At approximately 0740 local time (0540 UK time) we finally touched down at Entebbe airport – over 24 hours since we arrived at Gatwick. After collecting our luggare, we discovered that somewhere in the past 24 hours we had managed to lose one bag (Paul’s main luggage), but all the…

Wow – what a day it has been so far. The plan was to catch the 0740 flight from Gatwick to Brussels, then the 1040 flight from Brussels to Entebbe to land there about 2100. Everything was going to plan until our first flight missed it’s departure plot. This meant…

This has been a week of mixed fortunes for me. To start with there was my swim on Sunday – that was a big downer. Then on Tuesday Hurley went up to three gates following all the recent rain – which was brilliant news. This allowed a fantastic session on…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…