tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369669202024-03-07T23:16:42.033+00:003 riderFollow me as I try and find as much Free style action as I can, Canoeing, Kayaking, Mountain Biking and Surfing.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger164125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36966920.post-38787611256517792932010-04-25T20:04:00.005+01:002010-04-25T20:22:31.558+01:00Widemouth surf kayak competitionThis weekend saw the annual Shoreline Widemouth handicap surf kayak competition. Using a slightly different format to most competitions, surfers get to surf at least three rounds, with their results from previous rounds helping to determine their next round. Then after three rounds there is a semi and a final.<br /><br /> After the competition there are two sets of results, the overall results, based on the results of the finals, and the handicap results based on your finishing position less points based on your age and experience.<br /><br /> I got a first and two seconds, which was not quite enough to get me into the semi's, but it should leave me with an overall result of joint 11 ( I hope!).<br /><br /> The surf was small, it started small, and as the tide rose it got worse, not necessarily smaller, but it ended up with surfers pretty much riding the shore dump!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibYTfH-pN0TnRW2Xoi6ttesfw8KUII9wzP4OT3XqxuXwfucgA3IxGM744GtwMHfISYGRm3lU4XFL6cMs2gN9He_cTqpHaSBXzb0YpycX434hjHxkf_YipCA8euE-q10eFcoy5g/s1600/widemouth-1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464154213580533538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibYTfH-pN0TnRW2Xoi6ttesfw8KUII9wzP4OT3XqxuXwfucgA3IxGM744GtwMHfISYGRm3lU4XFL6cMs2gN9He_cTqpHaSBXzb0YpycX434hjHxkf_YipCA8euE-q10eFcoy5g/s320/widemouth-1.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEfp1xmVw2E0DLEkw1_rMC9_ilgIiRzLwAQ3H1AFPhWfEYG2Hz1OM9r4MGtiZRMBPA-qEBr5rgTlT37QdDY8EBgngU0zBywCKT9fBpHZ7kFewkpuSwia5rCQLFB8Q7LnkBo74h/s1600/widemouth-2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464153973015209554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEfp1xmVw2E0DLEkw1_rMC9_ilgIiRzLwAQ3H1AFPhWfEYG2Hz1OM9r4MGtiZRMBPA-qEBr5rgTlT37QdDY8EBgngU0zBywCKT9fBpHZ7kFewkpuSwia5rCQLFB8Q7LnkBo74h/s320/widemouth-2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicETj6jjX7odMFM9JTkAxSD2Yf0WWQy1683EtfeWo0_FkcxwTFTAX9Lk3WHts21sf3T0T71FYYR6YQNpH26LOJf7b60aoxNY0NNPpeZ5hj54wynMw2BBe_pNwvRnGzsNR_RU-z/s1600/widemouth-3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464153964778721170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicETj6jjX7odMFM9JTkAxSD2Yf0WWQy1683EtfeWo0_FkcxwTFTAX9Lk3WHts21sf3T0T71FYYR6YQNpH26LOJf7b60aoxNY0NNPpeZ5hj54wynMw2BBe_pNwvRnGzsNR_RU-z/s320/widemouth-3.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7IyVpM7JcvVE1VG5JCEcC8kJQ46EN5omovmqn9dds6hGnaRIf6RQWOaw9ULBKKKOS08R3djmZJn_KLxy60nWhwEpeYg23Tzm7iy7KoIkfpxOA07L_9Nypr2FE-s0UxwB1PKXe/s1600/widemouth-4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464153958702271762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7IyVpM7JcvVE1VG5JCEcC8kJQ46EN5omovmqn9dds6hGnaRIf6RQWOaw9ULBKKKOS08R3djmZJn_KLxy60nWhwEpeYg23Tzm7iy7KoIkfpxOA07L_9Nypr2FE-s0UxwB1PKXe/s320/widemouth-4.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi22-K_I4pkQ3-obZDdxQDwuFj9Ox-VGC7UpEpRniVN2Mvq5QqspfLqu0OnF8vhiFBDGHWWyNHUyyFLHBHHtUN75-RVuhvknJ3X8s6k4D0t6xVsZdHzpSrmwV7HEJShvWBCrbXW/s1600/widemouth-5.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464153953447167730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi22-K_I4pkQ3-obZDdxQDwuFj9Ox-VGC7UpEpRniVN2Mvq5QqspfLqu0OnF8vhiFBDGHWWyNHUyyFLHBHHtUN75-RVuhvknJ3X8s6k4D0t6xVsZdHzpSrmwV7HEJShvWBCrbXW/s320/widemouth-5.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVB0M_r7hogcfe1a7kDqWv8aXyxYYfQ_wUurJKUaN36JGS41w73Ij7RsHH4MvCb5luRkCchwImtfVSvuKP00mC1s0Wt9ZsdvrPlGTilgFdI1ocVVktU4Dm95jAAZ_hgyVgOg1k/s1600/widemouth-6.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464153949313259282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVB0M_r7hogcfe1a7kDqWv8aXyxYYfQ_wUurJKUaN36JGS41w73Ij7RsHH4MvCb5luRkCchwImtfVSvuKP00mC1s0Wt9ZsdvrPlGTilgFdI1ocVVktU4Dm95jAAZ_hgyVgOg1k/s320/widemouth-6.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36966920.post-68791474020796493552010-04-19T21:42:00.003+01:002010-04-25T20:04:21.718+01:00Yet another round up!Sorry readers, yet another 'round up'. This time we've got Squirt boating in the sun on the river Exe, Louise and I before and after our XC Mountain bike racing adventure at Haldon, and some old pictures of Paddling the Upper Dart at a good level!<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixSRcK5awWGOe4VpzJWgVvUC3i_lQVvF3dM2uZPBw5WCp-f7jiru7Bkk6hjmEJ7vLlT8csa4OXbgRpcpcknI9Z2OVdfiuK6QbBCB2QWkCVszk4HQGA28mdi60_A9Xxvg_g_Gcy/s1600/four-Pynes.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461952216318496274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixSRcK5awWGOe4VpzJWgVvUC3i_lQVvF3dM2uZPBw5WCp-f7jiru7Bkk6hjmEJ7vLlT8csa4OXbgRpcpcknI9Z2OVdfiuK6QbBCB2QWkCVszk4HQGA28mdi60_A9Xxvg_g_Gcy/s320/four-Pynes.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Sunshine and squirt boats on the Exe</span></em> </div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL_eCbGr4fUowRVjkEL_TAEnIagV-huDpBGdSryrXPrlka5WjnDjlOuNqTw40xFpfFBkeumsRJvVA0wCPTBFGh-S5GTMjpBMz-CPadNeJryYkSxQC4IbO2aQPnwSN3u30uvlW3/s1600/louise-haldon.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461952212152822546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL_eCbGr4fUowRVjkEL_TAEnIagV-huDpBGdSryrXPrlka5WjnDjlOuNqTw40xFpfFBkeumsRJvVA0wCPTBFGh-S5GTMjpBMz-CPadNeJryYkSxQC4IbO2aQPnwSN3u30uvlW3/s320/louise-haldon.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Louise feeling nervous before the fully sussed race at Haldon </span></em></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR2muzO_3jGZaviD_QQ-N9-pjUNB_vNchFeO2A5cTCLdg4km8c8Q_8gYKsMWYdwrEnaCmNGFH0A_SGQ1SHR4UJnMHgrIOpKzQT-BRTxJgY0QVH6iF7-noOF-gb-Fff0oJ1KEPR/s1600/jim-and-louise-haldon.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461952211288838274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR2muzO_3jGZaviD_QQ-N9-pjUNB_vNchFeO2A5cTCLdg4km8c8Q_8gYKsMWYdwrEnaCmNGFH0A_SGQ1SHR4UJnMHgrIOpKzQT-BRTxJgY0QVH6iF7-noOF-gb-Fff0oJ1KEPR/s320/jim-and-louise-haldon.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Both of us feeling exhausted after the race</span></em> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Check out the race results <a href="http://www.fullysussed.co.uk/web_documents/haldon_round_1_race_b.xls">HERE</a></div><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTKLzO-Kfb1mtfxy8Y5FyIRXD32pnZz7jACvVnn5Pcxz5gymNs2aI5wvNgqNeNyl32hoeGaUM08xiDMaWPOeWrJZsa0ubrE-gJ_f_46qLdKFCs-grAVZqhEq-S1gYbuw1PeqL5/s1600/jim-upper-1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461952196794503346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTKLzO-Kfb1mtfxy8Y5FyIRXD32pnZz7jACvVnn5Pcxz5gymNs2aI5wvNgqNeNyl32hoeGaUM08xiDMaWPOeWrJZsa0ubrE-gJ_f_46qLdKFCs-grAVZqhEq-S1gYbuw1PeqL5/s320/jim-upper-1.jpg" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">Somewhere on the Upper, After stopping to rescue a boat!<br /></span></em><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzoVXC1I0Uoc-FgHsqwFFULnduqWhkdrWKxuvqkA1d_JTrOOnTOf2YPajdnbKVNKu2RV12TiHLi-HwY4jTBBDD43W07dQLYRSm5QFWWq84xnktvA_rWIGPmSIwQyzDFh-PjsLf/s1600/jim-upper-2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461952183495480354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzoVXC1I0Uoc-FgHsqwFFULnduqWhkdrWKxuvqkA1d_JTrOOnTOf2YPajdnbKVNKu2RV12TiHLi-HwY4jTBBDD43W07dQLYRSm5QFWWq84xnktvA_rWIGPmSIwQyzDFh-PjsLf/s320/jim-upper-2.jpg" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">Euthanasia looking chunky!</span></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36966920.post-26534940462980358212010-04-13T18:12:00.003+01:002010-04-13T18:19:06.219+01:00A bit of Dartmoor sun and cyclingSome more quick pictures, this time of me enjoying a bit of spring sunshine whilst biking on Dartmoor. The sky was blue the trails were dry, and the riding was awesome!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi20SvqOPJ5n3Ty6fmUCVL7RaESMGGKaoO0vpsDI1Krt3IK6aIvU5P0VAq1zeHQRNYGLGx4ZfKhU_IFUx1SMjkNXmk5cMB0x_wwzRk1Q33x3xDyj3q3h-DMSb1Vr4twKnpPCGe2/s1600/me-and-bike.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 237px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459671618482363234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi20SvqOPJ5n3Ty6fmUCVL7RaESMGGKaoO0vpsDI1Krt3IK6aIvU5P0VAq1zeHQRNYGLGx4ZfKhU_IFUx1SMjkNXmk5cMB0x_wwzRk1Q33x3xDyj3q3h-DMSb1Vr4twKnpPCGe2/s320/me-and-bike.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTRNvp5E76uQ8KySgGj0CYwi4el4uvsfccjb3nqPjK0I0pmHpXCJJ_ce6z2NNU6e7YVKiutOQzNwbAbt1G7-W5Q0_o4eaxfvwk3H5QzyUdQe_GSP2G0OMn2owKqau2evMzrsDR/s1600/dartmoot.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459671613421905602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTRNvp5E76uQ8KySgGj0CYwi4el4uvsfccjb3nqPjK0I0pmHpXCJJ_ce6z2NNU6e7YVKiutOQzNwbAbt1G7-W5Q0_o4eaxfvwk3H5QzyUdQe_GSP2G0OMn2owKqau2evMzrsDR/s320/dartmoot.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAg0aCMeKesclmQwEDyPTSPwpQwmTpomDmwYDb-FOQ6RcjJ8sLBCok9r9_z6BYt3s9ej_AulpdB8DhvSrxEVmCqggXvwpchT9tEf6GxMKGBeTpeun4kDZFiyRkrHDl0jr8CaBi/s1600/me.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459671603226522194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAg0aCMeKesclmQwEDyPTSPwpQwmTpomDmwYDb-FOQ6RcjJ8sLBCok9r9_z6BYt3s9ej_AulpdB8DhvSrxEVmCqggXvwpchT9tEf6GxMKGBeTpeun4kDZFiyRkrHDl0jr8CaBi/s320/me.jpg" /></a><br />I'm trying (vaguely) to get ready for a Mountain bike race this week at Haldon. <a href="http://www.fullysussed.co.uk/index.php?p=1_7">Fully Sussed </a>are running a series of races, including some Thursday night evening races. I'll be giving it a go, its all just for fun!<br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36966920.post-53358319203875482772010-03-29T22:45:00.002+01:002010-03-29T22:57:18.263+01:00Cornish SlabsHere's a few quick pictures of a Mutant killer Cornish slab that I took at the weekend.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUhVDb0nm-g25NffxqGBrPSFV9VuI9v4A7RX8XztoW_foVe3zFDYJ3ETqQqOSdNoUCEoGW-tLgd7sD6FfAnL64Xf3-wjO_OZw2XEDJX3n8F3FLFUxG9_1vJ-9HKvIQf6mhl68d/s1600/slab_1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 98px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454177565559396082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUhVDb0nm-g25NffxqGBrPSFV9VuI9v4A7RX8XztoW_foVe3zFDYJ3ETqQqOSdNoUCEoGW-tLgd7sD6FfAnL64Xf3-wjO_OZw2XEDJX3n8F3FLFUxG9_1vJ-9HKvIQf6mhl68d/s320/slab_1.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWDypKvPuLf3LZOhmhhcIddEZnHMrAhCl8NNF6r_H-10_8ZWB4qtiPBPpnenGh6gvHNwRNkAlZZvdMQifmyOHtyXRALu1wSoN5lm1L_c3NEN_H0Rxdso1Lcs2vR0FP5JFfiNnO/s1600/slab_2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 102px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454177560933183282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWDypKvPuLf3LZOhmhhcIddEZnHMrAhCl8NNF6r_H-10_8ZWB4qtiPBPpnenGh6gvHNwRNkAlZZvdMQifmyOHtyXRALu1wSoN5lm1L_c3NEN_H0Rxdso1Lcs2vR0FP5JFfiNnO/s320/slab_2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk0xFRgtkq9dNpYDPcWa5Muc3yYwSFcrSvk8HxThTGlNMKaVIlqKl9FG86dPvfcMVERbAvUQB8jDwY6mOANOEj5VQwHHzrzrw3aeusJ2_euP0e2FINylBpj9QIZ9gLyunEWoyn/s1600/slab_3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 159px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454177556612578818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk0xFRgtkq9dNpYDPcWa5Muc3yYwSFcrSvk8HxThTGlNMKaVIlqKl9FG86dPvfcMVERbAvUQB8jDwY6mOANOEj5VQwHHzrzrw3aeusJ2_euP0e2FINylBpj9QIZ9gLyunEWoyn/s320/slab_3.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6s6gapodn6CkJx28AiN-sviPGytAvq7EJtWsXlOeDevrNupPtVOuPrt3mcpGklT56aFkTbw2l3_GUT6cDhaZETHVO86nc_HcUKgxYk7D2KuRRglnPc8Vz8cPJK7PHtvhZjEPm/s1600/slab_4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 115px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454177547962952610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6s6gapodn6CkJx28AiN-sviPGytAvq7EJtWsXlOeDevrNupPtVOuPrt3mcpGklT56aFkTbw2l3_GUT6cDhaZETHVO86nc_HcUKgxYk7D2KuRRglnPc8Vz8cPJK7PHtvhZjEPm/s320/slab_4.jpg" /></a> </div><div>Strangely there was no one riding it!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36966920.post-10080990449094016192010-03-17T21:34:00.006+00:002010-03-17T21:59:15.993+00:00Sorry its been so long.Sorry its been so long, I feel like I've barely been able to spend any time in front of my computer recently! So here is a quick run down of what you've missed in the last three months.<br /><br />Christmas; New year; A whistle stop tour of the UK; Mountain biking; Surfing; Kayaking the Dart; Kayaking the Severn bore; Kayaking the Walkham; A week in Scotland; A new Mountain bike; New Camera stuff; And plenty more!!<br /><br />Here is a few pictures of just some of this stuff.<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVALXP5mZ-BsL7e6BiLU8pVDGNhlVggyiULR6dyhn3g2IcLCQjDG8yyLlkjb_KizIgdO54IazCh_B6Kn1CGLFM5r0u8FC9HLoNubhlSYIn8hWoqI3guFjzxjIHnzl-EJRnTQ5l/s1600-h/scotland-1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449722305003001010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVALXP5mZ-BsL7e6BiLU8pVDGNhlVggyiULR6dyhn3g2IcLCQjDG8yyLlkjb_KizIgdO54IazCh_B6Kn1CGLFM5r0u8FC9HLoNubhlSYIn8hWoqI3guFjzxjIHnzl-EJRnTQ5l/s320/scotland-1.