Its been a busy week or two so just catching up with the last weeks paddling and what a lovely varied week it was. Monday saw Zoe out on the water and with a f3/4 forecast Bardsey Island made so much sense ... so after picking Zoe up from Bangor station we headed down the Lleyn to the lands end of North Wales ...
The tide was on the flood and Pen y Cil race was working well .. Carreg Ddu, further through the sound look big ... we decided to stay play and soak in the morning ...
The southern tip of Bardsey Island was still flowing at about 4 knots at what was supposed to be slack water, and there was no swell to assist climbing up the race ... it was just going like a train!!
We had some lunch, chatted and then headed back out, with heads down and paddles swinging!
We landed and then walked the short distance up to the Porters house, it was good to see Steve and his wife and briefly chat .. the wind was due to increase and it was clear that there was a lot going on "out there" today .. so I was keen to move on ..
It was a top day and great to see how far Zoe has progressed, within a couple of years ... an ice cream at Aberdaron and then a train to catch!!
Tuesday saw me out with Sarah and Peter. Peter had bought a sea kayaking bespoke gift voucher for his wife's birthday and was joining her. We had a super forecast with light winds - Trearddur Bay it was and paddling North .. hugging the coastline and being really mellow, sea kayak rock pooling as we travelled. The seas visibility was really magic ...
And a cave or two along the way ... with some spectacular rock structure.
It was Peters time in a sea kayak and to be honest if he didn't like today, he would never ...
Smiley faces and happy days ....
Roger
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