Boulters weir canoe flume, Sunday 10th August 2008 I had been in there for a while – considerably longer than I wanted to be. I was going round and round. Sometimes I was able to catch a breath before going over again, others not. After being “washing machined” for a…
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Sunset over the Thames
Who says that you have to travel to foreign climes in order to see beautiful sunsets? The picture below was taken during our evening paddling session at Hambledon on Tuesday 22nd July. Sunset over Thames We weren’t there just to enjoy the sunset though – we also enjoyed a fun…
Mid-week respite
I was glued to the internet all day – kaaping a constant eye on the Hurley level. It had dropped down to two gates yesterday and was expected for one gate to follow quickly after. I was hoping that this wasn’t going to occur until after we had made it…
Making the most of the weekend
I made the most of the weekend just gone. The original intention was to go paddling on Saturday afternoon before enjoying a barbeque and a few drinks with Martyn to help him celebrate his birthday, folowed by a mountain biking on the Sunday. These plans changed when, on Friday, he…
High water on Dartmoor
As I was preparing dinner on Saturday night, I received a message from Simon saying that it had rained a lot on Dartmoor during the day and was I up for a trip down on Sunday. With little hesitation, I was signed up and agreed to meet Simon, Louise and…
Paddling galore…
Over the weeks since my last post, I have managed a considerable amount of paddling. During the week of the last May bank holiday, I somehow managed to fit in 4 paddling sessions… Boulters on the Monday, Hurley after work on the Wednesday, Hurley again on the Saturday and Holme…
Driving a F1 car over a ploughed field…
Following on from a full-on bank holiday weekend, my paddling still hasn’t abated. With Hurley droppind down to one gate in the week following the bank holiday, it was looking like Boulters might be the only option for the coming weekend. That was until a call came from Martyn mentioning…
A bank holiday sandwich
Hmmm… 3 days off work, with a wedding (a long way Up North) on the Sunday. For quite a while Martyn and I had been working out how we can combine the wedding with a paddling weekend. In the weeks leading up to the wedding, water levels were not looking…
New car, Tryweryn and Hurley
Since I wrote my last post, things have been going strong. I have managed to keep the paddling going, but unfortunately missed another weekend. On Friday 11th April I was at Sandhurst helping Chris celebrate his commissioning. It was another fantastic party that carried on almost until the sun came…
Hurley (with a couple of swims)
Saturday saw yet another enjoyable session at Hurley. The level was a low three gates, where the middle one was particulary flushy and tricky to stay on. Dave tearing up the wave Chris enjoying his first Hurley session in a yearem> Paul concentrating hard Me making it into the middle…