It seemed that Anglesey escaped the weekends downpour, and with a forecast of light winds we on to the Stacks. Work on Eddy turns, ferry glides, catching that wave and rescues made up the bulk of the day. With the main emphasis on use of body.
Penrhyn Mawr remain fairly calm and as the main push passed we headed on for some lunch and then on to South Stack and some rock hoping and exploring. Saw about 20 Puffins, the most ive seen in the area and then jumped on an eddy stream to assist us on the way back. Penrhyn Mawr was still working fairly well and according to Phil of sea kayak anglesey, it had got bigger after lunch and the faster period. Thats the sea for you!!
Katie, Amanda and Mark, made up the team with Zoe assisting in support/observation, for the day.
David joined the team today and we headed out to Carmel Head on the Sunday, to be greeted with a bank of Fog. This stretch for about 1km, so we did some limited visibility navigation and then it really closed in to 50-60 mt visibility, so we headed back to Carmel Head and worked on the race. Self-rescue and incident management, was the theme for the day ...
The fog kindly lifted although briefly and provided us with a good sunny lunch break ...
The cafe at Church Bay, as we arrived just after 5pm kindly provided us with take aways so we sat in the sun reflecting on the day and weekend, ensuring clarity and any questions could be reflected upon and answered before heading back to Menai Bridge. We had some good conditions, over the weekend, although gentler than expected. This was made use of and can help to get skills tighter and more polished. Well done all.
Roger
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