Peaks and Paddles Outdoor Adventure — Local services in Derbyshire Dales

5 stars 10 🌟 more like. Exceeded all expectations. Chris was a quiet, confidence inducing, guide to our outing on a beautiful stretch of river. Right from the outset he had the measure of our disparate group: (me) an elderly, garrolous, knowall and my wife, thoughtful, cautious, but always up for a well judged challenge, and our grown up grandaughter a quiet 20 something. We progressed quickly from controlling the canoe in stiller water, and moving in a straight line to negotiating some riffles. A lovely paddle down to Matlock, beautiful quiet progress, ducks, a grey wagtail or two, what might have been the flash of a kingfisher. Finally a tricky minor rapid under the bridge, just enough adrenalin rush to have my wife whooping from the front. We always felt completely safe, and just at the edge of our confidence and competence. Highly...

We booked 2 activities for our large family group, abseiling and Canoeing this weekend. Both brilliant with excellent guidance and support from Claudia. Abseiling off 90 ft for a couple of 10 year olds and older kids in their 20s keeping us all safe and helping us get maximum enjoyment too must’ve been daunting but she was great, patient and friendly, enough to say we all loved it, we were pleased we had Claudia next day for Canoeing. Again very safe but with the emphasis on fun too. We all had a great time, with fun games and challenges. Again Claudia made us all feel comfortable and inspired confidence in the youngest in the party. Thanks to Peaks and Paddles our weekend got off to a fun,...

Excellent company, with a super friendly guide, . I have had two trips with Chris, one on the River Derwent, and one with my god-daughter (6 years old) on the Cromford Canal. In both instances, Chris looked after us well, improved our skills & also is accompanied by a lovely dog. The Derwent is a lovely route on the river with some slightly rougher waters for beginners to river canoeing or those who want to canoe again & the cromford canal route is perfect for nervous canoers / kids who want to experience it for the first time. Highly recommended. Thanks again to Chris for two...