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"> <em>Climbing in the Scottish highlands</em></span></div><p><em><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></em> </p><p><em><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></em> </p><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5anDeYKlWrK4sDFfrgalPrKyZbtgn6pKDnboTsHhYg2xvlnym3QxfefZe7fQNBpv3GgtG5ITUtPQDTEz_zjH2vUbwdlh9qs4jW4QQdjjyz17yulyLQIP9-s3oUQ0BXyrccdxm/s1600-h/scotland-2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449722296311571490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5anDeYKlWrK4sDFfrgalPrKyZbtgn6pKDnboTsHhYg2xvlnym3QxfefZe7fQNBpv3GgtG5ITUtPQDTEz_zjH2vUbwdlh9qs4jW4QQdjjyz17yulyLQIP9-s3oUQ0BXyrccdxm/s320/scotland-2.jpg" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">Cycling round Loch Rannoch</span></em><br /></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOcYc58jlNJ31bRwQEopOAv4HWXd7y0Ar4PLYM9wPLszs7TeD14ROON7xuuSbAKB3N9ADOWuGISpzpBROgagc9GTZmFSW8alcvoyfqGkofkITmm9KwDEJAoTu7ODEBQMGq7tPx/s1600-h/scotland-3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449722286069156194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOcYc58jlNJ31bRwQEopOAv4HWXd7y0Ar4PLYM9wPLszs7TeD14ROON7xuuSbAKB3N9ADOWuGISpzpBROgagc9GTZmFSW8alcvoyfqGkofkITmm9KwDEJAoTu7ODEBQMGq7tPx/s320/scotland-3.jpg" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">Fun in the snow Loch Morlich<br /></span></em><div> </div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI1iS082FxlQvheDsY2gkWVhRKu8OQwH9vDH9xEYq4bFtMNKMqf2HQFO7IkdwUwwGxdF2CDhQO6WVJxuWFfFwdCGz-ZLw8NFQK4uZokA-zlGT5muVa8ZJ5j7VCOitJo68LiTGW/s1600-h/london.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449720544786227154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI1iS082FxlQvheDsY2gkWVhRKu8OQwH9vDH9xEYq4bFtMNKMqf2HQFO7IkdwUwwGxdF2CDhQO6WVJxuWFfFwdCGz-ZLw8NFQK4uZokA-zlGT5muVa8ZJ5j7VCOitJo68LiTGW/s320/london.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">A muddy cycle in Epping Forest</span></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS23ccrxTszUfEz_It7RwnI97c8BCdAh95m16MszVoV4wvONIh6stWm-vqdUxMkO-VSM6dvlnjdugg-90KJlWqjYeS5d0Afu8SnaolEHns0_Bal12eQE2wMnAxzOFB8XX2uf1p/s1600-h/cactus.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449720533126437426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS23ccrxTszUfEz_It7RwnI97c8BCdAh95m16MszVoV4wvONIh6stWm-vqdUxMkO-VSM6dvlnjdugg-90KJlWqjYeS5d0Afu8SnaolEHns0_Bal12eQE2wMnAxzOFB8XX2uf1p/s320/cactus.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">New Macro Camera gear<br /></span></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9P0pxtzOShhWGMwJRoHdfObnBWHN-mM1mLQ3Vdd5IHRc6cN4hfzLSHI5A3t5GBCGXMYQ5zU_hlTFu_nAzqyh6DRlM_gAMEIE9KgG0HNfO7XNnrPQ1LXlP60fgD5xiyoVpJejX/s1600-h/euth.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449720522631016210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9P0pxtzOShhWGMwJRoHdfObnBWHN-mM1mLQ3Vdd5IHRc6cN4hfzLSHI5A3t5GBCGXMYQ5zU_hlTFu_nAzqyh6DRlM_gAMEIE9KgG0HNfO7XNnrPQ1LXlP60fgD5xiyoVpJejX/s320/euth.jpg" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">The Upper Dart</span></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5DthOd8upg3wSzVLMjG7d52uk53myUBm0NMnuBP2rCnWelAMcp0I3UrBA8CpK58DrvMVnus7Pws6XOmKH0DWCn92pQ0g2vOEQ1K3Zn9I_GIKIrIAD_GY0pkTMtWERwPI-sLzL/s1600-h/yak-frog.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449720517798077442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5DthOd8upg3wSzVLMjG7d52uk53myUBm0NMnuBP2rCnWelAMcp0I3UrBA8CpK58DrvMVnus7Pws6XOmKH0DWCn92pQ0g2vOEQ1K3Zn9I_GIKIrIAD_GY0pkTMtWERwPI-sLzL/s320/yak-frog.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">New Yak Team member, Extreme Frog!</span></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkz3BICSzZcoCej6BjUmLSgLbc4hTl61bZh_FKU72FLVrYP2pLbplJ-N7kLc8_PaKQy275w5C2cvGEsaRuHZcBpMLP-tTQJjKwacrna7U8YV21FBILaI8Xb7RACgKv3r8hWbNW/s1600-h/whitsands-1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449720508633867730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkz3BICSzZcoCej6BjUmLSgLbc4hTl61bZh_FKU72FLVrYP2pLbplJ-N7kLc8_PaKQy275w5C2cvGEsaRuHZcBpMLP-tTQJjKwacrna7U8YV21FBILaI8Xb7RACgKv3r8hWbNW/s320/whitsands-1.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Competing at Whitsands Bay surf kayak competition<br /></span></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtFpex-U1Bp9KP3xxg65T4jIMdbcS__1c1XSYjsMLlmzsMUCQTJlbxDTDu8oF37PL7LRC08QNRxN1kyz4UklguE3spMj5L73sQUvhmKUMGyr_F8iTUYc_4JwblHiyb0kGi2nqb/s1600-h/walkham-1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449720044618340178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtFpex-U1Bp9KP3xxg65T4jIMdbcS__1c1XSYjsMLlmzsMUCQTJlbxDTDu8oF37PL7LRC08QNRxN1kyz4UklguE3spMj5L73sQUvhmKUMGyr_F8iTUYc_4JwblHiyb0kGi2nqb/s320/walkham-1.jpg" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">Ewart Khan, warming up for the Walkham</span></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjct1FXPYZvIW4QEXE6nACuHV2VNkCgKLAavriPqlChcgBs8FoBopyTdeTkQkm4pF5SORr3G3_o0BUxImqBckNLXj06_ngRhWBOX_ANwh4l47LkuEaD_u0wOu3i9S_OHisrNfC5/s1600-h/walkham-2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449720027881403794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjct1FXPYZvIW4QEXE6nACuHV2VNkCgKLAavriPqlChcgBs8FoBopyTdeTkQkm4pF5SORr3G3_o0BUxImqBckNLXj06_ngRhWBOX_ANwh4l47LkuEaD_u0wOu3i9S_OHisrNfC5/s320/walkham-2.jpg" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">Team AS/Yak surfin' it up!<br /></span></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0u5oMRJx_vZ0FjgQQf1nRqtqn4k9ZZWdrqiqNZ5ZOybTlMlGZY-Is43RrcKEgBchuktPESPpiMPfoShFW2TBTRhStA-pDNykcXtYHYFssBH8imjgiZGgzHoqbSr3G0zG15EaY/s1600-h/severn-bore-3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 238px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449720007836769778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0u5oMRJx_vZ0FjgQQf1nRqtqn4k9ZZWdrqiqNZ5ZOybTlMlGZY-Is43RrcKEgBchuktPESPpiMPfoShFW2TBTRhStA-pDNykcXtYHYFssBH8imjgiZGgzHoqbSr3G0zG15EaY/s320/severn-bore-3.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">On the Severn Bore - I'm the kayaker on the wave on the left of the picture<br /></span></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAgMXT5_jjBJbaJVAJ3j96XB7mI3_53KX718EunCXS7i4ro6h5T4mmZYB-ddFz3mUtoO5BoLVm-HsYR0hgja4a35iw4IucxP60w9XoDZ88vXOb3-fK4x9qYtHi5EVSlVdALUgS/s1600-h/severn-bore-2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449719987325650530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAgMXT5_jjBJbaJVAJ3j96XB7mI3_53KX718EunCXS7i4ro6h5T4mmZYB-ddFz3mUtoO5BoLVm-HsYR0hgja4a35iw4IucxP60w9XoDZ88vXOb3-fK4x9qYtHi5EVSlVdALUgS/s320/severn-bore-2.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;"> Waiting for the Severn Bore<br /></span></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiws5jDZ3546a5S6cCAjjoXsQ6QXuVYjFSS0ZkbOutAwKlMDj8d6v28H0N8RO2-kpJw_2g6sczV1yiZXOu3XE3sGnTryNdSwH4z-WMmZPDiMRmLOnxBrnOasLYg8sZse9nFyYVU/s1600-h/severn-bore-1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449719976790389714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiws5jDZ3546a5S6cCAjjoXsQ6QXuVYjFSS0ZkbOutAwKlMDj8d6v28H0N8RO2-kpJw_2g6sczV1yiZXOu3XE3sGnTryNdSwH4z-WMmZPDiMRmLOnxBrnOasLYg8sZse9nFyYVU/s320/severn-bore-1.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Ewart Waiting for the Severn Bore<br /></span></em><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36966920.post-12091027770627322232009-12-07T20:05:00.003+00:002009-12-07T20:19:19.526+00:00More fun from the weekendSo after all the fun of Gene 17 APWE it was time to hit the water on Sunday. There had been loads of rain, and the rivers had all been huge early in the morning, but by the time I hit the river around lunch time the level had already dropped to a good, but still fairly high level. <br /><br /> I started off with some squirt boating with Dan W, Tom B and Hazel W. The seam at the Weburn/Dart confluence was awesome, although my squirting technique still needs much more practice. However I still got some epic, and scary downtime!<br /><br /> Then it was back to top wave for a quick surf session with Tim C, and Hazel, and any other passing paddler who wanted a quick surf!<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7C2GyyVyi8zizUfTz8SzS_Io-1rxPpUYCdbTE6V0OL-wgnKf3w9N-nqywpPEkPWXRpNucQx2nDI17aeqUN0WHf6q0IHR2Xe-iBNwlePwzv1eQSiHuIQsZvBE6qzMGRRNg-8_R/s1600-h/top_wave.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412589161625717490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7C2GyyVyi8zizUfTz8SzS_Io-1rxPpUYCdbTE6V0OL-wgnKf3w9N-nqywpPEkPWXRpNucQx2nDI17aeqUN0WHf6q0IHR2Xe-iBNwlePwzv1eQSiHuIQsZvBE6qzMGRRNg-8_R/s320/top_wave.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Boat of choice?! Top wave over run by Jackson kayaks! </span></em></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKYZ9hlEKf5h2uxWnUL0abatU9rM4wyp65zeC_EOd_ifg4v3BBC9u8dbV184NBay7pxF9bp8v6uRJa2HQcqPaJrJh8amf1LeGSNhYkNL0aE9s0R_eHu-iyX1fp2Fh5Du8gs6rw/s1600-h/squirting.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412589152766491282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKYZ9hlEKf5h2uxWnUL0abatU9rM4wyp65zeC_EOd_ifg4v3BBC9u8dbV184NBay7pxF9bp8v6uRJa2HQcqPaJrJh8amf1LeGSNhYkNL0aE9s0R_eHu-iyX1fp2Fh5Du8gs6rw/s320/squirting.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Tom B, Dan W and Hazel after some mystery move action at the Weburn/Dart confluence</span></em> </div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKPF8VIAWkY0x5Arq6WHGDvgd3xp4vi2wdAHrLFTlM_o3qOAaZQvyfd6yUHKAbiTDENXlGMTTQbwPKHfJIc-1pupBikkJRzN6GYrsju-DQZLgxKRIabBUMwVM166c7JE4RlsPw/s1600-h/squirting_cool.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412589148921544754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKPF8VIAWkY0x5Arq6WHGDvgd3xp4vi2wdAHrLFTlM_o3qOAaZQvyfd6yUHKAbiTDENXlGMTTQbwPKHfJIc-1pupBikkJRzN6GYrsju-DQZLgxKRIabBUMwVM166c7JE4RlsPw/s320/squirting_cool.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;"> Me getting my Squirt cool on!!!!! NOT!</span></em><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36966920.post-84009969107243248562009-12-06T23:06:00.005+00:002009-12-06T23:27:47.496+00:00Gene17 APWE 2009This weekend saw the annual Simon Westgarth Gene17 Adventure Paddlers Weekend. Saturday night saw three Presentations, Below and Beyond Machu Picchu, the B.U.K.E Kayak-Nam, and Olaf 'Big-O' Obsommer. The Presentations were then followed by the usual Raffle and prize give-away. Then to wrap the night up the dance floor was cleared, the lights were switched off, and the tunes were turned up to 11! The mighty Cheese opened things up with a blistering set, before DJ Redbelly got down, dirty and ravy with it!<br /><br />Check out the pictures...<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEtZKP1S6gv7bF7-YKz1jZfW6Vzh8GsRoW9CwCAbIQueZokpemddxneA0nqWt5EELIzqc21D4jP25cSSWrYznzxqqf_EcM96iGYwXuhFNVLsqLAJBIkSDrV1jBDW8P_zLMzqHS/s1600-h/Beyond_below_machu.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412265039722690818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEtZKP1S6gv7bF7-YKz1jZfW6Vzh8GsRoW9CwCAbIQueZokpemddxneA0nqWt5EELIzqc21D4jP25cSSWrYznzxqqf_EcM96iGYwXuhFNVLsqLAJBIkSDrV1jBDW8P_zLMzqHS/s320/Beyond_below_machu.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;"> Above and beyond Machu Picchu</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></em><br /> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjo1n5nE3S9vhsDPJWfPj-gzo6LTxp_amkOsTm1O-iFesex8ILwrm1WRkTR_or0B-02iRUCgwbemss8AFVbjnkYo5psOeZ_nWD_lNDRZwiKRTdz3M0-nOp47yLBBcuq33ZOCkP/s1600-h/kayak_nam.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412264810664456866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjo1n5nE3S9vhsDPJWfPj-gzo6LTxp_amkOsTm1O-iFesex8ILwrm1WRkTR_or0B-02iRUCgwbemss8AFVbjnkYo5psOeZ_nWD_lNDRZwiKRTdz3M0-nOp47yLBBcuq33ZOCkP/s320/kayak_nam.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;"> Kayak-Nam</span></em><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Ksh-BuoRyLt69S2j7E6UFhzIy0QEjVgqS5tWL4RADc9T_YYc4-LfxK_ZibqJ32oc65IMeulsqs1QDMCR7eXQWWjPXWxpGiEDGiiCHfFgTQEgJPlFMQ07DKl_z4E5nRnZWsSK/s1600-h/Big_O.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412264805852625218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Ksh-BuoRyLt69S2j7E6UFhzIy0QEjVgqS5tWL4RADc9T_YYc4-LfxK_ZibqJ32oc65IMeulsqs1QDMCR7eXQWWjPXWxpGiEDGiiCHfFgTQEgJPlFMQ07DKl_z4E5nRnZWsSK/s320/Big_O.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;"> Big O</span></em><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXPHfKePnwBRedH4pixgh4w4QAtRZDx_JWo8_xdDSYRyxc83Z4ctYyPb0XY5fZjdEKj3ItqmaOgtMiJh4XjKAqyEJUxhRA9sD_DluYPJVBGCbjM6N1IYYqfcn0UZfD60L8Cqw8/s1600-h/DC_free_gift.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412264803472945618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXPHfKePnwBRedH4pixgh4w4QAtRZDx_JWo8_xdDSYRyxc83Z4ctYyPb0XY5fZjdEKj3ItqmaOgtMiJh4XjKAqyEJUxhRA9sD_DluYPJVBGCbjM6N1IYYqfcn0UZfD60L8Cqw8/s320/DC_free_gift.jpg" /></a><em> <span style="font-size:78%;">Dave Carrol gives some free prizes away</span></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRIoWBDmuuvnmIG1BaXZ_FI07sr0txkKpAKRBje6Ua0bGsGfhk5hBjPq0DzWTEU3U6QENwRUFwxSvVkUOtdMn10fl4Nu4MvHxiPLqrS2UUpWsALOFFcE4HONZ4cgeAlUSljlsV/s1600-h/raffle.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412264797422874386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRIoWBDmuuvnmIG1BaXZ_FI07sr0txkKpAKRBje6Ua0bGsGfhk5hBjPq0DzWTEU3U6QENwRUFwxSvVkUOtdMn10fl4Nu4MvHxiPLqrS2UUpWsALOFFcE4HONZ4cgeAlUSljlsV/s320/raffle.jpg" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">The raffle gets underway</span></em><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCYhJM9cSN-sfiFOIAINgi6FO8RcGXjObHX8MWTHtNXHHNTfdek3QcRuYvU6vpIN3H2faONfw29ow85l14M407Wjoyb_GEdrAccjrvEefW_zShJm3W0PO9LxbAcaHqwzCFKDJ_/s1600-h/cheese.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412264357060837538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCYhJM9cSN-sfiFOIAINgi6FO8RcGXjObHX8MWTHtNXHHNTfdek3QcRuYvU6vpIN3H2faONfw29ow85l14M407Wjoyb_GEdrAccjrvEefW_zShJm3W0PO9LxbAcaHqwzCFKDJ_/s320/cheese.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;"> Cheesey provides some blistering tunes</span></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq-TmXGcdGJpg8hp3GYLvxo4oiesuhpc4wknPi5qTm-puXSPezFDrGi9PrrE_Ldjj4g5msAm-A77GlC2P1_IoPnIhzlAeLRK6Wk04SGmJjEvFZwCQgmQAvmI3qqoPFVDVrC2Gt/s1600-h/DJ_redbelly.