ORCA
CANOE BUILDING WORKSHOPS
IN THE LAKE DISTRICT - POOLEY BRIDGE
Welcome to Open River Canoe Adventures.....aka ORCA. We are besotted canoe nuts, who run Canadian canoe building workshops from a submarine testing station, on the shores of Ullswater, a short walk from Pooley Bridge, in the AMAZING Lake District.
We have three species of Canadian Canoes for you to come and build. The LAKELANDER the PROSPECTOR and the ORCA PUP
The courses are super chilled, music playing, tea brewing, paint flying things of creation. You don't need any wood working skills, as the stages are really simple and loads of fun.
Come on your own, or bring friends and family along to help out at no extra cost and make a holiday out of it. Upon completion, the canoe is yours to keep.
Chair making working workshop. Click or more info.
COVID - 19 UPDATE
Due to the current government advise on social distancing and request not the travel unless necessary we are going to have cancel all builds until June.
If you are booked onto a build and have any questions please get in contact.
We are still able to send out Kits and online orders.
Don't have time to build your canoe, we also build canoes for sale.
Check out our shop to see what we currently have for sale or feel free to contact us if you wish to commission a build, You can choose either the Lakelander or Prospector in any size, colour or seat configuration you would like. Lead time is around 2 weeks.
2020 DATES
YOU CAN BUILD ANY CANOE ON ANY OF THE FOLLOWING DATES.
All dates have space unless FULL next to them..
2020
21st - 24th February FULL
20th - 23rd March
10th - 13th April CANCELD DUE TO COVID 19
8th - 11th May CANCELD DUE TO COVID 19
25th - 28th May CANCELD DUE TO COVID 19
12th - 15th June
26th - 29th June
17th -20th July
31st July - 3rd August
7th - 10th August
14th - 17th August
21st - 24th August
25th - 28th September
23rd - 26th October
Check out our friends at Yukan, building canoes in London.
!!! NEW !!!
CHAIR MAKING WORKSHOPS
We can now offer you 1 day chair making workshops. Run over a canoe building workshop costing £40
