Air miles to the Blog rescue!
Well it seems that the boys at Whitewater have had a weekend off from paddling, Pete went shoping to the local Garden centre and jon boy went belt buckle buying in Kingston! So they've asked me to send in a report - they must be desperate!
(Andy, Airmiles and chris droping in to the raging Barle)
I joined Arun Canoe Club on their West Country Weekend. We were due to paddle the Dart Loop on Friday. I drove down with Andy Sephton from Worthing. To avoid an early start we booked a B&B near Newbridge. Then there was a last minute change of plan - the Dart's dry so we're going surfing at Croyde (on the north coast of Devon)! Never mind, so we found another B&B in Croyde. We stayed in a pub called The Thatch. Excellent food. Recommend it for anyone looking for somewhere to stay if you can afford not to have to camp!
Friday morning we parked up at Saunton, just round the corner from Croyde. Much bigger bay so more room to avoid the local boarders. There were 17 of us in total and we had a good few hours surfing. The surf was only about 2 foot but still good fun. We were staying at the YHA at Minehead for the rest of the weekend. That evening we ate at the local pub and were entertained by some friendly banter between Jeremy and Graham! We were invited to go on to the village social club where they had a live singer. Jacho impressed her with his dancing and distracted her while Ross smashed up their glasses! The Cadbury gorilla made a guest appearance on drums.
(Jacho "the Italian stallion")
On Saturday we paddled the Barle. If you can float under the bridge at Tarr Steps (even if you have to duck) then there's not enough water and you're better off driving down to Marsh Bridge and getting on there. We didn't and just bumped down! 5 of us got off at Marsh Bridge while there was still some plastic left on the bottom of our boats. The rest continued down to the Anchor Inn at Exbridge. We went back to the same pub to eat again that evening and sang "Happy Birthday" to Dennis.
(Group captain manley in control)
On Sunday some of the group paddled the Barle again from Marsh Bridge down to Exbridge while some of us headed back home.
Although the water level was low it was still a great weekend and many thanks to Dennis Manley for organising it and all those that attended for their good humour.
Chapaz ( Mr Air Miles)
Thank you Paul for the blog and thank you to Mr Peter Mears for the pictures check out more here! Peter Mears Pictures.
P.S. How many WWTCC Targets can you spot? Marvellous.
posted by Pete @ 8:25 AM
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