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412264351833379842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq-TmXGcdGJpg8hp3GYLvxo4oiesuhpc4wknPi5qTm-puXSPezFDrGi9PrrE_Ldjj4g5msAm-A77GlC2P1_IoPnIhzlAeLRK6Wk04SGmJjEvFZwCQgmQAvmI3qqoPFVDVrC2Gt/s320/DJ_redbelly.jpg" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">DJ Redbelly gets the rave on<br /></span></em><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOc2FreOSqX4fWBWmC2Pf9E3Zn7oj9ddHOjab5lvwr4qV7LWlkxs747QcAfLdSY90RFHRWrcgJWNlymXInsr5sU8lapajae6p1o7c_AiwrBe-lxtKvl5nnalAGoHNI1DaTysJP/s1600-h/simon_westgarth.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412264341892551970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOc2FreOSqX4fWBWmC2Pf9E3Zn7oj9ddHOjab5lvwr4qV7LWlkxs747QcAfLdSY90RFHRWrcgJWNlymXInsr5sU8lapajae6p1o7c_AiwrBe-lxtKvl5nnalAGoHNI1DaTysJP/s320/simon_westgarth.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;"> Simon Westgarth</span></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSizOD5fv2rUey5tBVR72Eq-lj9ReicXK7LjiTdMTnyh8XzJNK8pY8OWm2VVL75g4NbHUBId9kW0_KLaLqzYgHfdKG9sfkt0GNaFiSY-B9hergQ8BUDxtAfhc0EUkLnfB-LOhi/s1600-h/rave.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412264337397623122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSizOD5fv2rUey5tBVR72Eq-lj9ReicXK7LjiTdMTnyh8XzJNK8pY8OWm2VVL75g4NbHUBId9kW0_KLaLqzYgHfdKG9sfkt0GNaFiSY-B9hergQ8BUDxtAfhc0EUkLnfB-LOhi/s320/rave.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;"> The Party gets going<br /></span></em><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ385lck_EF9LQ9XCV6iw16gsR1lgqxV-zz5XjhXPbOd-jSsU_JzlXR-R4KWDNfCXAtwk32C09oiuljHO5-UEQqyeH1jbaCLpJxB_6YD9vNZqRg5Ts7Wzz1vop-N0hzb8Z_98G/s1600-h/rave_2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412264326580131490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ385lck_EF9LQ9XCV6iw16gsR1lgqxV-zz5XjhXPbOd-jSsU_JzlXR-R4KWDNfCXAtwk32C09oiuljHO5-UEQqyeH1jbaCLpJxB_6YD9vNZqRg5Ts7Wzz1vop-N0hzb8Z_98G/s320/rave_2.jpg" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">The party in full swing</span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></em> </div><div><em><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></em> </div><div><em><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></em> </div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36966920.post-18936133925805717262009-11-16T21:05:00.005+00:002009-11-16T21:25:22.974+00:00A rich, full weekendWhat a great weekend; A rich, full weekend as I like to say. Over the weekend I managed four runs on the river Dart, each one in a different type of Boat. I started off on Saturday with a playboat run down the Dart Loop. The level was good, but just to low for Top wave to be Awesome, and just to high for Triple playwave to be ripping. Bit of a bummer, but good fun none the less. Then I switched to the squirt boat, for my first try at sinking at the 'Breathalizer' seam. I had a few 'so-so' mysteries, but I got my first taste for proper downtime, when I got sucked down into the depths! It really did take my breath away, but I can't wait to get in there again and get some more squirt boat action.<br /> Then on Sunday I had an Upper Dart run with Tom and Andy, again a nice level, a fraction higher than when I ran it last week. Followed by a Loop run Tandem in the Open boat with Louise.<br />What a great weekend! Great weather, great water levels and great paddling!!<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfdXHxqr3IVUuXyDZfs7FXz3-RMJjT4TDc_fIF30WTiAtoE94DlayMQYOdD9r8LGEH-uyh7zk6FcpSV5bUSpl0zsSMPuroghnsSkj-kx1uONztP-hRbqYM4bSIX7QuqJMgf6uy/s1600/River_dart_autumn_colours.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404812328127800514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfdXHxqr3IVUuXyDZfs7FXz3-RMJjT4TDc_fIF30WTiAtoE94DlayMQYOdD9r8LGEH-uyh7zk6FcpSV5bUSpl0zsSMPuroghnsSkj-kx1uONztP-hRbqYM4bSIX7QuqJMgf6uy/s320/River_dart_autumn_colours.jpg" /></a><em> <span style="font-size:78%;">Great Autumn colours on the Loop</span></em></div><div align="center"> </div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj59NVXw2-UAKz6dcZ5TH6wrkLGkTxD5RoKsOo82LHo3VwwsIuyFEthpbew8S1elud4pmgA6hiWRTFwrFz36gDkehNLfdA16isvD3jjikviuZseLGdJNPQ4NDfVwOI2wDTKiwDP/s1600/Tom_andy_upper_dart.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404812323556904962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj59NVXw2-UAKz6dcZ5TH6wrkLGkTxD5RoKsOo82LHo3VwwsIuyFEthpbew8S1elud4pmgA6hiWRTFwrFz36gDkehNLfdA16isvD3jjikviuZseLGdJNPQ4NDfVwOI2wDTKiwDP/s320/Tom_andy_upper_dart.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Tom and Andy Below Surprise Surprise</span></em> </div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitYmq6eMh1HqBl_jacPlkB-scjAp7Lz8S00uaVLtnuHRPiyVIxIy_DclA1zEQkjGNeshn8VLJw0bKj-TQ07O-qsyh8W2ssJndwTB0VflAjqLGxujrqqkd_wA0UzpSEzIdgWbmk/s1600/Andy_euthanasia.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404812320251811074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitYmq6eMh1HqBl_jacPlkB-scjAp7Lz8S00uaVLtnuHRPiyVIxIy_DclA1zEQkjGNeshn8VLJw0bKj-TQ07O-qsyh8W2ssJndwTB0VflAjqLGxujrqqkd_wA0UzpSEzIdgWbmk/s320/Andy_euthanasia.jpg" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">Andy, in the meat of Euthanasia</span></em></div><div align="center"><br /><br /><p align="center"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzSQbChhCLv9to0Q6PGG2m4YSBcSWZA8kB3rK88I2KRRldVWxIDfDMCzO8wiZp1bsZ7GBf4TfHCKLU' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p align="center"><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Dan and Andy testing new uses for creek boats!</span></em></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36966920.post-9790964078684668552009-11-08T21:13:00.003+00:002009-11-08T21:32:35.795+00:00More River Dart paddling.I've managed a couple of runs on the Dart in the last few days. I managed to squeeze in an Upper Dart run with Andy and Simon Westgarth. The levels was ok, but it could have been just a little bit higher. But we had fun, and there was enough water to make it worth while.<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT8jgVnD-0jRCM_2h1r-Ys0PCRStRRFfYolwsis2NBR-lnajhLTS9eGxxvLG3OuuMl7C0k_HYUY0msQUtHcTH_CElQUTMBhuITGFEwmJlVAPzXR8Tlt6YxZfm6t6bJQvWx_bqb/s1600-h/upper_dart1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401844898637057842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT8jgVnD-0jRCM_2h1r-Ys0PCRStRRFfYolwsis2NBR-lnajhLTS9eGxxvLG3OuuMl7C0k_HYUY0msQUtHcTH_CElQUTMBhuITGFEwmJlVAPzXR8Tlt6YxZfm6t6bJQvWx_bqb/s320/upper_dart1.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Early on the Upper Dart </span></em></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJBlZGBcrjWEqoh7m1KA76El4w0A8KHecfdcd5Cyhg9yRnWpxJQATyK4S98YBJWWlrQkV6vYsptsPfe-127Ia9rLzh_dhF4vDuNkmZkwnrEfuOaySwqtHIPidNrbWihIkIHGeO/s1600-h/upper_dart2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401844894657302226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJBlZGBcrjWEqoh7m1KA76El4w0A8KHecfdcd5Cyhg9yRnWpxJQATyK4S98YBJWWlrQkV6vYsptsPfe-127Ia9rLzh_dhF4vDuNkmZkwnrEfuOaySwqtHIPidNrbWihIkIHGeO/s320/upper_dart2.jpg" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">Andy, Just after the first steep rapid on the Upper Dart</span></em><br /></div><br />And then a few days later I managed two runs on the Dart Loop. Once tandem with my wife in our open canoe, and once in the playboat. The level was a bit higher, covering half the slab at newbridge, possible the highest we've run the Loop tandem. But it did mean that all the rapids were really good, and the play wave a Triple fall was great. I did surf the wave in the open boat as well, but it did end with a small out of boat experience, check the picture below! Can you tell me what I did wrong? Then Ewart, Andy, Tom B and I had a good run in the playboats, with all the usual antics!! Check out why we call Andy the Fat-Man!<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBNnlIzYB5Ql2ZYY8J1ZXGqz9ppz9mCYRNULbHUfuIcJy7cmiHRHbYgJ4aO6NBtFYTiuJhT63J8724aKDQ36Rm0bzRIrKPVvSVJAX7rHFCjLWf0DKwtCoMBaGAIo7yzu87ykaY/s1600-h/jim_canoe_dart_loop.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401844605019378018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBNnlIzYB5Ql2ZYY8J1ZXGqz9ppz9mCYRNULbHUfuIcJy7cmiHRHbYgJ4aO6NBtFYTiuJhT63J8724aKDQ36Rm0bzRIrKPVvSVJAX7rHFCjLWf0DKwtCoMBaGAIo7yzu87ykaY/s320/jim_canoe_dart_loop.jpg" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">Me, about to loose control, can you see what I did wrong?</span></em><br /></div><div align="center"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTyiDuqmdjxsxwkZQF5fHTM0fN2wHs3DECzVi7C1fEpcfHd0HOq2r9I5JrLigIY5yiCBucGR8AWu9CF-qqcvac2Zi-liL1jSHY2mDePIN8n_TmQjFHbZlLr0c6BA-33tVaFhAY/s1600-h/tom_b_triple_wave.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401844600637498450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTyiDuqmdjxsxwkZQF5fHTM0fN2wHs3DECzVi7C1fEpcfHd0HOq2r9I5JrLigIY5yiCBucGR8AWu9CF-qqcvac2Zi-liL1jSHY2mDePIN8n_TmQjFHbZlLr0c6BA-33tVaFhAY/s320/tom_b_triple_wave.jpg" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">Tom B in his squirt boat, on the triple play wave</span></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZx-MOfR0Q2AubefZjOPNz-Cy_xF63tBOsSsClTGUlEedM-nEAc-aL7PP7AM1UPaTighIGi3jZh9aRPXjDmPgDkAhj4xOns4H43CH70SI6HdXlB95Qyx8KjfM8EGxkL7fm2BFq/s1600-h/fat_man.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401844601558851138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZx-MOfR0Q2AubefZjOPNz-Cy_xF63tBOsSsClTGUlEedM-nEAc-aL7PP7AM1UPaTighIGi3jZh9aRPXjDmPgDkAhj4xOns4H43CH70SI6HdXlB95Qyx8KjfM8EGxkL7fm2BFq/s320/fat_man.jpg" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">The one and only Fat-Man<br /></span></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjULwNpbwIwAZwUEAsmc8xZIvax37xeiiU1OM678DWvshZ4B6ckMcSLvwQCHJBCRHqVK4lRaZTzPx5mkIA3SsErSrpXAUcZG0GxyfogOLBwtBMReLysplRqytcy1_Aw5SFXyHKK/s1600-h/triple_que.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401844596952490578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjULwNpbwIwAZwUEAsmc8xZIvax37xeiiU1OM678DWvshZ4B6ckMcSLvwQCHJBCRHqVK4lRaZTzPx5mkIA3SsErSrpXAUcZG0GxyfogOLBwtBMReLysplRqytcy1_Aw5SFXyHKK/s320/triple_que.jpg" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">Queuing for a go on the play wave</span></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36966920.post-37637681663882333192009-11-07T21:22:00.006+00:002009-11-07T21:55:42.004+00:00A Quick round up. River Dart and SurfingIt's been a bit busy here again, and I've only just gotten round to downloading pictures, let alone putting them on the web. So here is a quick round up of a few of things I've been doing.<br /><br /> I went to a surf kayaking competition at Westward Ho!, where I totally bombed out ending up joint 17th out of 21. The surf was a pretty good size, but not very clean, being pushed along by a steady on-shore wind.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi337XipoYEr5Heqy6A-QqOjcXPFnW8E_08MAffjGfy7iEAToAmmseUnUHKNLp7l2PrQNGClhlompBXmpo7L6iFNT-5OUhBCPqfXXTC6oQWRNRL1XBEgfWYlUp1ZJQfNXMHxp1d/s1600-h/sequence_2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 142px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401483242858546018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi337XipoYEr5Heqy6A-QqOjcXPFnW8E_08MAffjGfy7iEAToAmmseUnUHKNLp7l2PrQNGClhlompBXmpo7L6iFNT-5OUhBCPqfXXTC6oQWRNRL1XBEgfWYlUp1ZJQfNXMHxp1d/s320/sequence_2.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;"> An IC class paddler goes for a lip</span></em><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsWwU2hNMExA-KXFzZqJStCB_ZxPKPQLZdP6dbhmGfuwAWmSJGjCGoDuH8Ed63BqU-n8ytVO25qsDEREoIizZR8PwL0qSNrymWO4HKeR9FwzrMrdbdMPcL8fb-45zwLN0V3X5f/s1600-h/jim_westward.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401477435337851122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsWwU2hNMExA-KXFzZqJStCB_ZxPKPQLZdP6dbhmGfuwAWmSJGjCGoDuH8Ed63BqU-n8ytVO25qsDEREoIizZR8PwL0qSNrymWO4HKeR9FwzrMrdbdMPcL8fb-45zwLN0V3X5f/s320/jim_westward.jpg" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">Me in my first round</span></em></div><br /><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></em><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdZ2Gic0hm7rTxb4LUmUIBhBf1qCEJo43N5bmAByX9XRMqTFA18iFeGa5PBikgxy-ZcoZ_pjqB0oZVoFlCQRH4f_imvphEj9sV4ScJGOyL_h39SsAGtztIDyPFCfVfKucWXd22/s1600-h/walking_down_beach.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401477427898905314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdZ2Gic0hm7rTxb4LUmUIBhBf1qCEJo43N5bmAByX9XRMqTFA18iFeGa5PBikgxy-ZcoZ_pjqB0oZVoFlCQRH4f_imvphEj9sV4ScJGOyL_h39SsAGtztIDyPFCfVfKucWXd22/s320/walking_down_beach.jpg" /></a><br /><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Walking down to the surf</span></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFqtnYoIha30RVqz3pPJNKoHspmhv0jMgN26dFJTF10jGacfikafQq4NLziSTzYiNc3IrVOp2SFivfNj5LjQlqmJzAq67jdrkJt6PAezrfnzRQUThIojggRIhcav4FmHoLyVeH/s1600-h/surfer_westward_2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401477423259990386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFqtnYoIha30RVqz3pPJNKoHspmhv0jMgN26dFJTF10jGacfikafQq4NLziSTzYiNc3IrVOp2SFivfNj5LjQlqmJzAq67jdrkJt6PAezrfnzRQUThIojggRIhcav4FmHoLyVeH/s320/surfer_westward_2.jpg" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">Another IC class paddler going for it<br /></span></em></div><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb6DaPtZOXLVB6ERvNTscD-o_ILKb34ojBMj4N9U74c0D94QdJWGxOfG0SODyMKUd1PWhJYSYoJA66CXCXUki-w6e1IPqWU1JTXeXAVqi8HAfxDfELm_igdq_KnfmhhRlzwNTN/s1600-h/surfer_westward.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401477422140910594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb6DaPtZOXLVB6ERvNTscD-o_ILKb34ojBMj4N9U74c0D94QdJWGxOfG0SODyMKUd1PWhJYSYoJA66CXCXUki-w6e1IPqWU1JTXeXAVqi8HAfxDfELm_igdq_KnfmhhRlzwNTN/s320/surfer_westward.