A waiting game

Our last paddle has been completed prior to the race itself and our Friday start. Conditions on the River Leven; rough (but not nearly as rough Loch Lomond), fast flowing and very windy- which was not a bad thing looking at potential conditions over the Easter weekend 450 miles south of here. So now we […]

Physio, ibuprofen and deep heat. 8 days to go.

The left ankle/ foot is not getting any better despite various treatments. Even walking becomes difficult after a few minutes- but not cycling – unless one gets out of the saddle to climb a hill.  Today I headed into Go Outdoors, Halfords, Sports Direct, Lidl and ASDA to get some final kit sorted. By the […]

The Vajda Comes Out of Hibernation

17 Days to Go

Our start at Devizes is now alarmingly close. Morgan is unwell he has a sore throat and a bad cough. The 3-4 Hour sessions we had been hoping to fit in this weekend have therefore had to be shortened. We have still boated more to maintain our affinity with the boat and keep the hands […]

21 days to go

Dirty D is starting training in earnest for DW 2016 with her Kilomathon. For Beaujolais though there is just one final hurdle to be cleared prior to the new campaign- DW2015. Morgan and I have been training daily in the boat- no matter what the weather. As a result we have become reasonably comfortable in […]

The Fear

‘the fear’ : an increased awareness of impending sporting expectation Dirty D is feeling the fear… Not quite on the scale of last spring, but it’s there, and it’s building….. I have an entry to the Edinburgh Kilomathon in a little over two weeks time, a rather undulating 13.1km run through some of the scenic […]

Polar Advdenture Part Deux…

There was a moment yesterday when I thought life as we know it was going to implode- all due to a heavy snow shower in the morning. Unbelievable how we fail to cope in this country! Some serious accidents, roads closed or blocked- all after 50 minutes of snow. So yesterdays activity: 5am- a 3.3km […]

Polar Adventures

Just as Beaujolais was rather forlornly looking to Spring- winter has reappeared in Scotland in all its glory and all its pain. Last night during his nightly weight loss/ punishment march (as sentenced by Morgan), he found himself caught in white out, in the dark, on top of the hills above Helensburgh.  An interesting few […]

No where to run to…

Things have changed in our boat over this DW preparation campaign. There has been a shift in power or rather I should say authority. Young Mad Morgan is now fully in control. Whereas previously he would acquiesce in the face of Beaujolais’s greater life experience/ age, he now does not. In fact it is very […]