What a lovely day for kayaking this afternoon.
It was bright and sunny, dry and the temperature was 6 degrees Celsius, the water much colder. We paddled a good five miles as we headed towards an aqueduct on the Basingstoke canal. We couldn’t get to it though as the railway bridge just before it was clad in scaffolding, leaving no room for us to wiggle through.
Along the route of the canal are a number of flashes, or big lakes. They are very popular with anglers at certain times of the year. This not being one of them. They are great though to paddle out into a bigger expanse of water, much deeper and I find there’s more movement in them too, but more from the wind than anything else.
Physically I felt clumsy and out of shape to begin with and it wasn’t until the return that I managed to keep up my paddling rhythm and keep up better with the faster paddlers. Normally I’m one of them but… yeah, was a bit of a lesson. Back to the gym I go!!! Especially that rowing machine.
We’ll be back on the water in two weeks time. Which is great.
Planning our other trips today too, some of which will take us to places like Coxes Lock, Symonds Yat, The Nene - whitewater! Duh duh dah! We’ve not done it before, as in Tina and I that is, the others have.
We’ve also got a big trip this year, as we’re heading to Slovenia’s River Sočaa and staying in the town of Bovec. It’s going to be an adventure. Some of us are flying but two of us are driving up through the Alps. That is going to be myself and Matt. We need to take a van loaded with the boats and other gear.
Today we covered a good five miles or so. It was fantastic!
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Driving all the way to Slovenia? How long is that going to take you? Sounds like an adventure in itself
About two days worth of driving but we will share the drive, doing it in shifts, staying in a hotel one night somewhere in Austria. Matt and I need to get together to plan it. He did it last year, we couldn’t go.
I will write about it in the run up to, the during and the after!
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