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…
Doing well…
I am trying to do as much paddling as possible this year. As things stand, I have managed to get out on a river on all but three weekends so far this year. I managed to keep with with tradition this weekend just gone (29/30th March) and had a great…
A cold Easter…
Shepperton in the sunshine Saturday morning saw an early-ish start for Amy and I, having arranged to meet Ricky, Emma, Dave and Martyn in Ivybridge at 0900 to do the Erme. The level looked low, but runnable so we decided it was a goer and got on. It turned out…
A successful quest
With paddling in Devon planned for both Saturday and Sunday, i needed something to do with my bank holiday off work. For some reason i decided that it would be a brilliant idea to try and paddle at three different Thames wiers with my day off. A few phone calls…
Learning the hard way…
The weekend of 8/9th March saw a small group head over to North Wales for an opportunity to do some different rivers. The group consisted of Martyn, Steve, Joe, Nick, Emma and myself. In order to get the most from the weekend, it was decided that an early start from…
Did someone mention the ‘s’ word?
He was doing so well. He had managed to go eight weeks into the new year without one. He had done a bit of paddling over the eight weeks and had managed to avoid doing it. Then there was today’s trip to Hurely… What am I talking about? Swimming. And…
Icy hangover cure
Saturday night was spent enjoying a charity ball at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Before the wine started flowing The night started off gently but that all changed when we hit the wine. Things went even more downhill when Chris decided it was a good idea to start on the Port….
Fun in the sun – a low-water weekend in Devon
Last weekend saw the uni club trip to Devon. There were a few things amiss with the weekend though. To start with, accommodation was booked in Somerset (Northcombe barn, Dulverton)! On Saturday, the club took its first trip down the Barle from Tarr Steps to Dulverton. Whilst the levels were…