What’s been going on!
Well, it has been a quite few weeks on the blog front, mainly because we’ve been spending many hours on the new web site! The site is now nearly there, the on line part is up and running well. Please place an order! And the other content part is getting close, give me a few more days and it should be there. Paddling wise, well it aint been that wet! Hurley seams to have held up well, good 3 gates still and even Shepperton and Sunbury have been ok, if you can catch them right. I’m not to sure why but we really seam to be in the middle of Olympian week too, Olympic GOLD medallist and really nice guy Tim Brabants popped in to buy a B/A on Friday, and then last night Mike found Olympic SILVER medallist Dave Florenc down on the water at Shepperton SCC, Shepperton the place to be!
(Cold days! down @ Cherstsey)
This weekend if you can chisel your thermals out of your boats, get down to the Dart country park for the very popular Gene 17 weekend. Mike and Graham from the FatCats will be there giving there Greenland talk. Sound very impressive!
Oh, Other news! The BIG cheese has had his ear done!
(extract from www.faldoc.co.uk)
(Surfers ear what’s that?
Surfer's ear is a condition of the ear canal where the bony lining under the skin develops a number of lumps (exostoses) that grow into the tube. This can eventually cause a partial or even complete blockage of the ear canal.
So what?
If the ear canal is narrowed water and debris can get trapped behind the narrowing causing a very painful infection which is difficult to treat. In very advanced cases it can narrow enough to cause deafness.
Then what?
Infections may require visits to the Ear Nose and Throat department at the hospital to have the ears cleaned out along with antibiotics.
Yes, but surely they can remove the blockage?
Well yes but... There is an operation where the surgeon digs a hole in the bone behind your ear and drills out the bony lumps. But this is a bit painful, carries the risk of complications and puts you out of the water for at least 2 months. And if you don't mend your ways it can come back again. Generally the operation is a bit of a last resort, although the surgeons like to do it before the canal is completely blocked. Its fearful reputation is perhaps not totally justified, and most complications and pain occur as a result of infection caused by premature return to the water. Nevertheless, "prevention is better than cure"
GET SOME EAR PLUGS OR AN EARWIG!)
(Hope your better soon mate, you’re booked in for the golf game! See you soon)
That’s about it for now! Hopefully the rain will come, the Thames will flood along with all the other cool river in Wales and Devon and I can do a better blog next time! But for now Adious Amigos.
posted by Pete @ 9:52 AM
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