Linlithgow Marathon

This weekend sees my home club, Linlithgow Kayak Racing, hold their annual canoe marathon event on the Union Canal – as the name suggests it’s kayak racing in Linlithgow (and surrounding area). Beaujolais is still AWOL up north – claiming a lack of phone signal is preventing him from getting in touch… There’s also some debate […]

But I have nothing new to wear…

And perhaps that was the problem? All my kit was tried and very tested, and yet I reached Westminster Bridge with some fairly impressive chaffing – was Dirty D’s kit past it’s best? From the top down: Hat/Balaclava/Buff – all worked exceptionally well even if I did doubt the wisdom of entering a major capital […]

April Fool- Beaujolais’s take on DW2016

The night of Friday 1st of April 2016, it’s windy, it’s dark, it’s 5 days since Dirty D pulled his sorry rear end under Westminster Bridge, there are waves… Once again Beaujolais is in a small boat (relatively speaking), for he is assisting Tenacious D in taking a yacht from Craobh Haven (just south of […]

So far and yet so near…

Two years ago our first Buccaneer attempt at DW Senior K2 was halted at Romney Lock by injury… I’ve often wondered if we could have limped on (which is easy for me to wonder given I wasn’t the injured party – and I have to add that I have never once doubted that Beaujolais had given […]