I’m sitting in my kayak. Around 200 metres in the distance I can see a group of people. They are my safety. If I capsize, and fail to roll, they will throw a line at me to rescue me from the fast torrents of the river and whatever it hides below. Between me and them, […]
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Alpine Kayaking – First Impressions
Until this week, all my kayaking had been in Wales but the Aberystwyth University Canoe Club Alps Trip has given me my first taste of the French Alps. This is just a short post to show what the kayaking is like here, and also to let my family know I’m still alive! One of […]
The quest for the live roll… is complete!
I have been meaning to write a post talking about my quest for a live roll for quite a while (first roll in a kayak in either white-water or surf). That is a blog post I shall never write. That is because I have now got my live roll! I first learnt to roll in […]