Category: Surf Ski, Kayaking and Canoeing
Before the offer to paddle the Ystwyth with Joe and Imi on Friday, I’d put my name down to help out in North Wales. Chris Brain, an instructor was assessing someone for a kayak leader qualification and needed some guinea pigs to be ‘led’. I seemed to fit the bill. I’m a relative newbie that...
Thanks to a busy week at work last week, I’d done all of my hours and more by Thursday evening, so had Friday to myself. Joe from the kayak club has posted to say he wanted to paddle the Ystwyth and asked if anyone wanted to join him. Imogen had said she’d go with him...
Having now kayaked on 3 different rivers in my life (the Dee at Mile End Mill, the lower Tryweryn and the Teifi at Llandysul) I was beginning to feel like an actual kayaker. Time therefore to join the Aber Kayakers on a trip to the Lake District to paddle 4 more rivers. Doing so would...
I was supposed to spend the weekend kayaking with Aber Kayakers at Llandysul. I don’t think there were enough people signed up for the weekend, so it became a day trip on Sunday. That suited me as it’s only a short drive anyway and I could not only do other things on Saturday, but I...
With the heat wave continuing Pete from Aber-kayakers had organised a little paddle on the Mawddach Estuary. It was going to be a relaxed affair and just a chance to paddle somewhere different for a change. The plan was to meet at Penmaenpool for high tide at around 11am and then paddle downstream with the...
Sea Breezes I had some nice windsurf sessions last week. First was a session on Wednesday when a lovely NW wind kicked in. The temperatures were still in the mid 20’s and the sea was lovely and warm so no wetsuit was required. That’s almost unheard of here. Coupled with that, the high temperatures created...
Well, as forecast Sunday (yesterday) was indeed the hottest day of the year so far. The temperature on the Borth and Ynyslas Weather Station here in our back garden hit 28.2ºC at 2:01pm. Still quite a way off the all time high of 33.7ºC but today is meant to be hotter still and it is...
What a weekend to pick for a paddling trip to North Wales. Wall to wall sunshine, temperatures in the mid to high 20’s and a good group of people to share it with. Camping at it’s finest! I’d had a chest infection for a couple of weeks so had been coughing like mad. I had...
Nice on the Beach We really can’t complain when the weather is like this. What better place to be. I had the day off so couldn’t resist a little paddle into Borth and back before it got too hot. Nice in the Sun We hit our maximum solar production yesterday as well with 29.3kWh. I...
As part of my plan to get back on the water I’ve been paddling a few times with Aber Kayakers. I’ve always had connections with the club but had never really been a full member as I did a different type of paddling. Once I started Quadrathlons I was more into performance paddling in the...