Last Post for Beaujolais…..Curtains for Anthony….Thank You…..

Last Post for Beaujolais This will be my last post for some time as my good (no thats not enough) most excellent friend, K2 Partner, the most wonderfully decent and sensitive Mr Cortisone takes over from Midnight tonight.  Cortisone is a true Gentleman (a sentiment I have expressed often in this blog) and morally sound…. […]

“I am just going for a short walk,… I may be some time”….GB in his Greenlander

The picture of GB takes prominence today. The sea kayak looks to be a great bet for DW2010 given the current weather and that weather forecast over the next 5 days. I am leaving for work in whirling snow, driven in every direction, by strong winds and even stronger gusts. Cortizone, Henry and I leave […]

A most enjoyable weekend….The Competition have nothing to fear

The following picture and caption are the work of GB. I have enjoyed a wonderful weekend of paddling, good food and wine. Saturdays paddle with GB was most refreshing. Sundays race was a great relief, hopefully I have escaped from the clutches of the Lightening paddlers and will no longer have to compete in the […]

Let there be Rioja…The Forth and Clyde Marathon

I think I have rather over done the “Carbing”, I put on 5lbs yesterday. The full Scottish breakfast has to be held culpable, although the splendid pasta supper I put away last night, must also take some responsibility. Alas I also woke this morning with an appalling hangover, Sophie having forced a couple of bottles […]

GB and Beaujolais Carb Up….GB has a cunning plan

Why cannot GB provide my support party for DW2010. He is an excellent navigator, he monitors performance closely with his Garmin GPS system, and understands the need to ensure that it is the paddler who must be No 1 (and not the support party). He is certainly not a chancer (thank you Anthony for your […]

The F1 approach- Cortisone keeps it simple

Before I tell you about last nights meeting with Cortisone and Henry (No 2 son- named after a really useful vacuum cleaner) a few brief bits and bobs of both relevent and not so relevent information: 1. Met up with DW yesterday. DW used to be my “light weight” double sculling partner… but not any […]

A Red Glow over Balloch…Cortisone blows his top

At the southern end of Loch Lomond lies the picturesque village of Balloch. Parts of Balloch provide the sorts of images that can appear on Shortbread tins. It is for the most part a place of tranquility and beauty, the sort of place a Hobbit might choose to live. This morning I left Duck Bay […]

Slap and dash

This mornings outing was sloppy. Waves on the beam made paddling tricky, unfortunately given that Tideway can present similar or far worse conditions, I made an absolute pig of dealing with it. Indeed I cut the outing short after spending as much time slapping the water as paddling effectively and dashed of to work. The […]

The Entry list is up….A LONG FALL

Last night I got home from work, turned on the PC and saw that the entry list for the Devizes Westminster has been posted. Top of the K1 list, number 701, is one Michael Yeomans of “Kircauldy Canoe Club”- this should read “Kirkcaldy Canoe Club”. At least for the next 9 days I will be […]

Allez les Bleus

Another weekend is over. Glasgow Rangers won the Cup Final with only 9 men. The other team who play in blue have the Grand Slam. Scotland have beaten Ireland. DW who was in Dublin has made page 3! of the Irish Sun- why? or what isn’t he wearing?..we do not at this stage know. GB […]