Venture So Far . . .

"A Grand Day Out"

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:29:34 +0100

Wallace & Gromit went to the moon, came back with cheese. We went to Porlock, came back with a grand (and a few hangovers). Over £1000 was raised for Southerndown Life Saving Club. A big Thank Yo

Let’s go for a pint then!

Sat, 21 Jul 2007 21:37:54 +0100

Chris tells a tale: “Swansea Coastguard, Swansea Coastguard, Swansea Coastguard this is Sea Kayak Nash, Sea Kayak Nash, Sea Kayak Nash, over… Chris, is that your phone going off?!” “Errr, yeah…hang o

Into Deep Water

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:44:33 +0100

Anticipation is running high for the attempted crossing this weekend. But TODAY we have perfect weather. We can’t all get together midweek so fingers crossed it holds out for Saturday. It really was

Variably Dull

Sun, 15 Jul 2007 23:42:14 +0100

At last there was no wind. Well nearly no wind. At least it was on my back on the way out, and with the last of the spring ebb I made a tidy 6.5 knots. Unexpectedly I found myself surfing down/into su

Littoral Caves

Sun, 8 Jul 2007 20:21:34 +0100

Better weather conditions today provided an opportunity to blow the cobwebs from the sea kayak or so it seamed! I teamed up with my friend Adrian to paddle eastward along the coast. With the high ti

Small Compensation

Sun, 1 Jul 2007 16:54:23 +0100

Feeling frustrated that we couldn’t set out on our crossing on Saturday. Small token gesture: we managed an hour in some excuse for surf. Ouch did that hurt when a failed roll resulted in ribs and k

The Disincentive

Sat, 30 Jun 2007 01:10:53 +0100

D-Day postponed. That drink will taste all the better for waiting.

The Incentive

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:06:20 +0100

The Gaymer Cider Company have kindly provided us with a few kegs of Addlestones cider on our arrival at Porlock Weir. Harvey Allen of The Anchor Hotel and Ship Inn is very kindly looking after them f

End of the World is . . .

Sun, 17 Jun 2007 23:10:59 +0100

Sadly our intended trip to Flat Holm and Steep Holm was put off due to an adverse weather forecast for later on in the evening. We paddled instead 4 miles to the end of the

Doing the Time

Sat, 16 Jun 2007 22:08:28 +0100

“Would I like to come and do some paddling in the Bristol Channel?” This was near enough the invitation I received to partake in one of Mark Rainsley’s trips around the south west coastline during t

Team Photo ... Chris

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:41:01 +0100

After the full scale failure during our last sea rolling session, we decided to do some extra pool work with the kayaks. After this session of capsize drills, self rescue rolling, (even managed a re-e

New Boats

Sun, 10 Jun 2007 00:09:11 +0100

With D-day brought forward there was a bit of a panic to ensure that the final boats from P&H were delivered in time for us to check them over and get paddling as a whole group. Now that I know

Planning . . . Paddle South . . .

Sat, 2 Jun 2007 20:31:32 +0100

Today we were on a fact finding mission. Mark had given us the dates he was available to do the crossing and they were any day as long as it was a Saturday. This had a slight effect on our “optimu

Going the distance

Sun, 20 May 2007 10:48:03 +0100

Up nice and early and blasting from St Donats towards Porthcawl. We follow the Nash sandbar through a choppy sea and witness some pretty gnarly stuff! The waves at the bar don’t just break in one dire

Rolling Roger

Thu, 17 May 2007 00:24:23 +0100

Supported by Eurion and Chris, I was able to achieve ‘assisted’ rolls without any problem. I even surprised myself as I am very comfortable in the inverted position waiting for assistance to roll upri

Southerndown to E Nash Buoy: Against Tide

Sun, 29 Apr 2007 23:07:30 +0100

Roger has promised to write this up soon . . . but is still waiting for his coffee to cool down. We did last weeks trip to Nash East Cardinal Buoy again but this time we headed into the wind and agai

Southerndown to E Nash Buoy: With Tide

Sun, 22 Apr 2007 17:22:37 +0100

‘It’s just a short jaunt’ explained Eurion yet again as he drags me from the comfort of my sofa and another episode of The Apprentice. ‘Get your stuff ready we’re leaving in a few minutes!’ I never r