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Yet another IC class boat hitting the top</span></em> </div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw0Kf61e57doZ5Aw4IdL4he5XdbJ812KLjFd6VdvUKcKsGInxmKNBHChbzQXSaepOEDyAnnmTA8TxlUtMq6l_n4YKekBbeVJEer8RfiDAA0FO7PHMT8euPE3naNe9nAFRHaz2c/s1600-h/sam_d_westward.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401477414399880066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw0Kf61e57doZ5Aw4IdL4he5XdbJ812KLjFd6VdvUKcKsGInxmKNBHChbzQXSaepOEDyAnnmTA8TxlUtMq6l_n4YKekBbeVJEer8RfiDAA0FO7PHMT8euPE3naNe9nAFRHaz2c/s320/sam_d_westward.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;"> Sam the son of Satan, ripping in the HP final</span></em></div><br /><div><em><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></em></div><br /><div></div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left">I've also had a couple of trips on the Dart. Once in high water, getting two runs, and enjoying a spot of playboating, and a semi disastrous dawn raid with Ewart, where we both managed to forget different bits of kit, and ended up taking it in turns for a go on top wave!<br /><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKFVLek257r33e36gm-SSeEuGQOSYksaqXBaPlro-U6aLYwPBFgfswke63fS14tVjU3V3l-XRCKzEjEIw-KaWsxMFxp2hyphenhyphenxjHElgWIVJxdc8YwBKiu_-Kzi6SxszB5QtpgzML/s1600-h/satu_topwave.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401476738723028274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKFVLek257r33e36gm-SSeEuGQOSYksaqXBaPlro-U6aLYwPBFgfswke63fS14tVjU3V3l-XRCKzEjEIw-KaWsxMFxp2hyphenhyphenxjHElgWIVJxdc8YwBKiu_-Kzi6SxszB5QtpgzML/s320/satu_topwave.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;"> Satu Westgarth enjoying topwave</span></em></div><br /><div><em><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></em><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpPy5PmB3pP9yjSDBaaGm9E_u9NkP0YIIqPk7YtDp0imUuhRH3V1fEi8Bx26MD_WHsqJzzxgaWGpPqwB-tJwFS0VtFA2lNk9pTRIaMU-qR_beBmxl6Ullp8gaj68tudxYmwGRS/s1600-h/kate_topwave.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401476734042094530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpPy5PmB3pP9yjSDBaaGm9E_u9NkP0YIIqPk7YtDp0imUuhRH3V1fEi8Bx26MD_WHsqJzzxgaWGpPqwB-tJwFS0VtFA2lNk9pTRIaMU-qR_beBmxl6Ullp8gaj68tudxYmwGRS/s320/kate_topwave.jpg" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">Kate D spinning on topwave</span></em></div><br /><div><em><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></em><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii1jlUWSGnXN-ym8LYxyPDEJ-yiLcFWoIGf-Xhe47BntE6CvfnnJF6_eRUgzfbxo7p4WYfMhSd7EEC9iZR9FDrWCccERXXsvKxK4efMMF-AZe3vDddGziAyB993jgxMAvie0wj/s1600-h/Highwater_triple.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401476728111673074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii1jlUWSGnXN-ym8LYxyPDEJ-yiLcFWoIGf-Xhe47BntE6CvfnnJF6_eRUgzfbxo7p4WYfMhSd7EEC9iZR9FDrWCccERXXsvKxK4efMMF-AZe3vDddGziAyB993jgxMAvie0wj/s320/Highwater_triple.jpg" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">A high water view of Triple drop<br /></span></em></div><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilH7-gKky6a6HW8C0-WBiHknubufHhQEmt6UjuhhVf3T-PL7n2CX2fZI1XXOaRbtuqCL3q1IyvgYFHD9qpOPPi3Vqsr0XpJtTBNv8QH54s1ZRQL8cPg7IESw23G9RC3uxN6nTi/s1600-h/jack_russel.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401476720188004498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilH7-gKky6a6HW8C0-WBiHknubufHhQEmt6UjuhhVf3T-PL7n2CX2fZI1XXOaRbtuqCL3q1IyvgYFHD9qpOPPi3Vqsr0XpJtTBNv8QH54s1ZRQL8cPg7IESw23G9RC3uxN6nTi/s320/jack_russel.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;"> Jack R playing on the Dart loop</span></em></div><br /><div><em><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></em><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghoif4knBsiJmfg2b8x0x0fJd3Qu57kZlmO1ZUZ_Uihl6K8BEqQs5ub1qFbtN3Y9v6iauak76em13nxIcEJ_BveoyYVqC0qSmTrudXX_cwhqKvBjcCPSrPCrhwKwLvGGA5Yjfz/s1600-h/ewart_topwave.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401475955727750274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghoif4knBsiJmfg2b8x0x0fJd3Qu57kZlmO1ZUZ_Uihl6K8BEqQs5ub1qFbtN3Y9v6iauak76em13nxIcEJ_BveoyYVqC0qSmTrudXX_cwhqKvBjcCPSrPCrhwKwLvGGA5Yjfz/s320/ewart_topwave.jpg" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">Ewart enjoying an early surf on a small top wave</span></em></div><br /><div><em><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></em><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7fnQxa1cgc_A91GOVrpighDWkRUGct5_TWU78c0OgQo4QY2YXNq8w1rqTBb1BgQ2MnuS1Ap9mulYHb_nH4F5G_wK8hRy9jdkfDPB_Wb-vcFr2DnilGDDjXz1CODGl3RKICAhO/s1600-h/jim_dart_topwave.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401475953487021906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7fnQxa1cgc_A91GOVrpighDWkRUGct5_TWU78c0OgQo4QY2YXNq8w1rqTBb1BgQ2MnuS1Ap9mulYHb_nH4F5G_wK8hRy9jdkfDPB_Wb-vcFr2DnilGDDjXz1CODGl3RKICAhO/s320/jim_dart_topwave.jpg" /></a><em> <span style="font-size:78%;">Me, carving up topwave</span></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36966920.post-35354726659474042152009-10-15T21:14:00.003+01:002009-10-15T21:24:00.945+01:00Smooth and sunny Saunton surf.Surfing at this time of year is great, the waters warm, the swell is good (and getting better every week!) and the air temperature hasn't dropped much yet. I managed to get a magical session in at Saunton on Wednesday, the swell was 2-3ft, sometimes smaller, sometimes bigger, but there wasn't a breath of wind, and the sun was shinning and the sky blue!<br /> I managed to snag a few great rides. And then after my joints could take no more, I got the big camera out and snapped a few pics. The Sun was super bright, shining straight at me, and glaring off the water. So all the pics were very silhouette, and monochrome, but hey, I like it!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKfL9vIDVMcHjoxfCnjcRHW5DQ0_DMPawPJvdT2nlQnZzVbTvPCTzcTyTlo81iuE7vXZ8vsZVJMafJB_g2QwWan9bo0Jc3bdjDrZJKHHizC4zTJRIFnYJfW9HzNUgd7rn7rCWv/s1600-h/saunton_surf_1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392923006894388514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKfL9vIDVMcHjoxfCnjcRHW5DQ0_DMPawPJvdT2nlQnZzVbTvPCTzcTyTlo81iuE7vXZ8vsZVJMafJB_g2QwWan9bo0Jc3bdjDrZJKHHizC4zTJRIFnYJfW9HzNUgd7rn7rCWv/s320/saunton_surf_1.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE72F-8UFFYUUh-oZxbrljI5HGXLn7PaCAfZE97znGVhJWOwGDEYfVpT9mLyWETtvQNsyhJkVlUJylERirENyXCz8hHxpzOc5YNYsPWTm-NJ6vgKqaarWMAqT5q8D9X1Wy2_HB/s1600-h/saunton_surf_2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392922996041437314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE72F-8UFFYUUh-oZxbrljI5HGXLn7PaCAfZE97znGVhJWOwGDEYfVpT9mLyWETtvQNsyhJkVlUJylERirENyXCz8hHxpzOc5YNYsPWTm-NJ6vgKqaarWMAqT5q8D9X1Wy2_HB/s320/saunton_surf_2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_WUQy131bkLLPIgXMY75gy6-T5DoxEWsXlVi0ZFGrMPKnkz6M0GSqncdBRARaN3grD0GlsSe4y_pK22ep2I8Q67dyVVebNJkyvhhaG604U7TuVMM8wIM1aMmCIw_UMURpqL36/s1600-h/saunton_surf_3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392922994335324402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_WUQy131bkLLPIgXMY75gy6-T5DoxEWsXlVi0ZFGrMPKnkz6M0GSqncdBRARaN3grD0GlsSe4y_pK22ep2I8Q67dyVVebNJkyvhhaG604U7TuVMM8wIM1aMmCIw_UMURpqL36/s320/saunton_surf_3.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYam3kuSgKsKhwABaLs8IwnHF5ONidIFkV3ewoaiCxjSpeTJdVRubPiF96UOD_-fXpkZwm8V7q7B7XsszATvrftNLElMnr7W3YzGoKAYHCkXdOcvxip60Vzqf6YbwRra8nWzQZ/s1600-h/saunton_surf_4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392922986652215170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYam3kuSgKsKhwABaLs8IwnHF5ONidIFkV3ewoaiCxjSpeTJdVRubPiF96UOD_-fXpkZwm8V7q7B7XsszATvrftNLElMnr7W3YzGoKAYHCkXdOcvxip60Vzqf6YbwRra8nWzQZ/s320/saunton_surf_4.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div>The swell forecast looks small for the weekend, but huge mid week next week, so hopefully I'll get some more surf action in soon......<br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36966920.post-37164340440066491192009-10-04T18:07:00.003+01:002009-10-04T18:22:08.220+01:00South West Canoe Show 2009Here is a quick round up from this years South West Canoe Show. While the weather forecast hadn't looked great, the day itself turned out to be fantastic, with only a few minuets of drizzle, and the odd gust of wind to spoil everyones fun. The sun shone, the sky was blue and everyone was happy!<br /> Here's just a few pictures of what went on.....<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGP9rgX-WcsXlLOjOM8qNxG5gnG0WQpiWhKWAA8kaYUHtbTvozpq8zOuuMx3Uya0KLLhFVuCDbxi6oczRSb2eGeXEUlRaTRXv1xgGKcMi8DSayWGhbRFiNLjgO6HsdlEtUMaIJ/s1600-h/south_west_canoe_show.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388793537922040706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGP9rgX-WcsXlLOjOM8qNxG5gnG0WQpiWhKWAA8kaYUHtbTvozpq8zOuuMx3Uya0KLLhFVuCDbxi6oczRSb2eGeXEUlRaTRXv1xgGKcMi8DSayWGhbRFiNLjgO6HsdlEtUMaIJ/s320/south_west_canoe_show.jpg" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">Blue skies and sunshine</span></em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhOuDVpeY0Tcj9Brm3CjMsx82WhfQLD50FsOK4QzCMVn1EEQfXs-S38L8vG0zoS9xkRYWodutREC9UYjLEN9VIWJfQzxBTzQ2kbX9NFTTfQXeEqWiEXaPgA17l1Gaknoy_7dGI/s1600-h/hog_roast.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388793409182519010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhOuDVpeY0Tcj9Brm3CjMsx82WhfQLD50FsOK4QzCMVn1EEQfXs-S38L8vG0zoS9xkRYWodutREC9UYjLEN9VIWJfQzxBTzQ2kbX9NFTTfQXeEqWiEXaPgA17l1Gaknoy_7dGI/s320/hog_roast.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;"><em>The Mighty Hog Roast</em><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgimaJtbkpaANmzrm1HAoCIdV9lj6YD81xtQ7sEZ6aR2XEKWZ_O_8JAH659vaOCCE_-K_huUfYwX-pMpWSj-SKtZQYKUuxMeAS1cC60oVCjeodgSVPMsSWdhiuaLV8jTOIMHjlF/s1600-h/south_west_canoe_show_2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388793397029812114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgimaJtbkpaANmzrm1HAoCIdV9lj6YD81xtQ7sEZ6aR2XEKWZ_O_8JAH659vaOCCE_-K_huUfYwX-pMpWSj-SKtZQYKUuxMeAS1cC60oVCjeodgSVPMsSWdhiuaLV8jTOIMHjlF/s320/south_west_canoe_show_2.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;"> Menacing sky and a busy canal<br /></span></em></div><div> </div><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnO8OECgX2SSWJjCwuQWiFNAqhWbL9BUPWnGleD2rRTD4jXJeGwUhUhhFJX_o6GxIATmDLceNP9ye3RRS4taJwEHMERHbXOoYNu1bj0kjmQ9_TfsTk21_5Fim1yv0gelsFm4yv/s1600-h/south_west_canoe_show_3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388793391795072338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnO8OECgX2SSWJjCwuQWiFNAqhWbL9BUPWnGleD2rRTD4jXJeGwUhUhhFJX_o6GxIATmDLceNP9ye3RRS4taJwEHMERHbXOoYNu1bj0kjmQ9_TfsTk21_5Fim1yv0gelsFm4yv/s320/south_west_canoe_show_3.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;"><em>Crowds enjoying the afternoon sun</em><br /></span></div><div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjERrBcsTyks2DEYQAK-4R3Ner5MULiaIuow502QEO8O8V8J05b-qSw6Le_BCwkU2l2f6vrXWE65Xv9cmlPIG1Sg_E6N30QAhLLvODOaGM_LnUiDsSEvPLKE8lrSXIF9o5Ki5mx/s1600-h/palm_FX_vest.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388793383392935074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjERrBcsTyks2DEYQAK-4R3Ner5MULiaIuow502QEO8O8V8J05b-qSw6Le_BCwkU2l2f6vrXWE65Xv9cmlPIG1Sg_E6N30QAhLLvODOaGM_LnUiDsSEvPLKE8lrSXIF9o5Ki5mx/s320/palm_FX_vest.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">The new Palm FX Vest</span></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijU8inzHAWw-LiOLHasgVxQf4ZekTwR6Re7OJWDsjPQl8c6nqalsZdUzjJ1bjidJ7HNBakoshwq_N1LStEoelJ6xzkco6HL5cfwS8Y3UKYYeD1QzR3s3Yuqe82pOwxvVee6iaN/s1600-h/palm_extrem_EV.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388793376861757682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijU8inzHAWw-LiOLHasgVxQf4ZekTwR6Re7OJWDsjPQl8c6nqalsZdUzjJ1bjidJ7HNBakoshwq_N1LStEoelJ6xzkco6HL5cfwS8Y3UKYYeD1QzR3s3Yuqe82pOwxvVee6iaN/s320/palm_extrem_EV.jpg" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">The new Palm Extrem</span></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36966920.post-66217533062062065352009-10-04T17:51:00.003+01:002009-10-04T18:06:41.029+01:00Some surf action, and some new fins?Another action round up. I've been trying to get out in the surf as often as possible. I've had a couple of Cornish sessions and a couple of North Devon sessions. The New Rush 7/2 is ripping in the surf!<br /> After my little rock/fin incident I've set about re-shaping the remains of my fins and have made and started testing a new centre fin. So far the whole small side fin, larger center fin set up has been working really well, and the first prototype centre fin has worked well too. If all goes well I'll make some molds from these originals and try and make a few of them. I have a few other fins shape prototypes too, they just need re-fining and testing. Watch this space for more!<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDEgRvvuRmQwFq7wCLvoJrYmda3wRc_MLsrIoMjO8BSqq3uotllgRT63a7CkvtqhkiBqgtgUps0urSldjP_2wW8sEsHHb9-V_ni9HAhORZv8k_hrOZVaOj6cZI2MMdf_i63Mrg/s1600-h/fin_rough_shape.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388789616325230274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDEgRvvuRmQwFq7wCLvoJrYmda3wRc_MLsrIoMjO8BSqq3uotllgRT63a7CkvtqhkiBqgtgUps0urSldjP_2wW8sEsHHb9-V_ni9HAhORZv8k_hrOZVaOj6cZI2MMdf_i63Mrg/s320/fin_rough_shape.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;"> Fresh off the work bench, center fin prototype 1</span></em></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKGOvPJzsbDql_abRFJcyAj67M_2SwOpwGNhx5_to-OMjN8ckuMyc4gZzQyCpeE14vtXbb7Olbgcbcj4DNrcVIv3NRTeJOAkhtEslj8LrEUFCCWMEQQIlGGkNRRhJuJjFyxSGk/s1600-h/rush72_cornwall_2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388789607601818898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKGOvPJzsbDql_abRFJcyAj67M_2SwOpwGNhx5_to-OMjN8ckuMyc4gZzQyCpeE14vtXbb7Olbgcbcj4DNrcVIv3NRTeJOAkhtEslj8LrEUFCCWMEQQIlGGkNRRhJuJjFyxSGk/s320/rush72_cornwall_2.