That was a nice way to start the day. 0\u00baC and light snow as it got light, but virtually no wind and just a small swell on the sea. I had a surf ski training session planned so headed over to the beach as the snowfall intensified. Wearing just a 3\/2mm wetsuit seemed a little like too little protection in this weather, so I had a thin neoprene vest on as well as a thin windproof jacket, my buoyancy aid and a fleecy hat. No gloves though and my feet were already a little cold in their wetsuit boots.<\/p>\n
I headed off for an hour of paddling. I headed north along the beach with the incoming tide and then into the estuary. I was doing\u00a0\u00bd mile intervals at a moderately hard effort followed by\u00a0\u00bc mile recoveries. I soon warmed up and even my unprotected hands felt fine. Meanwhile the snow was falling heavily and the rooftops in Aberdyfi, which could just been seen through the morning gloom, were slowly turning white. The sandbanks and beach were white too and a thin covering of snow was accumulating on the deck of my surf ski. I headed into the estuary and into the channel on the Ynyslas side. After the 3rd interval I turned around and started retracing my paddle strokes back. This time against the tide so my pace slowed somewhat.<\/p>\n