on day 2.
Loaded Board: Your board will carry all essentials, which adds weight to the board and will increase the effort needed to make progress.
Portages: You will be required to carry your board and all kit at times to cross locks and weirs.
Consecutive Days: Prepare for 2 consecutive days of paddling, which may be physically challenging!
Camping: Experience a night under the stars, sleeping in a bivvy and under a tarp in a semi-wild campsite. Toilets are available but no other luxuries.
Camping
Our overnight camp offers a ‘wild-ish’ camping experience in a private paddock next to quiet, self-catering log cabins. The exclusive bivvi site, in a separate, completely screened part of the property, provides flat, grassy terrain and a covered cooking area. Surrounded by trees, low hedges, and a brook, it offers complete privacy with only rabbits and swallows as neighbors.
Embracing a minimalist and lightweight approach, you’ll be bivvy-ing overnight, sleeping directly under the stars and connecting with nature. You’ll have toilet facilities, running water, a sleeping mat, a bivouac (waterproof cover for your sleeping bag), and an optional tarp for overhead shelter. New to this type of adventure? Don’t worry! We’re here to provide all the help and support you need
food
Your dinner and breakfast will be covered by us, and dinner will be a top quality rehydrated meal, eaten around bubbling stoves. Please note you’ll need to bring along your own lunch and snacks for this adventure.
We can cater for most dietary needs including plant based, gluten free and lactose free. For other allergies please get in touch prior to booking.
community
Gutsy Girls is an incredibly friendly, inclusive and supportive community of like-minded women. We’re all about encouraging you to reconnect with nature - and yourself in the process - by nurturing confidence and self-growth in the outdoors at your pace, whatever your ability or background.
Most of our guests join Gutsy Girls’ adventures solo, and they leave with new, meaningful friendships!
THE PLAN
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We'll begin our adventure on the Kennet and Avon Canal, where panoramic views over Bath unfold. Glide over Georgian aqueducts and through a Cotswold wooded valley, covering 19km of picturesque scenery. As dusk settles, we'll set up camp at a local private paddock. The exclusive bivvi site provides flat, grassy terrain and a covered cooking area. We'll enjoy an expedition meal, before a night of sleeping under the stars!
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The adventure continues with 23km of serene paddling along the River Avon. This stretch is alive with opportunities for wild swimming and navigating lively weirs and rapids. Keep an eye out for an abundance of wildlife, including kingfishers, otters, and even beavers! Our journey concludes back in Bath by 4:30 pm.
Price £300 Now £270
Full payment required at the time of booking.
👋 This trip won’t be returning in 2025, don’t miss your chance to join us!
Dates
Sat 14 - Sun 15 September
Sat 21 - Sun 22 September ⚡️ 1 SPOT LEFT
What’s Included
2 days of guided paddleboarding
1-night camping
Top-quality dehydrated dinner and breakfast
Gutsy Girls mug and beanie
Paddleboarding and camping equipment
Expert guiding from SUP instructor
Gutsy Girl host
WHAT’S NOT INCLUDED
Travel to Bath
Sleeping bag (see packing list)
Lunches and snacks
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We will meet at 9am at Bath Outdoors, in Bath. Here we’ll pack our bags and get ready for our adventure:
Bath Outdoors
Unit 8
Broadway Court
Miles Street
Bath
BA2 4HX
It’s an 8-minute walk from Bath Spa train station, so you can catch a morning train from London Paddington and many other UK train stations.
Check out our full FAQs for parking and travel information.
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We’ll be providing top quality expedition meals for your dinner and breakfast. We have options that are vegan, lactose and gluten-free. These are tried and tested, the best we can find!
If you have any other dietary requirements, please check with us before booking so we can ensure we have enough time to source great food for you.
You’ll need to bring lunch with you for days 1 and 2, along with plenty of snacks!
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Over 95% of our guests join our trips solo.
Once you’ve booked your spot, you’ll be invited to a WhatsApp group, and many guests choose to travel together.
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This trip has a maximum of 7 guests.
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Full balance is required at the time of booking
Questions
Drop us a message below and our team will get back to you within 48 hours (Monday - Friday)
PACKING LIST
It’s worth considering that the more you bring, the heavier and bulkier your kit and harder it will be to portage (carry around locks and other obstacles). The key is finding the balance between comfort and necessity. Please check the weather forecast for Bath close to your departure to help with your packing!
We provide:
Stand Up Paddleboard
Paddle
Waist leash
PFD (Personal floatation device)
22 litre and 13 litre dry bags (This will be enough space to carry a change of clothes and a few extra warm clothes for the evening and night time, some toiletry essentials and your camping equipment. Lightweight is the name of the game though!)
Sleeping mat
Bivvy bag and tarp
Camp cooking equipment
Spork
Collapsible cup
Dinner and breakfast expedition meals
You will need:
Warm, lightweight sleeping bag (2 or 3 season) -bulky and heavy sleeping bags can be a challenge to carry
Camping pillow (optional - you can make one with a stuff sack full of soft things you’re not wearing)
Eye mask and earplugs (optional)
Warm dry clothes for the evening and overnight
Lightweight warm coat (down or synthetic)
Additional dry bags (optional - in case you want to double wrap your dry kit)
Warm hat
2 x 750 ml Water bottles or 1.5 litre hydration pack (there are numerous places to fill up en route)
SUP clothing: sportswear which is fast drying and suitable for the weather conditions, with a change of clothes with you in case you fall in!
We will paddle in trainers, wetsuit booties, watershoes or barefoot. You will need to bring shoes with you on the board for the portages - neoprene boots, trainers or outdoor sandals; no neoprene socks!
Gloves for paddling (optional)
Waterproof jacket (waterproof trousers if the forecast looks wet!)
Basic toiletries
Sun screen
Sunglasses (with floating strap!)
Prescription medication
Insect repellent
Electrolytes (if hot)
Flip flops (for the evening)
Cash - there is the odd pub, cafe or farm shop en route. You will need cash as well as a card due to some of the more remote locations only taking cash.
Headtorch
Penknife (optional)
Lighter / fire steel (optional)
Packed lunch for both days. Make sure that your day 2 lunch does not need refrigerating as you'll be carrying it with you from the outset.
Snacks! (There will be stops along the way but you should bring enough to get you through the weekend). Snacks should be high energy foods like flapjacks, cereal bars, nuts, dried fruit etc.
Phone and power bank unless you want to go off-grid for the weekend!
You can leave a small bag with a change of clothes at our start point, please make sure it is soft sided and easy to store; there isn’t much space.