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;"> The best looking surf boat ever??</span></em></div><div> </div><div> </div><div><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuh3WAuzVEWOAtDG9N1PAvLaKnFWX4NwPg2mcou40CDR0o2_1NG6JplQ3I9tWPDEKDI6ZgIyHPIOk7A5o5Zr5VnA6IpEktrSKjG5Npc2cJYpebdkYRWkVPGRxvxxIte9glKLjp/s1600-h/fins_first_trial.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388789600268800578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuh3WAuzVEWOAtDG9N1PAvLaKnFWX4NwPg2mcou40CDR0o2_1NG6JplQ3I9tWPDEKDI6ZgIyHPIOk7A5o5Zr5VnA6IpEktrSKjG5Npc2cJYpebdkYRWkVPGRxvxxIte9glKLjp/s320/fins_first_trial.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;"> The new fin set up after their first test</span></em></div><em><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></em><br /><br /><div align="left"><br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWI5THmgRSJp3LrGLN0oAfWSvuE0JZG9wpbbCs_BgfgPOcG5YmUJKP5bP5wF0vCd05-YcRbmnKYfj7EgikQnYjh73lwdH8fRJq8XJWkNjcORm3TEsg086QUfiw3SfwSJq4kF9f/s1600-h/yak_round_camo_sticker.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388789593708085330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWI5THmgRSJp3LrGLN0oAfWSvuE0JZG9wpbbCs_BgfgPOcG5YmUJKP5bP5wF0vCd05-YcRbmnKYfj7EgikQnYjh73lwdH8fRJq8XJWkNjcORm3TEsg086QUfiw3SfwSJq4kF9f/s320/yak_round_camo_sticker.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Cool new Yak Camo sticker<br /></span></em><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3821RgpdluDYZwqVN0cH9ux_n67s-lUpSqkgFUImxN8FXcwxLHiyWsmbHV0H7u7mBk4FTKApeaEBzZg_6ojpQju6KDVhW-JjZ8QJExpMdBhEaDroyJlNsR3IBv7_LcEegkSIu/s1600-h/rush72_cornwall_1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388789583947176514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3821RgpdluDYZwqVN0cH9ux_n67s-lUpSqkgFUImxN8FXcwxLHiyWsmbHV0H7u7mBk4FTKApeaEBzZg_6ojpQju6KDVhW-JjZ8QJExpMdBhEaDroyJlNsR3IBv7_LcEegkSIu/s320/rush72_cornwall_1.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"> <em>Hmmmm....... sparkly!</em><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36966920.post-43145634394990354422009-09-07T19:17:00.003+01:002009-09-07T19:39:28.875+01:00The Posse rolls out; Woodbury mountain bikingEwart managed to get together a pretty impressive Posse for a ride on Woodbury Common. 9 riders hit the trails led out by Tom K. Tom knows the trails on Woodbury like the back of his hand, and managed to link up all sorts of bits of trail to keep us going for 3 hours! covering just about every square inch of the common!<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvdYLRLn4E_yaqw7CUjVEnSa4T2kNYQFkAnkhNeSyMIwO9y3d6wINM6MV1YzkXhhBZ-K6kCxah8rAYye1goypSowu3j1CG_TyrsXWK2GfYLtm2S_Ddmr7Brl-9aiEiUyxeKLAs/s1600-h/the_posse.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378792261980576370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvdYLRLn4E_yaqw7CUjVEnSa4T2kNYQFkAnkhNeSyMIwO9y3d6wINM6MV1YzkXhhBZ-K6kCxah8rAYye1goypSowu3j1CG_TyrsXWK2GfYLtm2S_Ddmr7Brl-9aiEiUyxeKLAs/s320/the_posse.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">The posse, mid ride</span></em> </div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVhA6bvGvqX2OHam0MfAPGHEhisoB8is9gA-GIsW7ICSd5WDSj8wRaOt-oE88DclxXOJ8S8xnvvXMHFzb9QWSMyuAz6liPo5dAAVoFqix91wdo0jv66C-5QUu-xsR0a0u4jTmG/s1600-h/Tom_k_gap.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378792254811960786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVhA6bvGvqX2OHam0MfAPGHEhisoB8is9gA-GIsW7ICSd5WDSj8wRaOt-oE88DclxXOJ8S8xnvvXMHFzb9QWSMyuAz6liPo5dAAVoFqix91wdo0jv66C-5QUu-xsR0a0u4jTmG/s320/Tom_k_gap.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Tom K hits Jimmy's gap</span></em> </div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCalq39SiPmXl7y2R2WtB_SKSDa-IUCli2kNWNu4FCdd1nO2R9EwJP_Iy4xxoj7jILlqozNiX4EZlpEQOa7H4Z0lM9oYFStchl93SWR7MkXu9bwX_jcgSt8SI3scH-EykyDs2K/s1600-h/Tom_kp.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378792248896370610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCalq39SiPmXl7y2R2WtB_SKSDa-IUCli2kNWNu4FCdd1nO2R9EwJP_Iy4xxoj7jILlqozNiX4EZlpEQOa7H4Z0lM9oYFStchl93SWR7MkXu9bwX_jcgSt8SI3scH-EykyDs2K/s320/Tom_kp.jpg" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">Tom KP falls foul of the roots, mind you he did only have a back brake!</span></em><br /></div><br /> Tom took us to some of his favourite test pieces, including this steep, rooty and slippery slope. Some riders managed to get down it cleanly, some had a few dabs, and some collided with trees, and fell down it instead!<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7jar_WEyDSWD95-cOppYA2MFZila3dYRdRQDwCPeAFJv5R9J5xCVVYj2tuAnphyxPgrW-1FV_rpJPWZrdsQgNwDneW2QOhViMdrbsDg_MPpeyJZ2VfmhzQhiVBY6aalNv_oZG/s1600-h/pete_f.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378791949254110498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7jar_WEyDSWD95-cOppYA2MFZila3dYRdRQDwCPeAFJv5R9J5xCVVYj2tuAnphyxPgrW-1FV_rpJPWZrdsQgNwDneW2QOhViMdrbsDg_MPpeyJZ2VfmhzQhiVBY6aalNv_oZG/s320/pete_f.jpg" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">The roots and trees gang up on Pete!</span></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgovl-bodny3tqVpNPyUwiMkk9pnPoG7G61lZ5xAKiAQO5fsg5DjfLrAYT6jKbkAZ31VXA6EWuf5fmwPceIJUaCfjHMvEIDhiNmqlxYHTstIq9eRy2cngHi_5YGmMvrqHzvSNOA/s1600-h/mandy_jump.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378791938095162786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgovl-bodny3tqVpNPyUwiMkk9pnPoG7G61lZ5xAKiAQO5fsg5DjfLrAYT6jKbkAZ31VXA6EWuf5fmwPceIJUaCfjHMvEIDhiNmqlxYHTstIq9eRy2cngHi_5YGmMvrqHzvSNOA/s320/mandy_jump.jpg" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">Mandy hitting up the jump combo</span></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinzoz1OQRRd9laH6cfkku5SUpS2Y1Ol37EustZ1R_I8t4ERouAs8afeZ3DFgryedBkAEs51YPXUXr8KbCyxt0xgisKpTJTJxxIlFNT54aGUdFicP8sHvn0T9WBa3CrTUX-XCt8/s1600-h/ed_jump.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378791934648433682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinzoz1OQRRd9laH6cfkku5SUpS2Y1Ol37EustZ1R_I8t4ERouAs8afeZ3DFgryedBkAEs51YPXUXr8KbCyxt0xgisKpTJTJxxIlFNT54aGUdFicP8sHvn0T9WBa3CrTUX-XCt8/s320/ed_jump.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;"> Ed C gets some air time</span></em><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNnNCJPTSYJsjKkKFEys3Q9WwxgK79vnam1Sikbc9sv_e_LwupXv6lskUmcs4u9gl_sew_Rsj0tWMbMs9jUeqkbDkP4NhQOYrfUwWnEvERlXYnyKpHJ68UTmjwc7SSdjMGRzpA/s1600-h/ewart_jump.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378791927321918770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNnNCJPTSYJsjKkKFEys3Q9WwxgK79vnam1Sikbc9sv_e_LwupXv6lskUmcs4u9gl_sew_Rsj0tWMbMs9jUeqkbDkP4NhQOYrfUwWnEvERlXYnyKpHJ68UTmjwc7SSdjMGRzpA/s320/ewart_jump.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;"> Ewart, flying, but hanging off the back as usual!</span></em></div><div> </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">We also stopped for a quick session on a freshly re-dug jump/bombhole/step-up/step-down! despite being a bit of an odd combo it was very smooth to ride.<br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcAtEaamI46q6HjisRXOgpWNBjjqvtX2Js0G5_QsOJTDBm2rahtX-komwLxt0NvnhFr8BGroh2vSyVMDHCUZS5ospl4Qkf73mDPRXezgsF2b-efqzMZ8NOoDXpvAX26RQagNw-/s1600-h/kate_quarry.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378791917809415730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcAtEaamI46q6HjisRXOgpWNBjjqvtX2Js0G5_QsOJTDBm2rahtX-komwLxt0NvnhFr8BGroh2vSyVMDHCUZS5ospl4Qkf73mDPRXezgsF2b-efqzMZ8NOoDXpvAX26RQagNw-/s320/kate_quarry.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"><em>Kate, on a steep roll-in in the quarry</em><br /></span> </div><div> </div><div align="left">Then we set out through the gorse bushes, stopping for some fun in an old quarry, and for a chance to pick out a few prickles!</div><div align="left"> We eventually got back to the cars, three hours later, dirty, sweaty, scratched by gorse and brambles, sore, tidy but very happy!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36966920.post-72316471024292942532009-08-31T18:47:00.003+01:002009-08-31T19:00:42.262+01:00Me, my surf kayak and some wavesHere's a quick round of pictures of me in my new Valley Rush 7/2 surf kayak. Once again southerly winds meant a trip down to Haryln. The swell was much smaller this time, only 1-2ft, but still super clean. But being a bank holiday also meant that the surf was very busy.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8lgzON9YSzQHGBtwxLHAdFtmJFxaS8TrCNIQm7ep0CdqqqiKiG9jA_H8b0JqOzyn7ZSDE_KOLQSwKEivBtQbWZfqLhJDcGew67M2Q28nWo7LaOmLVv65MilxlqBy1bC-Bo96B/s1600-h/harlyn_surf_1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376186399752791330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8lgzON9YSzQHGBtwxLHAdFtmJFxaS8TrCNIQm7ep0CdqqqiKiG9jA_H8b0JqOzyn7ZSDE_KOLQSwKEivBtQbWZfqLhJDcGew67M2Q28nWo7LaOmLVv65MilxlqBy1bC-Bo96B/s320/harlyn_surf_1.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqELeAbw525gISd4IBZOIkaX7yRZKzUbFtNaEicaBvOL2GcPP3gcxuus-3fHeHxmF61qYgFmOUj3P7JehJNRkVFyoRWiwQCSX801m7w4354aVDMy7WCbPBmQLxZxP0prZwjE4Q/s1600-h/harlyn_surf_3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376186392197298354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqELeAbw525gISd4IBZOIkaX7yRZKzUbFtNaEicaBvOL2GcPP3gcxuus-3fHeHxmF61qYgFmOUj3P7JehJNRkVFyoRWiwQCSX801m7w4354aVDMy7WCbPBmQLxZxP0prZwjE4Q/s320/harlyn_surf_3.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div> </div><div> The only problem was when I took off on a good sized wave, went left, got closed out and then ended up surfing over some rocks. OUCH!!! A few clonks and bangs later and I was back on the beach inspecting the damage. Lucky for me the fins took almost all of the damage. My right fin loosing large amounts of glass, my left fin, only lost a little glass, but split and delaminated, and my centre fin barely seems to have been touched. As for might boat it only has a handful of very minor surface scratches across the hull. Phew!</div><div><br /> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoylM28Zb0JLkwin-jZ8TkVfPjBkw3zelBCMAU6j2TcIJjAYmwLz3307LQq5AIDiWsU8rkjrk6_0buTbOCrAJpC4RV2vWYFymslgJZHMbthtlnw5tYAy631OSJEANtdeXPby5d/s1600-h/harlyn_surf_2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376186383899187714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoylM28Zb0JLkwin-jZ8TkVfPjBkw3zelBCMAU6j2TcIJjAYmwLz3307LQq5AIDiWsU8rkjrk6_0buTbOCrAJpC4RV2vWYFymslgJZHMbthtlnw5tYAy631OSJEANtdeXPby5d/s320/harlyn_surf_2.jpg" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">Moments after this I ended up going over some of the rocks in the foreground.....</span></em><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqA6KzuxGGeviaQIuN1909USS0GwpKAvrDe5ZT-EkyHc8trsu6BnKLsJ0qKXmzDb4bdcGwkgbHj8wfMhiERJqpstTp-522l6WLfFKG-3NQXyOBc6HcQk4GAypNOnVnH5hYyTXj/s1600-h/oops_my_fins.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376186382794341618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqA6KzuxGGeviaQIuN1909USS0GwpKAvrDe5ZT-EkyHc8trsu6BnKLsJ0qKXmzDb4bdcGwkgbHj8wfMhiERJqpstTp-522l6WLfFKG-3NQXyOBc6HcQk4GAypNOnVnH5hYyTXj/s320/oops_my_fins.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Ouch!</span></em> </div><div align="left"><br /><br />Time to invest in some new fins. Then take the grinder to the old ones and make a smaller set out of them!<br /><br /></div><div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36966920.post-33111135204831835712009-08-27T17:47:00.004+01:002009-08-27T18:03:55.161+01:00Harlyn surf, and my new boatI took my new Surf kayak out this morning for it's maiden voyage. Due to a strong wind from the south west I opted to head to Harlyn, to try and get some shelter. To get the best of the tide, and to avoid the worst of the crowds I set off while it was still dark, and hit the water before eight and at about mid tide. There were only 4 other guys in the water, and the surf was a good, 2-3ft.<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio3E_g3k-cOJf56CB_IG644GMKeX7Hrn2BEaiQ66MU-ih51tQgsGxe3HYaCXce10GfcZlvoj3-PFIxReytU4HjZtCpRyWy-l_YOhxGTgI-a_owCKHMqJ8mOs9KSqAmK5If0jqU/s1600-h/my_view.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374686456155041954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio3E_g3k-cOJf56CB_IG644GMKeX7Hrn2BEaiQ66MU-ih51tQgsGxe3HYaCXce10GfcZlvoj3-PFIxReytU4HjZtCpRyWy-l_YOhxGTgI-a_owCKHMqJ8mOs9KSqAmK5If0jqU/s320/my_view.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;"><em>The view from my cockpit</em></span></div><em><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></em><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><br /> </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4MPpj5joOzNEQPKMNFWsxYW4YJJLHwYB3jAH8umHkt8ULwiDHl0-9_bgomj47LxdqmmR430XptfQwq0eGQ1tnZDUPUnAcoVrUFfNwbHeDCNY5lpovS4UqsBShTliDBmzl1rAQ/s1600-h/in_the_break.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374686451647142898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4MPpj5joOzNEQPKMNFWsxYW4YJJLHwYB3jAH8umHkt8ULwiDHl0-9_bgomj47LxdqmmR430XptfQwq0eGQ1tnZDUPUnAcoVrUFfNwbHeDCNY5lpovS4UqsBShTliDBmzl1rAQ/s320/in_the_break.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:78%;">A boardie slots into a clean one</span></em></div><br /><br />As the tide continued to push, the waves got busier, and the swell got bigger. What had started as a comfortable couple of feet soon turned into a 3-4ft, with the occasional bigger outside set that would race in at about the six foot mark and close out most of the bay! It kept me on my toes! Somehow I manged to get away with only the one working, possibly a new Harlyn record for me!