It was great to see John, Leanne, Sarah, Karen and Andy again and new to the team was Debs. The original plan was for an overnight wild camp, but with the weather looking windy and rough, this was changed to two days sea kayaking and aimed at our intro-mediate level/Improve. The Menai Straits was the venue, avoiding the worst of the wind and at the same time providing a gentle level of challenge for the group.
One of the super sights above ... saw a couple of little egrets, but these guys move whey to fast!
We began with a refresher on edging and further into the session Leanne took this literally ....
We used the many buoys and worked inside and out side turns, moving out to feel some more of the wind ...
John decided to equal the score ...
Lunch and some sunshine was welcomed ...
We did a couple of down wind runs, using stern rudders to control the direction of the sea kayak and then it was time to head back up into wind. We paddled up to Menai Bridge which was now flowing towards us and used the main channel to work with eddy turns, speed and timing ...
Well after all it wasn't that bad a day, more sun than expected and thanks to Barry Shaw for helping out.
roger chandler
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