A blast around the Islands with Morgan (DW2013)

Had a very enjoyable paddle yesterday. Following a 2.5 km open water swim on Loch Lomond, I invited young Morgan my partner in this years DW2013 vet junior K2 entry for a paddle. It was the first time we had paddled together since getting out of the boat at Westminster- at which point paddling together […]

Cross training with the Maids of the Loch

The initial K2 outings with Dirty D are going well. We can clearly paddle together, we are pretty stable on the water and get on well on land. The question now is what boat do we paddle at DW2014. The two main factors being speed versus stability. In training we have paddled the Merlin (wf3) […]

Best paddle so far

Yesterday had the most enjoyable outing of the last 2 years. Left Helensburgh Sailing Club and paddled across to Rosneath with Charlotte and Fergus. Then Ice Cream and then return trip. Paddled the old and rather used Kiwi 3 I picked up on eBay for £100. Worth every penny. This morning was back out in […]

Scorchio

Bloody hot today. In fact ideal temperatures for getting back into the Bako C max- or the Kate Moss K1 – ie very skinny- unlike me. So no worries with capsizing- just makes for a refreshing interlude between paddles- and as already riddled with parasitic invaders- my swimmers itch shows no signs of disappearing- there […]

Swimmers Itch

Now finally over the emotions of watching Andy Murray play yesterday. Another byproduct of the weekend is that I am now covered from head to toes in spots. This condition, a result of joining 3 of the Maids of the Loch for a 45 minute open water swim on Saturday without wetsuits, is not very […]

Sometimes the heart yearns just a little bit more

An interesting day. Great to see Andy Murray not just prosper, but deliver a prize beyond anyone from this Islands wildest dreams. Just makes you think anything is possible if you don’t give up and keep on trying. I also attended a Challenger Sailing Regatta this weekend- an event for disabled (again not sure that […]

Easing back in

Spoke to Dirty D yesterday, very pleased to hear she was still feeling shattered after our efforts in Cheshire last weekend. It certainly made me feel a whole lot better. I have been feeling “Wabbit” all week- now that’s a great Scots word- says exactly what it does on the tin sort of word. The […]

Cheshire Ring 2013

So back in the land of reality- well rain and wind- Scotland. Cheshire seems many miles away as does the weekend. Still shattered from another most excellent Buccaneer escapade on the Ring. Successful as well- a finish, a Buccaneer best time of 18:31, and again we returned with the k1 relay trophy. Recollections of the […]