Cortisone does Nottingham…. Union Canal does for Jack…

A full paddling weekend. First was the trip to Nottingham for Cortisone’s GB Para Kayaking familiarization. We left late on Friday night, driving through the night with only one stop on the way. Arrived at Home Pierepoint at about 0500 and slept to 0800 (despite beinig woken at about 0700 by a very noisy minibus […]

Defeatism is not an option… Cortisone moves on Nottingham

Still not clear of the chest infection. But feeling improvement. Should be fit to paddle again Sunday. Tonight on finishing work at 21:30 off down South to Nottingham and Home Pierpoint with Cortisone and his Viper K1. On Saturday Cortisone is taking part in a Para Kayaking session run, I understand, under the auspices of […]

56 days to go…

Still no progress, more movement backwards. It feels at the moment rather like being a boat on a wet dreich day, heading upstream against a very fast flowing river, but being unable to paddle. Still unwell, still putting on weight, trousers beginning to feel tight. No sign of imminent recovery. We have not started portaging, […]

Beaujolais Bashing

It is very much a week and feeble Beaujolais that makes this entry today. The chest infection has still not shifted. Apart from Sundays Linlithgow paddle it is almost 2 weeks since any training has been achieved. Is it also a rather fuller bottled Beaujolais as I appear to have put on a stone during […]

Jack and Beaujolais take a Trip to Paradise City- ie attend the Linlithgow Winter Time Trial

The long awaited and much missed Linlithgow Winter Time Trial finally took place on Sunday. The fact that I am only able to blog this now I hope will give the reader some indication of the extent of the efforts required in order to complete the 6.8 km course. All previous Time Trials this year […]

Flattened

It is good to see that Dirty D has corrected any impression I may have given that the Canal at Linlithgow was less than perfect for Sundays time trial. My plea is that it was dark when I looked, and certainly after paddling Loch Lomond it looked a little on the tight side- or may […]

Weakened..

Despite a slight ice scare the consensus is that Linlithgow Winter Time Trial will go head this Sunday. Having had some time to kill yesterday evening, I took a quick and discreet trip over to check out the course… only, despite it being pitch black, to for my presence to be spotted and reported back […]

The Post Mortem

The Kirkcaldy Canoe Club AGM on Friday was well worth attending. It is a great Club with enthusiastic and friendly members. There was even wine and pizza. The only downside was that the Bandit was present. The Bandit aka Young James is not yet 15, and is half my size and yet I am unable […]

Up against the Wall

Beaujolais had a minor slip of the pedestal yesterday, having rather over enthusiastically enjoyed some wine and other such ethanol based products. It was most unfortunate that the matronly lady that is GBH chose this day to return to the pool. Beaujolais had been rather looking forward to giving her a good tanking now that […]

Blitz Kayaking

Last nights paddle with Jack in the K2! What can I say other than it was a tense affair on a number of different levels. Every seen “Gun Fight at the O.K. Corral”. It would have been good if we had been on the same side, but even before entering the boat we were circling […]