<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQEyb-3pt_8pky3V_MDVPd-_xoM2JwyH8PRRGArY1GpT1h7uHsjd_6KIbGU5hGEA3RC-VwRxhQDn2Q2poZA251hiWz4UMXhdkdU5TeEd1EoKdgpTakdzWjv0TkWMa2mKcnh2UW/s1600-h/Harlyn_surfer_2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374686440950922370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQEyb-3pt_8pky3V_MDVPd-_xoM2JwyH8PRRGArY1GpT1h7uHsjd_6KIbGU5hGEA3RC-VwRxhQDn2Q2poZA251hiWz4UMXhdkdU5TeEd1EoKdgpTakdzWjv0TkWMa2mKcnh2UW/s320/Harlyn_surfer_2.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"> <em>Classic Harlyn</em><br /></span><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNXZEtTjxr3jtSp_ckMODlKJhdUtXm0WzEp23wX3s7faz6SQWgiDeN-v4sAodS5n4apW8XW9Q1zUp4xh5DwudibowoqgwHnkqHyOlmZFOLRLMk6Nc23R8UUsgjqlpzyCt_jPvy/s1600-h/Harlyn_surfer_1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374686438158168018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNXZEtTjxr3jtSp_ckMODlKJhdUtXm0WzEp23wX3s7faz6SQWgiDeN-v4sAodS5n4apW8XW9Q1zUp4xh5DwudibowoqgwHnkqHyOlmZFOLRLMk6Nc23R8UUsgjqlpzyCt_jPvy/s320/Harlyn_surfer_1.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"> <em>A bigger set wave gives a boardie a good ride</em></span><br /></div><div align="left"><br />As the tide hit the High mark I called it quits. My new Valley Rush 7/2 had acquitted itself well. I really noticed the extra stiffness and the speed it helped to generate, and the light weight meant that snapping off the top hadn't completely torn my stomach muscles to pieces! After a good session it now needs a bit more padding and more footrests. I also stopped to take a few pictures of the surfers ripping in the now quite sizeable waves. Harlyn gets a bit odd at high tide, but with a solid swell pumping it was going well.<br /><br /></div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36966920.post-38907402684721129642009-08-27T17:39:00.002+01:002009-08-27T17:47:08.554+01:00My New ToyThe newest, latest and shiniest toy in my arsenal arrived just the other day. I'm now the proud owner of a Valley Surf Kayaks Rush 7/2. I had this little beauty custom made for me. Its built in the lightest and stiffest, Vac bagged Carbon Kevlar lay up, with a foam core deck and hull for extra stiffness without extra weight. When built, the guys at Valley weighed it and reckoned the shell (no foam seat, or pillar) came to about 9.5 kg. That's seriously light!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy3YReW9UmhW_tL8hDjPaKQ80ubSJ5db9WBpVAcUDSwDMSVlT2lpfXpO9_gyrLR6odMlw8RbSsuFuA4dPtOW0Ssvj6kFCXBFYuDZbkejETY1PzSH8T-dtsQ8ubojHhGrATVXox/s1600-h/valley_rush_72.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374684613344524258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy3YReW9UmhW_tL8hDjPaKQ80ubSJ5db9WBpVAcUDSwDMSVlT2lpfXpO9_gyrLR6odMlw8RbSsuFuA4dPtOW0Ssvj6kFCXBFYuDZbkejETY1PzSH8T-dtsQ8ubojHhGrATVXox/s320/valley_rush_72.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPZ4fxL8Feu4447zdWeH8VzL19mcSHFok0JcI7sQvHVCtrQ7oYMsyJCF5bbaLa65ECt4If8xRPGeUAsJ2V-_oHtUiQJTMSEbC6KOGRmgKFxdGJfSBn8TygWsC2mdDTywA0lw0o/s1600-h/Valley_rush_72_hull.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374684604558027634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPZ4fxL8Feu4447zdWeH8VzL19mcSHFok0JcI7sQvHVCtrQ7oYMsyJCF5bbaLa65ECt4If8xRPGeUAsJ2V-_oHtUiQJTMSEbC6KOGRmgKFxdGJfSBn8TygWsC2mdDTywA0lw0o/s320/Valley_rush_72_hull.jpg" /></a> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>All it needs now is a few bit of foam here and there to pad it out, and then it'll be time to hit the waves!<br /><br /></div><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36966920.post-2085434258663613972009-07-26T12:17:00.005+01:002009-07-26T12:29:08.319+01:00This months Round upI can't really believe that is been three weeks since I last posted anything. It's not because I've not had any news, I've been upto loads. But that is the problem, I've been doing so much that I've not had the time or energy in the evenings to post anything up.<br /><br />So heres a quick photo round up of some of the things I've been upto this month.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZgymGpTN3x44mg1LCgCrzBF1TlggbFExjR3eKZ8S_T4k9tf2eHPMQjhAy6UXczITmPuB0hsnh7SlOkNc9zFm49NCNMEkqPD8v0_PTCOGdgNSOfBJ-m52NS3Gz1vuQGNqKtIgA/s1600-h/ewart_boof.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362728054995033794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZgymGpTN3x44mg1LCgCrzBF1TlggbFExjR3eKZ8S_T4k9tf2eHPMQjhAy6UXczITmPuB0hsnh7SlOkNc9zFm49NCNMEkqPD8v0_PTCOGdgNSOfBJ-m52NS3Gz1vuQGNqKtIgA/s320/ewart_boof.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOe7lgmhEn8rU1lvO-qVH04NxaRl7fAHXNQllfN9DMjrA4BS7JPoWeHkqdj-U95RFb5TXJnSbn9RZ4A_17_f6LuqhPXSSWsVoKS14Q3vJdVRK1nL2C0Q3l2JciYolnKKgN9aha/s1600-h/kayleigh_loop.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362728043177616978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOe7lgmhEn8rU1lvO-qVH04NxaRl7fAHXNQllfN9DMjrA4BS7JPoWeHkqdj-U95RFb5TXJnSbn9RZ4A_17_f6LuqhPXSSWsVoKS14Q3vJdVRK1nL2C0Q3l2JciYolnKKgN9aha/s320/kayleigh_loop.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEdfZCoXjDRCapf_3dDvQyTrHXQj203OwRFp1Cr2cmLUjQX7Vp5kFbGtUU-e9s_abXXksGwDmvaI-L3J6EGl2yTHgI4mSlmAAKOreBhretq1JlNEDtelJvO-TNadBeOkQWgPFy/s1600-h/liam.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362728044539585810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEdfZCoXjDRCapf_3dDvQyTrHXQj203OwRFp1Cr2cmLUjQX7Vp5kFbGtUU-e9s_abXXksGwDmvaI-L3J6EGl2yTHgI4mSlmAAKOreBhretq1JlNEDtelJvO-TNadBeOkQWgPFy/s320/liam.jpg" /></a> </div><div align="center">Paddling the River Dart with Ewart, Liam and Kayleigh<br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvbNVv6LGLtzZYIC-lzl1bDJ-tVQEad7_4AtDq532fEexI5Y_5NtgFb0E4T-ETsHAAlnSNx46b4afIjDRMeyEw38xIsOyqR9SY8GbOxS1rfZ-r84em3lASRWqJA08XqENtFNQQ/s1600-h/ed_sidmouth.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362727755067789026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvbNVv6LGLtzZYIC-lzl1bDJ-tVQEad7_4AtDq532fEexI5Y_5NtgFb0E4T-ETsHAAlnSNx46b4afIjDRMeyEw38xIsOyqR9SY8GbOxS1rfZ-r84em3lASRWqJA08XqENtFNQQ/s320/ed_sidmouth.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAAUL4OSR5kkoKfIIbAHSu51rBuWzfVyh-2HmhRmztwWoVlgv7sLghzmzSpscwOux2oLwtvO9os-S6XJqfmDsio3xLzxGXls3gBcODDr7GbJeaIXDktHY6N7dat6up54_UkR4-/s1600-h/dan_sidmouth.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362727753588479202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAAUL4OSR5kkoKfIIbAHSu51rBuWzfVyh-2HmhRmztwWoVlgv7sLghzmzSpscwOux2oLwtvO9os-S6XJqfmDsio3xLzxGXls3gBcODDr7GbJeaIXDktHY6N7dat6up54_UkR4-/s320/dan_sidmouth.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Enjoying a dawn mission raid and after work mission in the surf at Sidmouth With Ed, Dan, Owen and Ewart<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKLSQAtzaY7sLNIcnYN5O3elrgKNZ4ZdMgjggpExepBelmYhjF5C9-aNuLl07Ey0THi2Vp8wjUsxllwXIzuflT08nq5MwnRxcGFCdKUG_Du5sSx8HAJkx4PDrbLEmpBVlXLO2K/s1600-h/dart_third_arch.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362727594523214258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKLSQAtzaY7sLNIcnYN5O3elrgKNZ4ZdMgjggpExepBelmYhjF5C9-aNuLl07Ey0THi2Vp8wjUsxllwXIzuflT08nq5MwnRxcGFCdKUG_Du5sSx8HAJkx4PDrbLEmpBVlXLO2K/s320/dart_third_arch.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIcWs8cBJoBNGUms4EOTyAiYPps9tCn3drWt5fdPEtsXi7b7Q5CI4c5n2CnH99jphSR3MWuBBqWRkg7pHmjqYbevIkmGZhgXr1EIgSxJdgIZeQzWM2dXfv96yIyGh6kXeici8h/s1600-h/dart_top_wave.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362727587996835842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIcWs8cBJoBNGUms4EOTyAiYPps9tCn3drWt5fdPEtsXi7b7Q5CI4c5n2CnH99jphSR3MWuBBqWRkg7pHmjqYbevIkmGZhgXr1EIgSxJdgIZeQzWM2dXfv96yIyGh6kXeici8h/s320/dart_top_wave.jpg" /></a><br /><br />And Enjoying a great highwater day playing on Topwave and the Loop</div><div> </div><div> </div><div align="left"> As well as this lot I've also enjoyed a great evening messing about in the canal with Playboats, and a short weekend away in mid wales Mountain biking. It really has been all go here recently, more of the same please I say!<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36966920.post-65590318188053489502009-07-07T21:33:00.006+01:002009-07-07T21:57:07.388+01:00O.P. TrailsI got the chance today to hit up some semi-secret somerset trails. Tom KP, Ewart and I headed into somerset to ride the OP Trails, that Ewart and Tom had been shown last week. After a bit of overnight rain the trails had been transformed from last weeks bone dry, lightning fast, to todays, soggy edged, greasy, DH on ice surface.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-sXyrw1Hfp7_7_HzdVcuCTWZPQOVMFqIDSFrJxluPpXoSiTB9wq-qvF-OKrqFI3OhSWIqbeyZuUADyih2lmwgikKI8hSHQWd_FC-o01x48HtHfpBDvoqHJDecIXyKbzkGcg4y/s1600-h/tom_1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355819847845011730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-sXyrw1Hfp7_7_HzdVcuCTWZPQOVMFqIDSFrJxluPpXoSiTB9wq-qvF-OKrqFI3OhSWIqbeyZuUADyih2lmwgikKI8hSHQWd_FC-o01x48HtHfpBDvoqHJDecIXyKbzkGcg4y/s320/tom_1.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Tom threading his way through a greasy S bend </span></em></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYb0Jn9VQ2Ldh5rXq2UF3eEvaK_PyrUB9szLHMEuLiqgfW_9fYqceRHDrSDqtCIOrlN8_RYVemDsFHdLMJTvcpk23F8MzjF0RBvREG9X76VLBPTUE7uG2FG_QdaE17WjX5jhKi/s1600-h/ewart_1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355819838279703346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYb0Jn9VQ2Ldh5rXq2UF3eEvaK_PyrUB9szLHMEuLiqgfW_9fYqceRHDrSDqtCIOrlN8_RYVemDsFHdLMJTvcpk23F8MzjF0RBvREG9X76VLBPTUE7uG2FG_QdaE17WjX5jhKi/s320/ewart_1.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Ewart exiting the S bend</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></em> </div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></em> </div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></em> </div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></em> </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This made the riding 'interesting' to say the least. Many of the sections were slightly off camber with occasional roots, this became suddenly very tricky, and my decision not to put the DH tires back on and leave the skinnier AM/XC on my bike looked like the wrong choice! On my first few runs, my attempts to hurl my bike into a berm ended with crossed up handle bars and the bike still going straight on!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAyg4SeQXN67l-H1JmJ8BnPcTu2eaBCHb-DBwPkrXDR3sbuADG2zeoKOU33Wy9J5G9nSqCs0uf1HvY1JeyaoVNNNYOGgKnzo01BzE4pfGTFU0fTQbmIojPBzLpaB-ciauHWm91/s1600-h/jim_1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355819650865889074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAyg4SeQXN67l-H1JmJ8BnPcTu2eaBCHb-DBwPkrXDR3sbuADG2zeoKOU33Wy9J5G9nSqCs0uf1HvY1JeyaoVNNNYOGgKnzo01BzE4pfGTFU0fTQbmIojPBzLpaB-ciauHWm91/s320/jim_1.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Me, about the air out of the bomb hole jump</span></em> </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUhRK3QpiHj7qiirJqnYQ2t2Qtmp0rV0iguyA5qdtor79QmvFAjkikSYZT-xH9mc2Db__zO-CBHahfZ8w-YpKF_L2LYtzsAyVFuiETdWc-Vzi6CWz5poJxcqK4-mKpw9-gQ0ok/s1600-h/tom_crashing.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355819647669749090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUhRK3QpiHj7qiirJqnYQ2t2Qtmp0rV0iguyA5qdtor79QmvFAjkikSYZT-xH9mc2Db__zO-CBHahfZ8w-YpKF_L2LYtzsAyVFuiETdWc-Vzi6CWz5poJxcqK4-mKpw9-gQ0ok/s320/tom_crashing.jpg" /></a><em> <span style="font-size:78%;">The slippery conditions get the best of Tom</span></em></div><em><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><br /><br />But after a few runs to get a feel for the slippy conditions we all slowly got the hang of it, with the speed slowly picking up. But then just when you were thinking you'd finally got a run wired, you suddenly wash out, or slip on a root and all of a sudden that great line and speed had gone! Oh well, it was great riding, and it made a change to be really challenged by the conditions.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfEddNlOxraoHhPPtsHu9WciEsp-Pdir3QvT69kEZDFj_Sw7IOSy4Gacx6EtTDc3_INomC71Tjo_vH380JyV5E5jsqP_ohp-WYYOXlQ7h37CkYeD0hODWTsDM7UdVYWiEfkkh9/s1600-h/ewart_2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355819641943853090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfEddNlOxraoHhPPtsHu9WciEsp-Pdir3QvT69kEZDFj_Sw7IOSy4Gacx6EtTDc3_INomC71Tjo_vH380JyV5E5jsqP_ohp-WYYOXlQ7h37CkYeD0hODWTsDM7UdVYWiEfkkh9/s320/ewart_2.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;"><em>Ewart airing into the bomb hole</em><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOAOWSTbkm44Plj2uARLA-4nXNYcvwUK_e7nO7LC3W0iFA7NTQuEyw-y-UFhN_vgH5z0ttZkKTD13cRNnFztO_8yPphCiBGIOWmkS512_wAGmPdXYSOrhifUCavVTz2usmpcaZ/s1600-h/tom_2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355819631682551682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOAOWSTbkm44Plj2uARLA-4nXNYcvwUK_e7nO7LC3W0iFA7NTQuEyw-y-UFhN_vgH5z0ttZkKTD13cRNnFztO_8yPphCiBGIOWmkS512_wAGmPdXYSOrhifUCavVTz2usmpcaZ/s320/tom_2.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;"><em>Tom, mid flight, bomb hole jump</em><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36966920.post-5345963626344841182009-07-01T22:56:00.003+01:002009-07-01T23:07:44.546+01:00Sidmouth surf sessionUnless you've been living underground recently you can't have failed to notice that it's been hot, really hot! And hot weather means no whitewater, and quite often no surf. But Team AS watersports struck it lucky this week. We managed to get some surf (albeit very small surf) at Sidmouth this week, which meant that everyone was able to get out on the water after work and enjoy a good mess-around in the water. Check it out!