The day after tomorrow

In calorific terms there was a perfect calorific storm brewing over the weekend. The Oban trip in the past has tended to result in excessive weight gain. Beers and Curry being order of the day. Last year GB and I celebrating our survival (far more than our victory-  that last bits for you Red Baron) […]

209 Days to Go… The Ladies are Back, and Rocking it…

Another day another paddle… A ‘Ladies Who Launch’ trip today, two K2s and me in the K1. 11.24km paddled in 1.29.22 at an average speed of 7.5km/hr (stops, and barges included). 737 calories burned 🙂 The barges are making a right old mess of the canal but make paddling interesting in terms of pushing myself […]

Thank Ashby

Oban- a place that will always hold the dearest memories for Beaujolais. Sea Kayaking- a person dear to me once said “flat water paddling is for the feeble (they actually used another expression) you should be sea kayaking”. So put Oban and Sea Kayaking together and there is always the potential for an emotional disaster. […]

210 days to go…

Paddled k1 from Ratho this morning, was a little blowy… My thoughts go out to those battling with the chop at Strathclyde Park… And more especially to those battling what I can only imagine are high seas in Oban  8.34km in 59.05mins with an average of 8.5km/hr. More importantly 591 calories burned….

It’s a long and winding road to Westminster; but at least the Mighty B and Dirty D got to spend some quality time together, time spent laying down the objectives, hopes and fears for campaign 2016. We’ve both agreed that as a crew we need to lose weight – and that we would publicly name […]

The Tyrannical Cow

Dirty D is actually a very nice girl- (with an even nicer mother). But does not suffer standards failures- she is an expert in Quality Control. Which after a moments reflection does beg one question- however perhaps it’s not in Beaujolais’s interests to go into that.  Anyway Beaujolais is pleased to report the following. Weight […]

Dirty D is on Fire

And there is no way she is not getting to Westminster in 2016. The consequences for Beaujolais are extreme. This morning I sprang out of bed at 4am. Quickly I put on the the running kit and put in a 20 minute run, followed immediately afterwards by a number of sets of press ups and […]

Salopian Guests

Had a splendid night yesterday in the company of Mr Murr and Di who are currently touring the West Coast of Scotland in a Grand Style. Mr Murr and I campaigned a Senior K2 during DW2012 together, but unfortunately only made it to Marlow. Up and till that point Mr Murr had an impeccable record […]

Time to start the DW16 preparations

So Dirty D is now cleared for take off. This pressurises Beaujolais to get his act into gear. Not a bad thing really. D unsurprising still has a way to go to get her fitness/ strength levels back to her normal levels- unfortunately B has no excuses for his physical condition- not so much a […]

Silent Season is Over; Time to Noise Things Up…

It’s now 8 weeks since my surgery, everything seems to be healing as it should be and the second consultant chap doesn’t want to see me again – possibly due to the look I gave him when he said I must be very clever to notice when I was sore… Not clever, just sore you […]