It’s the Same, But Different…

  Two years ago I blogged the following comment regarding even thinking about entering the Devizes to Westminster race again: “(Beaujolais) So whilst you may feel that the doubts are entirely Beaujolais’ shoulder related the reality of it all is that I still harbour the same doubts and fears as I had for this years race… […]

Dodging the K1…

It looked like life commitments were going to get in the way of training this week, and neither Buccaneer was looking forward to having to dust of their K1s – to say it’s been a while is akin to saying Dirty D doesn’t like waves in the dark….. But fortune shines on the brave and […]

Romney…

I remember nothing…. it was dark! Other than the sometimes present standing wave wasn’t there and it confused by dark addled sense of where exactly I was…..

Why don’t you…

“Why don’t you knock it off with them Negative Waves! Why don’t you dig how beautiful it is out here. Why can’t you say something righteous and hopeful for a change” – Oddball (Kelly’s Heroes 1970) Ever onwards, one final training push…. In exactly 35 days we will be somewhere between Devizes and Westminster, Lordy!!!!!!

40 Days (and nights) Remaining….

Friday afternoon we paddled from auchinstarry, about 2km before we reached the ice… We turned and found more ice approx 500m from the basin… We paddled a couple of loops before deciding ‘bugger it’ and sneaked down the side where the ice was a little thinner, but still very real!! A total of 18km paddled […]

A Change of Scenery?

If Dirty D was an estate agent, she may describe her flat has having a panoramic view to The Kelpies and beyond to the Ochils…. Whilst it’s true you can see the Kelpies from her flat, it’s in a very distant over there through the trees sort of way… Best done at night when the Kelpies […]

Son of a B (x3)

Getting waaaaay behind with these portages, and now struggling to remember the order of the ones already ‘learned’….. Boulters: Fabled to be one of the roughest water put ins, so was glad to get this one out of the way… I remember there being a lot of overhanging trees at the get in – much […]