Summer Holidays are here
Last week saw the last day of term. Hooray! 6 weeks of holiday. 1 week already gone - arrggggh.
My plans? No major boating plans, I was toying with the idea of heading out to Canada for a couple of weeks but, due to no cheap flights at the right time, it's not going to happen. So, it looks like a few days here and there at Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham. Plus a few days on a mighty adventure with smallest Robin and friends: a short trip out to France, utilising some free ferry tickets. The aim: to go paddle Lyon, which unfortunately doesn't run very often in August, so the reality: probably sat in numerous cafes and pootle down Bourg St Maurice a couple of times. Should be fun though and it will at least relieve us of British Boredom for a weekend!
Also, Cam and I are planning to learn to outdoor climb. A week up in N.Wales climbing and biking in mid-August.
The rest of the time? A few days at Boulters and of course the dreaded planning of lessons for the new term in September!
I went up to Nottingham last week for a couple of days at HPP, I was trying out my new Crazy 88, which has finally arrived. It was very different to the Kingpin 6.1. I liked the extra volume, but not around the knees as this made it hard to initiate, I also found the back end caught really quickly. I was getting some big air for loops, though, but I need practice in the timing of the body-throw. I think it will be a good boat once I get used to it, it seems fast and I can't wait to get it onto a wave as this is what it was primarily designed for. For selections though, I will probably stick to the Kingpin as I'm not going to have much chance getting used to the '88 before September.
Happy summer paddling!
Flea
My plans? No major boating plans, I was toying with the idea of heading out to Canada for a couple of weeks but, due to no cheap flights at the right time, it's not going to happen. So, it looks like a few days here and there at Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham. Plus a few days on a mighty adventure with smallest Robin and friends: a short trip out to France, utilising some free ferry tickets. The aim: to go paddle Lyon, which unfortunately doesn't run very often in August, so the reality: probably sat in numerous cafes and pootle down Bourg St Maurice a couple of times. Should be fun though and it will at least relieve us of British Boredom for a weekend!
Also, Cam and I are planning to learn to outdoor climb. A week up in N.Wales climbing and biking in mid-August.
The rest of the time? A few days at Boulters and of course the dreaded planning of lessons for the new term in September!
I went up to Nottingham last week for a couple of days at HPP, I was trying out my new Crazy 88, which has finally arrived. It was very different to the Kingpin 6.1. I liked the extra volume, but not around the knees as this made it hard to initiate, I also found the back end caught really quickly. I was getting some big air for loops, though, but I need practice in the timing of the body-throw. I think it will be a good boat once I get used to it, it seems fast and I can't wait to get it onto a wave as this is what it was primarily designed for. For selections though, I will probably stick to the Kingpin as I'm not going to have much chance getting used to the '88 before September.
Happy summer paddling!
Flea
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