<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVpBJ-ZR6UNWYAxInKG5hvJY6-ni1IhKwqIguZVBgUb3cVHFL8CjJZlhVowJBdMdXavjVr5Gx7fs-sZ7kvvRO7l8htoff5yKbKKor7LACuvtuBR_V4njKd4RX2ae18yDev68Xo/s1600-h/sidmouth_surf_1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353614611855246434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVpBJ-ZR6UNWYAxInKG5hvJY6-ni1IhKwqIguZVBgUb3cVHFL8CjJZlhVowJBdMdXavjVr5Gx7fs-sZ7kvvRO7l8htoff5yKbKKor7LACuvtuBR_V4njKd4RX2ae18yDev68Xo/s320/sidmouth_surf_1.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"> <em>Me, on a micro-wave!</em></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZJNVGDKzL-jqcy8jy3IpAMIRrzCPorn1t5rKKTY8Mu9NA-gDqloCvrQMbO6MUYvjllfSm4IAY3uKEBrhs31w64JnhU2So_jfI3yMKqq9q780_hKut60FtID-BoahWnqvfw1dh/s1600-h/sidmouth_surf_2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353614486689842098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZJNVGDKzL-jqcy8jy3IpAMIRrzCPorn1t5rKKTY8Mu9NA-gDqloCvrQMbO6MUYvjllfSm4IAY3uKEBrhs31w64JnhU2So_jfI3yMKqq9q780_hKut60FtID-BoahWnqvfw1dh/s320/sidmouth_surf_2.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"><em>Ewart, back in the water, and enjoy the Valley Rush</em> </span></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLK7Vej_BgHM-4Ew9QOVXTltE3WsOD6L4EmAaWUUR7A8_ZaA5TTQ78_ZEGBHOCNU9Q_ntr9o8uPz7A6P_ofOX0ugxW2W3e-KVydWARGmCil33NWXm4caYYX5Y5-f7kgV44_dbY/s1600-h/sidmouth_surf_3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353614482370472290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLK7Vej_BgHM-4Ew9QOVXTltE3WsOD6L4EmAaWUUR7A8_ZaA5TTQ78_ZEGBHOCNU9Q_ntr9o8uPz7A6P_ofOX0ugxW2W3e-KVydWARGmCil33NWXm4caYYX5Y5-f7kgV44_dbY/s320/sidmouth_surf_3.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"> <em>Jemma, catching a 'big' wave!</em></span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-fF2dH974nu0TVVQkLzYzfIoZ6QY5uglKNly9qtkrF3QjmUuRTv-XlMQPX3XblNga7YjQGVfNDxRDZoQgFIqOpA0vGXEtjMfYi4O8hFY5rR_2aV6B3c_J6lTRCCmERz0sHWz2/s1600-h/sidmouth_surf_4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353614478809949346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-fF2dH974nu0TVVQkLzYzfIoZ6QY5uglKNly9qtkrF3QjmUuRTv-XlMQPX3XblNga7YjQGVfNDxRDZoQgFIqOpA0vGXEtjMfYi4O8hFY5rR_2aV6B3c_J6lTRCCmERz0sHWz2/s320/sidmouth_surf_4.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"> <em>Ewart, checking out my ski</em></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRqoxcgZoWtWIgAK7VUWIZ-mYc8hWGiOPp0EXS6zvPPXat64v8NJ9K9_GrIGHoQQr14k02AuaLzO9pHYtpOg8QojjNPCgvw2_LiqLd6Z0XV9yeS1DYT7cjzQLtCc4egOCwjIrd/s1600-h/sidmouth_surf_5.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353614474193421538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRqoxcgZoWtWIgAK7VUWIZ-mYc8hWGiOPp0EXS6zvPPXat64v8NJ9K9_GrIGHoQQr14k02AuaLzO9pHYtpOg8QojjNPCgvw2_LiqLd6Z0XV9yeS1DYT7cjzQLtCc4egOCwjIrd/s320/sidmouth_surf_5.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"> <em>Andy and Big Dan competing for a ripple!</em></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCgDUj6MtKQU_dI-0vxldcGZ_xtWo7G5T-No-f0Dotdw5DC9JsTd1TgTA-ecPkSeU1iaN1IwGF5o0qT-wcGm5sM6-MqYwQrhiWLYxey9YjmRymwsDiD5Rtr4RyEEPF-72WTXZn/s1600-h/sidmouth_surf_6.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353614466661188786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCgDUj6MtKQU_dI-0vxldcGZ_xtWo7G5T-No-f0Dotdw5DC9JsTd1TgTA-ecPkSeU1iaN1IwGF5o0qT-wcGm5sM6-MqYwQrhiWLYxey9YjmRymwsDiD5Rtr4RyEEPF-72WTXZn/s320/sidmouth_surf_6.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Kayleigh, Mitch and Dan, chilling in the evening sun<br /></span></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36966920.post-10676393228159515062009-06-16T21:57:00.003+01:002009-06-18T15:29:50.127+01:00Sunday Saunton SurfAfter what seems like ages without being in the surf, I got to Saunton on Sunday afternoon. I managed to get the afternoon pushing tide, after the worst of the crowds had gone home, and I managed to get some reasonably clean solid 4ft swell.<br />I also tried out my new Circle One Noir 3mm zipless summer wetsuit. My old summer 'suit was truly on it's last legs, with multiple repairs it was really starting to look it's age. My new suit is super comfy as well as super stretchy. The zipless entry is really easy to get in and out of, and despite getting a couple of good beat downs, it remained really dry, I didn't get any 'flushing' at all.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTLmeNLKSreC2TjnEPO8qeZoVRzKFgCrLiCMZM1O5pizDD76FMoIkIPpJqeMqnU7TSGu4KuZZymMsV7WX1XOl-Zroo1EEr33t5EwiDeKxySzRQdlyJiXbgrV4AR100YPOG19VK/s1600-h/saunton_surf_1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348032871742594610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTLmeNLKSreC2TjnEPO8qeZoVRzKFgCrLiCMZM1O5pizDD76FMoIkIPpJqeMqnU7TSGu4KuZZymMsV7WX1XOl-Zroo1EEr33t5EwiDeKxySzRQdlyJiXbgrV4AR100YPOG19VK/s320/saunton_surf_1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Hacking into a decent sized wave</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></em></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidceU0peXJf8jmf2W5QzkxtQTu7k-OR6vyBIciqfAmByPD8bp3jyBOWJh4NRmJpJo05lRBz_Na8NFwUw5ym54K1QE9NMJBztexFv_xrNtDVrxKShqq4V3rGHYrtJhDPClZ7_F0/s1600-h/saunton_surf_2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348032864484703282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidceU0peXJf8jmf2W5QzkxtQTu7k-OR6vyBIciqfAmByPD8bp3jyBOWJh4NRmJpJo05lRBz_Na8NFwUw5ym54K1QE9NMJBztexFv_xrNtDVrxKShqq4V3rGHYrtJhDPClZ7_F0/s320/saunton_surf_2.jpg" border="0" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Driving through a turn</span></em></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2efvNRoiy1kzqsfHEZreoEqmh6yVHPFGKnkVHdr1Wee2yxup9AcWAkHNNmtw4Fsi1y7Zn9QRuHQVqOJXTwuulvu1YYG95YuDTUujqcRuv2M31tgEijJBvfNKZloKRZhYIgP0w/s1600-h/saunton_surf_3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348032862363579410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2efvNRoiy1kzqsfHEZreoEqmh6yVHPFGKnkVHdr1Wee2yxup9AcWAkHNNmtw4Fsi1y7Zn9QRuHQVqOJXTwuulvu1YYG95YuDTUujqcRuv2M31tgEijJBvfNKZloKRZhYIgP0w/s320/saunton_surf_3.jpg" border="0" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Another good wave</span></em></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXXsL2qJ_s3IoGobUOZcjjokP3dhyphenhyphenXzdhEGTMPYjD2HlF2qsib8lvK2ubh7muVqUQUtmoOK5bXpBGQidUFambxW6ivDYfutlk8wHn5FtvJNJtIoAYSxH49gO2Ad4r-tgvzQGUA/s1600-h/saunton_surf_4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348032858809546322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXXsL2qJ_s3IoGobUOZcjjokP3dhyphenhyphenXzdhEGTMPYjD2HlF2qsib8lvK2ubh7muVqUQUtmoOK5bXpBGQidUFambxW6ivDYfutlk8wHn5FtvJNJtIoAYSxH49gO2Ad4r-tgvzQGUA/s320/saunton_surf_4.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">Getting some air on the way out back</span></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36966920.post-29165240441508077312009-06-07T21:45:00.003+01:002009-06-07T22:00:16.497+01:00South Coast Fish FestI've been out on the water along the South Coast a couple of times this week doing a spot of Kayak Fishing. On Friday night Ewart and I went down to Seaton on the Jurassic Coast. I didn't manage to get any pictures that time, we were too busy fishing, and it got too dark too quickly! However we headed home with enough Mackerel for a fish supper.<br /><br /> And then today Ewart and I went out again at Teignmouth. We flogged away for hours and hours, but only managed to get a meager trio of Mackerel. However Ewart caught the biggest Mackerel I've ever seen! But on the up side the sun was shining and the weather was great!<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEUCZvZzOL0yeZYsNWo23yvnwmWJrEKInTbC2rjkN9jV9KyZ4Iw4qyLgVUGoCjki4vmC0TEvuVl3DKKqTYoXwA3O5CShoAkL3QzJmDRWc1DQ-auShIz55qIBKJ2yuVHSMZ1o5F/s1600-h/teignmouth_1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344690115524217506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEUCZvZzOL0yeZYsNWo23yvnwmWJrEKInTbC2rjkN9jV9KyZ4Iw4qyLgVUGoCjki4vmC0TEvuVl3DKKqTYoXwA3O5CShoAkL3QzJmDRWc1DQ-auShIz55qIBKJ2yuVHSMZ1o5F/s320/teignmouth_1.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"> <em>Launching from the beach at Teignmouth</em></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8adW8psKvGYjYNezuYGxeEGRYBSEdMfveObEQ8rzyGYZa3_kcBiQFBASI5ZNKerzVpL5PQgI1BBG6VsAuNQsk3Sn0Ibc1rCCS9Ggfm-rOZxEtN4BVc_OUUT05eYB278jDvFIn/s1600-h/ewart_fish.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344690116158713586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8adW8psKvGYjYNezuYGxeEGRYBSEdMfveObEQ8rzyGYZa3_kcBiQFBASI5ZNKerzVpL5PQgI1BBG6VsAuNQsk3Sn0Ibc1rCCS9Ggfm-rOZxEtN4BVc_OUUT05eYB278jDvFIn/s320/ewart_fish.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Ewart and his monster mackerel</span></em> </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPnWK4U27WiF8IXa-FOHmzUh4VZt2aMhMtNK_FraTTQDgLfvieIDS2JOCNGbbPcmnZEcLztZ1Pv4oKrtQZtIwtgaPTEcR-PcdC5IqnAs1ejLEoSvIufAxmsTpon3mGZY0tBNnk/s1600-h/teignmouth_view.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344690108187888290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPnWK4U27WiF8IXa-FOHmzUh4VZt2aMhMtNK_FraTTQDgLfvieIDS2JOCNGbbPcmnZEcLztZ1Pv4oKrtQZtIwtgaPTEcR-PcdC5IqnAs1ejLEoSvIufAxmsTpon3mGZY0tBNnk/s320/teignmouth_view.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"> <em>Sunshine and paddling, it's not all bad!</em></span></div><div> </div><div> </div><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0kQEvcPuFSr7VLVcUJ2-6oE6KULsvVTe7KZJGjFHPQcIX_LKYQFTQ3WRbctSBpSVMbL1UFu0SNc1Exl8q_QKPKat7aoeUF4UF-lO_3un2xiPrxqNtxer67rVfa1f6023IVeES/s1600-h/ewart_the_catch.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344690109694031538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0kQEvcPuFSr7VLVcUJ2-6oE6KULsvVTe7KZJGjFHPQcIX_LKYQFTQ3WRbctSBpSVMbL1UFu0SNc1Exl8q_QKPKat7aoeUF4UF-lO_3un2xiPrxqNtxer67rVfa1f6023IVeES/s320/ewart_the_catch.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"> <em>Ewart and our massive Mackerel haul!</em><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36966920.post-83706249246438922062009-05-31T11:46:00.007+01:002009-05-31T12:03:07.625+01:00Another weekly round upAnother hectic week here, results in another weekly round up from the ongoing shenanigans of 3Rider.<br /><br />Last weekend a nice day out at the beach, fun snorkeling, lumpy surf and a relaxing afternoon!<br /><br />Lots of rain on Wednesday led to a fun quick trip down the Dart Loop with Andy and Ewart. Ewarts first time on moving water since his shoulder Op.<br /><br />And Thursday night saw the 'Tour event' road cycling race in Exeter. 50 Pro road riders tearing round a 1.5km road circuit in the middle of Exeter for an hour.<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoEison6C_FKDQZ3OIreTsZ6OZZbQfjtR7xOzb-2Jklh93inDs_s_4gVSd-2d-yFkP7uFGccBSJFB0hVTl8HPtVp2tdWH8ifnxigcZOU5WwtmMQL0LDd0gt0y9mC2qwsdv2UcL/s1600-h/cornwall_1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341939049086651266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoEison6C_FKDQZ3OIreTsZ6OZZbQfjtR7xOzb-2Jklh93inDs_s_4gVSd-2d-yFkP7uFGccBSJFB0hVTl8HPtVp2tdWH8ifnxigcZOU5WwtmMQL0LDd0gt0y9mC2qwsdv2UcL/s320/cornwall_1.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Large and lumpy surf at my favourite Cornish spot</span></em></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid080rORjoU89Ir0XXSN35QJG34dWSJA8nO10Y9eRSblrAZDxhwekGS1I8nyBnvu_X6Cl0RswkZhzvaEiDOiupzdjL1MXLq18RDtyLWopoz11Bp1O7P7cNeqCeeLdtL-Cfkz-8/s1600-h/dart_get_on.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341938896853817410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid080rORjoU89Ir0XXSN35QJG34dWSJA8nO10Y9eRSblrAZDxhwekGS1I8nyBnvu_X6Cl0RswkZhzvaEiDOiupzdjL1MXLq18RDtyLWopoz11Bp1O7P7cNeqCeeLdtL-Cfkz-8/s320/dart_get_on.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"> <em>Getting on the dart loop on Wednesday</em></span><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwikOfbuge3DqTrcJOps3HFdwDRHKYHeuRRDqWrcjfyI7jQ4ZjfcDBxGHjSN21PWx-Jf7i47aL6oMHNqBgz9T-lAzwlwWadXjFLv6VMWy4-Nme8AixKSItHqYGIIP15PAnEA__/s1600-h/andy_triple.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341938681560450882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwikOfbuge3DqTrcJOps3HFdwDRHKYHeuRRDqWrcjfyI7jQ4ZjfcDBxGHjSN21PWx-Jf7i47aL6oMHNqBgz9T-lAzwlwWadXjFLv6VMWy4-Nme8AixKSItHqYGIIP15PAnEA__/s320/andy_triple.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"> <em>Andy having fun at Triple play wave</em><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6U5O4Zv-tRjolXOGG1jDvFFVgCTT_2F1vry-T_KjuMQKN-ilbBqUQc3g6OI70ESq0dhRLx8EurocYNTfIxfMGMBeNdDTCoAoNH5QrOTKeNS4qe5VGRwsdNxO3vHel0VzLOhyD/s1600-h/jim_triple.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341938671675069186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6U5O4Zv-tRjolXOGG1jDvFFVgCTT_2F1vry-T_KjuMQKN-ilbBqUQc3g6OI70ESq0dhRLx8EurocYNTfIxfMGMBeNdDTCoAoNH5QrOTKeNS4qe5VGRwsdNxO3vHel0VzLOhyD/s320/jim_triple.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"> <em>me, in a Liquid Logic Biscuit at Triple</em></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG8Gp8LVHtWQs3h80YVbsRbLZqo72ae9pKNwwu8nSZckwzXVHDuz1o8njW731Ourseq_jlM5XqrlNPwJqK0WiwwW9rIwdTlJOiiEFJwzyS-EqlWndCMnAdaFHwAa_AbJpcv1yb/s1600-h/exeter_cycle_race.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341938441304614226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG8Gp8LVHtWQs3h80YVbsRbLZqo72ae9pKNwwu8nSZckwzXVHDuz1o8njW731Ourseq_jlM5XqrlNPwJqK0WiwwW9rIwdTlJOiiEFJwzyS-EqlWndCMnAdaFHwAa_AbJpcv1yb/s320/exeter_cycle_race.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"> <em>Riders flying through the first corner out of the high street</em></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQI7PQ1an_mdqR31wzEGvq3ibO6bLDtgF4ILasSbIHxRPVxRNqvrZrs5hFBmg9Jv1SC2cfBjk3G-QDAAFMWYCpFGRXiTvIxM7bWG7ayOY_-e1RcW-ipyB825JYsxK0c7yoJnS6/s1600-h/exeter_cycle_race_2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341938436098047234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQI7PQ1an_mdqR31wzEGvq3ibO6bLDtgF4ILasSbIHxRPVxRNqvrZrs5hFBmg9Jv1SC2cfBjk3G-QDAAFMWYCpFGRXiTvIxM7bWG7ayOY_-e1RcW-ipyB825JYsxK0c7yoJnS6/s320/exeter_cycle_race_2.