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What do we do in the summer?..........paddling wise!

Well the normal answer to that is we go to Chertsey or paddle around the Thames! But every now and then we get the time to do something a bit more fun! This week I took the opportunity to head way out west, way way way out west. Head down the M4, cross the big bridge and then drive for the rest of your life! Eventually, and hopefully before you die! You come to St David’s, the UK’s smallest city. A lovely little gaff, full of fun beach shops and the site of some of the most amazing sea paddling you can find any where around are fair little island. Myself and Steve “UGG” wheatman had come to Pembroke to paddle with local hero Steve Lang, after the long drive down to his excellent house and randy beagle (“George”) provided much entertainment! Let the paddling begin…..
We woke early Tuesday morning; first thing first we had to sort out dinner! So me and UGG headed off down the road for a spot of fishing, 2 hours later we returned with 1 fish, are well lucky we are not greedy people.


(Dinner)

Next Snorkeling! With a spear gun….. Very cool, still didn’t catch any fish but had great fun! You might be able to tell we were dragging this day out a little, and for one very good reason! The Bitches, a truly spiritual tide race just of the main land. 3 hours before high tide, and you need a good big ish tide! The sea starts to flood into the Irish sea, where the tide runs over a group to rocks just off Ramsey island you get some pretty sporty water, great waves, whirl pools & pour over’s . paddling this in a play boat is pretty dam good, in sea boat tho it’s even better, big surfs huge enders, paddling doesn’t get much more fun than this.







And then after you’ve been paddling for hours and you’re totally knackered you have to try and paddle home, avoiding the infamous hoarse rock! Now I can’t lie this little innocuous rock (well 100 ft rock Colum, sticking up from the sea bed) always scares the s**t out of me! Here lies the second big plus point of a sea boats, there much faster! And you can avoid nasty boat eating eddies from hell with just a quick burst of nervous energy! Needless to say we were both fine and made it back for a fish supper as the sun set over the rolling hills of Pembroke. But that isn’t all! I had two days off. After an exciting first day the second day was a more normal sedate sea paddle from, and I’m very sorry but can’t for the life of me remember the names of the places! We started from a very pictures harbor (Abercastle?) and headed north along some amazing cliffs out and around Strumble head,



then finished at Fishguard, Steve was nearly mown down by the ferry! Really very quiet for such a big ship! Think it was around 10 miles, but a lovely paddle. Great animal life, great paddling, loves it.

Back to work!

posted by Pete @ 2:52 AM