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This video says it all really. Fun times… Tags: Anglesey, Distance: < 5 Nm, Distance: n/a, PeakUK, Reed Chillcheater, Role: Peer, Sea Kayak Trips, Sea State: 3 (0.50 - 1.25) Light, Time: 03:30:00, Valley Etain...
When you’ve made plans for a weekends paddling in Anglesey and the weather turns really bad, what do you do? Well, there is always some messing about in tidal currents at Four Mile Bridge. This was about the only place on the island we could have found to paddle in the 50mph plus winds....
Setting off from Oban Harbour on pan flat seas, I decided to circumnavigate the island of Kerrera. I’ve circumnavigated Kerrera three times in the Oban Sea Kayak Race, but this time I would take my time and enjoy the sights. This day was the lull before the storm, with high winds forecast for the...
Setting off from Oban harbour, less than a hundred meters from our apartment, this 16.5 miles solo paddle proved to be a great days paddling despite the weather not being at its best. The wind dictated my direction as it was blowing F4-F5 from the South East. Also the tide, for once, was on...
After a few phone calls and a little organising I traveled to Lincoln, nice and early to pick up my paddle mate and friend of Sabina’s. We then set off to meet up with Sabina in Filey for 10:00 am. Whilst everyone was getting ready I had a quick surf. The waves were pretty...
Having come home early from Scotland earlier in the week, my paddling buddy and I decided to do a paddle on the Humber. Originally our plan had been to paddle to the Humber Bridge and back, but with high water at 11:40 we would be pushing our luck. As it was, we didn’t get...
The day after the Oban Sea Kayak Race I headed to Arisaig with the hope of being able to get out to the islands. The weather looked like the wind would be easing for a couple of days at least, before picking up again mid week. Soon after setting off I realised that a...
This years 2015 Oban Sea Kayak Race was a bit of a classic, with very rough conditions. For the first 10km, it was into the wind and ever increasing swell. At the south end of Kerrera, conditions became very poor. Nine people abandoned here and a couple ended up on the rocks! Personally, I...
With my regular kayaking buddy away in Canada, I decided I needed a paddle and ideally a “long paddle”. I contacted the kayaking email group to see who was up for it. With it being Father’s day on Sunday 21st June, Saturday was deemed to be the best day for those allowed out. So...
Now sold!! Tags: Valley Etain, Valley Sea Kayaks...
