Dirty D claims she is paddling

Had an unconfirmed report that D paddled a K1 this morning. All of 5km. Not quite the 14km paddled by the rest of the Buccaneer Cheshire Ring K1 team at Sundays Linlithgow Marathon… But it is a start.  Other than D, the rest of the team… Mad Morgan, The Silver Fox and Beaujolais managed to […]

322 Days to go… To DW 2016

Beaujolais is ready. Already have a 9am start planned for Devizes next Easter Saturday. Targeting a 24 Hour time. Have paddle, have 50N buoyancy aid (with whistle), have Condor K2, plus torches, light sticks and emergency kits. Even have a partner- Dirty D. Yet to see said partner in a boat. Haven’t seen her in […]

I have to agree…

This came through the door this weekend… Onwards, Dirty D

The Wrong Sort of Plimsolls

Dirty D and Beaujolais appear to be having similar issues with their plimsolls… Samuel Plimsoll (10 February 1824 – 3 June 1898) was an English politician and social reformer, now best remembered for having devised the Plimsoll line (a line on a ship’s hull indicating the maximum safe draft, and therefore the minimum freeboard for […]

The bulk up to Ratho/ Linlithgow Marathon

Not much paddling as occurred lately, the novelty has definitely worn off. Instead Beaujolais has been enjoying the superb weather- heat and blue skies- Scotland and Loch Lomondside have not looked so good after one of the most depressing winters going. So it’s been beers and fine dining. No more having to undertake morning weigh […]

Genteelly does it.

Two cracking paddles in the last 12 hours. Both 45 minutes. Both on Loch Lomond- and my God it’s looking fabulous in the sun.  Last night I was joined by Morgan. Our first paddle together since clambering out of a K2 at the steps at Westminster. However both in K1’s- I think we both prefer […]

Back in a K1

So now Beaujolais finds himself back in a K1 as the 2016 DW Campaign gets started.  Boating the Marsport Eta is an interesting joy. The boat is sensitive and twitchy. It is strange paddling a K1 after paddling in the back of a K2 for the last 6 months. There are differences. 1) you get […]

Captain Cortisone… Will be leading the way at Dundee International Sports Arena

A break from paddling. Heading up to Dundee tomorrow to watch Cortisone Captain the Scottish Wheelchair Rugby League Team against Ireland. Yet another international cap in yet another sport for Cortisone.  Will be a fantastic occasion with many friends heading North East to watch our very own Sonzie Destroyer wreak havoc on our Fellow Celts […]

So DW 15 is no more- all the focus is on DW 16.

Dirty D and I have “committed” to a Senior K2 again for 2016. Let’s just hope that Beaujolais does not let her down again. It could be argued that he has in fact already started to do so. He put on 1/2 stone during this years 4 day event and has managed to gain an […]

DW 2015 Review continued.

Prior to continuing the account of DW2015 there is one significant account (well to Beaujolais anyway) that must be reported. On entering the aptly named Old Windsor Lock cut we came across a Junior Ladies Crew. The front of boat of which made Beaujolais’s decade or possible even half century, when she asked him if […]