The Dark Miles

This week has been difficult. With the Clocks being changed last weekend we are back in the season of early evening darkness. This combined with the weather currently lashing hour shores makes evening paddling a little less welcoming. Last night it was peeing down with rain, strong gusts and pitch black by 5:45pm. Need to […]

Need to get back on the saddle…

Desperation strikes… back up to over 16stone this morning. How and why is beyond me. I had a minuscule portion of porridge yesterday morning, a lunch fit for a pauper and I only dined like a minor aristocrat. I even completed a body weights circuit and then went for a 5.5km hill run with Tenacious […]

A successful day on the saddle

Close to 40 miles cycled yesterday between the morning and 2 evening sessions. Instead of driving over to the Lomond Masters Swim session I decided to take the Bike. The first few lengths of the 60 min swim session were interesting as was the whole of the return bike journey. Absolutely knackered by the time […]

Pounding the bike

Was out on the bike this morning. I have decided it is safest to ride at 5:30 in the morning. Although pitch black a set of high lumen lights, and the head to to fluorescent ensemble contribute to establishing a cycling version of Blackpool illuminations. The road is certainly very quiet with the only significant […]

You Live…. You (Hopefully) Learn

First up congratulations to Ben and Morgan for their achievement in completing yesterday’s Tay Descent in a Canadian, and not capsizing once or even sinking. They covered the course in 3 hours 29, and out of 46 Canadian doubles finished in nineteenth place- not bad for getting in the boat for the first time on […]

Tay Descent

Well it is that time of year again folks- this weekend the place to be is between Dunkeld and Perth on the River Tay. This is one of Beaujolais’s favourite races of the year. It certainly is the most sociable, both the night before as well as the more obvious night after and Scottish Canoe […]

Dirty D surpasses herself….

Wow…. Dirty D has a few tricks up her crushed black velvet with black satin lined sleeves. Yesterday’s paddled of approximately 18.385 Km was a blast. She was flying on the outward leg, k2 firmly gripped between her legs, right down the centre of the canal. The latter being a big improvement- our D is […]

Waiting for a very special delivery

Further to a comment from GB regarding Derrière care, I have ordered and am awaiting delivery of a very special item- an all singing and dancing seat covering, specially designed to deliver every possible comfort to the arse region. I was paddling the K1 last night on the Loch, and although the foam and duck […]

The years are beginning to hit home

Swimming and circuit training with Lomond Masters last night. An excellent session in pool followed by a session in a mirrored exercise studio. The Pool session went well, I held my own in lane 2, only just, but sometimes just is enough. So morale was good as I left pool. Chatting to a couple of […]

A mixed bag of emotions

It has been a strange weekend. 16stone 4.2 lbs on Saturday AM- not good. Then a 22.4 Km in K2 with 8 high portages again Saturday AM- felt good and “relatively” easy. A very pleasant breakfast with, and paid for by, Dirty D- most excellent but probably not conducive to achieving my weightloss goals. Then […]