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;"> And tearing down the hill at almost 40mph<br /></span></em><br /><div><br /></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36966920.post-78448504507842659952009-05-17T21:53:00.006+01:002009-05-18T22:23:33.011+01:00A week on the North coast of ScotlandWe've just returned from a fantastic week on the North Coast of Scotland. We rented a cottage overlooking Armadale bay, in the centre of the North Coast, and literally a short stroll from the beach. We had a week of perfect weather, blazing sunshine and warm days and not a single Midge to be seen!<br /> We enjoyed a range of great activities that the North of Scotland has to offer. We surfed at Armadale and Farr Bay, Mountain biked at Carbisdale and Balblair on the Kyle of Sutherland, fished from the rocks in front of our cottage, and visited a whiskey distillery of course!<br /><br /> Here is just a quick selection of the pictures we took during our week.<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVk2R1nJ6A0E-RW4dEoO7cVtlbf2TMYAcYcGmMcT_ZewsRGIFjt4htojZOX7eI0R-EiftTXh5sE7RhdLvOZ-6ZlCYXSS_rn3S6mX3oeyKK3F7RTv8zVk7pboCOF3-pxK3yTSnx/s1600-h/biking_4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336900390979429042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVk2R1nJ6A0E-RW4dEoO7cVtlbf2TMYAcYcGmMcT_ZewsRGIFjt4htojZOX7eI0R-EiftTXh5sE7RhdLvOZ-6ZlCYXSS_rn3S6mX3oeyKK3F7RTv8zVk7pboCOF3-pxK3yTSnx/s320/biking_4.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">Me on the Black trail at Balblair</span></em></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyFao1_1tUBDJnTd_y1yfAHCCxT4qBOB-RbGvJzGpXqjwnwwRQmikZ20XNRRTAKqNFgw4HYB0JkOy2YQSa9npl2XxbmmbMNEoUeNNkvHU9DqdDDZ9Rac9KakasHf_ylt3VkGj8/s1600-h/biking_3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336900387870588354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyFao1_1tUBDJnTd_y1yfAHCCxT4qBOB-RbGvJzGpXqjwnwwRQmikZ20XNRRTAKqNFgw4HYB0JkOy2YQSa9npl2XxbmmbMNEoUeNNkvHU9DqdDDZ9Rac9KakasHf_ylt3VkGj8/s320/biking_3.jpg" border="0" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Candy mountain on the black route at Balblair</span></em> </div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjktc0Ylclaqt5OL2T6Dg_VDsfewWiP5ktVp10C9si-V_AxLpF8RmfdhAjJcQvRsu0jBA496HN5REUW6LJjwh8Rh4n9didWTnBdY3VLXcUoX2K6NWumy-Tzt7B8FaiQ6VyzKav_/s1600-h/biking_2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336900386141878770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjktc0Ylclaqt5OL2T6Dg_VDsfewWiP5ktVp10C9si-V_AxLpF8RmfdhAjJcQvRsu0jBA496HN5REUW6LJjwh8Rh4n9didWTnBdY3VLXcUoX2K6NWumy-Tzt7B8FaiQ6VyzKav_/s320/biking_2.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">Riding a rock slab on the red route at Carbisdale</span></em><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjmED1x5v8RaNOAv480JVLNQPxx1qyXi4s_cWjxzDb6Y6hFhQV6mlUBttAVEOEife29kL98WAS6a9rtfCYuZXKm3IuVM5bs4UwnasejxEEU4wLlZocbC7LGWZNkdQIpIyEvBA8/s1600-h/biking_1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336900383695770146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjmED1x5v8RaNOAv480JVLNQPxx1qyXi4s_cWjxzDb6Y6hFhQV6mlUBttAVEOEife29kL98WAS6a9rtfCYuZXKm3IuVM5bs4UwnasejxEEU4wLlZocbC7LGWZNkdQIpIyEvBA8/s320/biking_1.jpg" border="0" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;"> Louise on a rock slab on the Blue graded route at Carbisdale</span></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBPEYk8R1unrgQ-klsqqV_zHEVJUEN_N2BnXrP0cP5BFQx27tdGylMsC4U1q9s2mfKFcsBMNIG0r9tcYLZEM6aIxVzkwL3FJlOJyvJkyzQ-8hReKuxBIAT_drZWtH7caLFTr-m/s1600-h/farr_ski_3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336900125375554450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBPEYk8R1unrgQ-klsqqV_zHEVJUEN_N2BnXrP0cP5BFQx27tdGylMsC4U1q9s2mfKFcsBMNIG0r9tcYLZEM6aIxVzkwL3FJlOJyvJkyzQ-8hReKuxBIAT_drZWtH7caLFTr-m/s320/farr_ski_3.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">Enjoying good surf, but howling off-shore wind at Farr Bay</span></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL2Cvz3KngdGeX9Ye2O8Fakx3hzVrqkjR2drBJ8U76P0ysUHNQg7ZDd7-LD-hjp46wVGRBiKzD2bbQWflhE36KLTgXe9dq5XMKqdlPBHFtKFW9VRlDJ5jW-INOuroIAlUzQRvu/s1600-h/farr_ski_2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336900127041138962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL2Cvz3KngdGeX9Ye2O8Fakx3hzVrqkjR2drBJ8U76P0ysUHNQg7ZDd7-LD-hjp46wVGRBiKzD2bbQWflhE36KLTgXe9dq5XMKqdlPBHFtKFW9VRlDJ5jW-INOuroIAlUzQRvu/s320/farr_ski_2.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">Mini Head Dip at Farr Bay</span></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCyBPdL5moovn0dDE3czJ0wfia-JK6l-vciM1_xOEbYf9iA4zIzCzABOdJ8owvLjVWtvRSFEz_QFw-QOPQTIWeVB-uGxkYiOuVC3761uxT_cPnehvGdMI1FaStxpkSr2oqbEvI/s1600-h/farr_ski_1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336900128221368114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCyBPdL5moovn0dDE3czJ0wfia-JK6l-vciM1_xOEbYf9iA4zIzCzABOdJ8owvLjVWtvRSFEz_QFw-QOPQTIWeVB-uGxkYiOuVC3761uxT_cPnehvGdMI1FaStxpkSr2oqbEvI/s320/farr_ski_1.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">Awesome ride!</span></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji2oaWJ_93pM19EwqF922U3LQXtPNxEhPKzPbTG1ny5IgkXOj66Gq1SayNt-b53iaewmhosUagOZggjN2LYxJWnv0soPBGpBtV8WJywU5Tud91ZIiW1j7RWKZn6To4quTVhw6R/s1600-h/armadale_ski.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336900119992515842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji2oaWJ_93pM19EwqF922U3LQXtPNxEhPKzPbTG1ny5IgkXOj66Gq1SayNt-b53iaewmhosUagOZggjN2LYxJWnv0soPBGpBtV8WJywU5Tud91ZIiW1j7RWKZn6To4quTVhw6R/s320/armadale_ski.jpg" border="0" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;"> Clean on calm waves at Armadale</span><br /></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfMDBK6hTpRWMhjPeE9vDGj6WRBvxv5SvfAoJuOIT_Ksmz4qbxErp1pK92grtclHefqieL0eg-r-n7aN8jHGeTjTyzTNYq9PV-x7lwefTNdZUd0SKGqTZeaZetp_IVSgXVCVvy/s1600-h/fishing.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336899887032734530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfMDBK6hTpRWMhjPeE9vDGj6WRBvxv5SvfAoJuOIT_Ksmz4qbxErp1pK92grtclHefqieL0eg-r-n7aN8jHGeTjTyzTNYq9PV-x7lwefTNdZUd0SKGqTZeaZetp_IVSgXVCVvy/s320/fishing.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">Fishing from the rocks, in crystal clear water</span></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimg52BhFoA3b84PwrtI8MpJ990-sVPCI37qVh_zPbGvW2cZOHmu7t_iuplpgc6Z5kfs_8f9uv6TkS0WKjZ4fggCGOt4e1HB6hGHTHE-8h7Sc6NbSrm8Pta9p3B9r9AiuuLFpnz/s1600-h/fish_1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336899882135207666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimg52BhFoA3b84PwrtI8MpJ990-sVPCI37qVh_zPbGvW2cZOHmu7t_iuplpgc6Z5kfs_8f9uv6TkS0WKjZ4fggCGOt4e1HB6hGHTHE-8h7Sc6NbSrm8Pta9p3B9r9AiuuLFpnz/s320/fish_1.jpg" border="0" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;"> Lots of small pollack!<br /></span></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYli-KN-c8K7IVkkFKRzzW0UfVlRCu9mPOmekxcEpMV124IOYfmqedhQ9NY1Hu-k0YjjO4fbX9l4jsubPILBzuEnMljyKiMZ6se_6AgQ1qpYSEQwS5ELCrcDqDuPxwbJVrW1HI/s1600-h/sunset.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336899880661469922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYli-KN-c8K7IVkkFKRzzW0UfVlRCu9mPOmekxcEpMV124IOYfmqedhQ9NY1Hu-k0YjjO4fbX9l4jsubPILBzuEnMljyKiMZ6se_6AgQ1qpYSEQwS5ELCrcDqDuPxwbJVrW1HI/s320/sunset.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">The sun sinking into the sea, Sunset at 10.30!</span></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGzhrWAPK-IP_Ioh4jcv5zDCW4tKvSppiba4JIADEqq20qkbDjPuLjyUu25Fg40ghQ3GP9fiW6onK52jX2AU4jFGfMmLb13bb7iE5JH9nTxXPk5CJMtkYIiKJRFl5Zj6kqBTOY/s1600-h/surf_3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336899505033359890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 234px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGzhrWAPK-IP_Ioh4jcv5zDCW4tKvSppiba4JIADEqq20qkbDjPuLjyUu25Fg40ghQ3GP9fiW6onK52jX2AU4jFGfMmLb13bb7iE5JH9nTxXPk5CJMtkYIiKJRFl5Zj6kqBTOY/s320/surf_3.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">Strolling down the beach at Armadale</span></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz6HQUUw12w2jwqbQMnZ7ZviK-tuZv-mrDjwauAi-hkFEt3uLnmsRcF_HWpt75bUAubxfnvpRaMcJrEODO21LV3lh-XDrPCAPuyDzWfXY8qsH6NPmWHjhmjmWfK2vluyohXFlv/s1600-h/surf_2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336899498403420610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 206px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz6HQUUw12w2jwqbQMnZ7ZviK-tuZv-mrDjwauAi-hkFEt3uLnmsRcF_HWpt75bUAubxfnvpRaMcJrEODO21LV3lh-XDrPCAPuyDzWfXY8qsH6NPmWHjhmjmWfK2vluyohXFlv/s320/surf_2.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">Another wave rolls casually into Armadale bay</span></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ZLcOeHNk2fWvOQvavpQjtIwRanffjsENMjQTOWfOfsiPYpxB4Yku7uLHLCcBjTpkTphPie28t0MXgM5ZXEgRAV4szEPS2KPOpUyhsDIJsaderUF2Ji8X8p3IjGAfLLTgN-60/s1600-h/surf_1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336899497374119538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ZLcOeHNk2fWvOQvavpQjtIwRanffjsENMjQTOWfOfsiPYpxB4Yku7uLHLCcBjTpkTphPie28t0MXgM5ZXEgRAV4szEPS2KPOpUyhsDIJsaderUF2Ji8X8p3IjGAfLLTgN-60/s320/surf_1.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">The view just outside our cottage</span></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCjzgiagXh-EKrs-FXhLjfN6g_syozFi913WPqT7jRCDZK5G_cihe25F4a7DtFKha15C8QAH2MoaK9HR5BsRCY7eNWC4hCwEIraT41v9SBQp6w7pxUdMWPb3rooIkt5Ce3vpGA/s1600-h/beach.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336899492781007090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCjzgiagXh-EKrs-FXhLjfN6g_syozFi913WPqT7jRCDZK5G_cihe25F4a7DtFKha15C8QAH2MoaK9HR5BsRCY7eNWC4hCwEIraT41v9SBQp6w7pxUdMWPb3rooIkt5Ce3vpGA/s320/beach.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">Not another footprint to be seen, perfection</span></em><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36966920.post-3664392313652239632009-05-07T22:03:00.006+01:002009-05-07T22:24:58.047+01:00Another weekly round-upWell another busy week means that I've not managed to Blog things as they've happened, so here's a quick pictoral run-down of the last 10 days action.<br /><br /> from top to bottom:<br /><br /> Squirtboating at the Mighty Pots<br /><br /> Mountain bike fun at the Mafia Trails<br /><br /> Sunny Surfing at Saunton<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBNpmKxm9YenNLMwnKxfG5WWYI2PReHOsmQXoTew0xY6wyHMw2BrxhufSOcSKau4hqV-ifP96Zh54IrulA5w0q_Dt_lahFJu6P8PP4vhGbPJHI5h6zzdsO1L0B0s2L4Bh-d_l0/s1600-h/squirt_boating_pots.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333194615232009122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBNpmKxm9YenNLMwnKxfG5WWYI2PReHOsmQXoTew0xY6wyHMw2BrxhufSOcSKau4hqV-ifP96Zh54IrulA5w0q_Dt_lahFJu6P8PP4vhGbPJHI5h6zzdsO1L0B0s2L4Bh-d_l0/s320/squirt_boating_pots.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">Tom 'Maverick' taking a break from sinking at the Pots</span></em></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSJLHpsh0uCJcvoAmZQBSnjm6R5LIL-eMiynMrQ8doe49TusCNn9nhI6P6lZ5JwwO7I-Vqth978d9Kjdp5tE8gH4Qum3DtYzrj6bCY6uoNOlimTYsIoaO4KL4o2lbvbS1Fv92_/s1600-h/mafia_1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333194492872158338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSJLHpsh0uCJcvoAmZQBSnjm6R5LIL-eMiynMrQ8doe49TusCNn9nhI6P6lZ5JwwO7I-Vqth978d9Kjdp5tE8gH4Qum3DtYzrj6bCY6uoNOlimTYsIoaO4KL4o2lbvbS1Fv92_/s320/mafia_1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9499nhz53nblIbPfaiZY6mdZcdzPFhNt1wADJgZGfqd0JeP8DFNRPZsPKNbAvVWxb_BUcHGa0mVBVB1SDGZ05jR7YgPLvXEyy_QvLHtHxoVfEZ0v_wG9nlO-K67Ju7MIWHrYE/s1600-h/mafia_2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333194486378215250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9499nhz53nblIbPfaiZY6mdZcdzPFhNt1wADJgZGfqd0JeP8DFNRPZsPKNbAvVWxb_BUcHGa0mVBVB1SDGZ05jR7YgPLvXEyy_QvLHtHxoVfEZ0v_wG9nlO-K67Ju7MIWHrYE/s320/mafia_2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOqx2SlU0vbvwNZDQ3rNbn1a3cY__H-g4j52-QFudDch9Xir4ICUJRbkCPoSfTeOAJOD3undJfiLvWoxyJndrt5YcQaYd9sC7ytT-aLXU7fJF9RGaBjgoGsgJbBvay22ESZwjr/s1600-h/mafia_3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333194477988946994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOqx2SlU0vbvwNZDQ3rNbn1a3cY__H-g4j52-QFudDch9Xir4ICUJRbkCPoSfTeOAJOD3undJfiLvWoxyJndrt5YcQaYd9sC7ytT-aLXU7fJF9RGaBjgoGsgJbBvay22ESZwjr/s320/mafia_3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQBu22hqZLFpDIPXFZRYEQg-olSjMjr2tn91sxcskiU8Ah7oyVHWmzB6BHSRnbOcMlLw7wBABn7LSYy8uJpn6BS15gSXpKGA5I8G9OXIG_zfsnhDZ5prAPytHMlEBh3HEyF8ww/s1600-h/mafia_4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333194475861034402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQBu22hqZLFpDIPXFZRYEQg-olSjMjr2tn91sxcskiU8Ah7oyVHWmzB6BHSRnbOcMlLw7wBABn7LSYy8uJpn6BS15gSXpKGA5I8G9OXIG_zfsnhDZ5prAPytHMlEBh3HEyF8ww/s320/mafia_4.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">Yak paddling Gear, Southern sales Manager Pete Ford gets down to work at The Mafia Trails!</span></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTqibWIL7vhhY4e5aXx0me4lO2t3mKdvN33oTZ12SMyBoLeovK1GPLaB1UuN2PaAeAaaqJPy3KgnhqpNnF1gw3tUfO9cRiZiU_teKin7LAyAUhXZKazWuC3UXTCIbsvvfI7HFz/s1600-h/mafia_5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333194472306245938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTqibWIL7vhhY4e5aXx0me4lO2t3mKdvN33oTZ12SMyBoLeovK1GPLaB1UuN2PaAeAaaqJPy3KgnhqpNnF1gw3tUfO9cRiZiU_teKin7LAyAUhXZKazWuC3UXTCIbsvvfI7HFz/s320/mafia_5.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ET5JDHTncFNiM3qDGFvRmioOoHkbVh0Dc19Lkw_WztP620sGF-AexPYDJIZiCU5Zmz-3IUviCqluMp_87qytncT3pEDBWvPWhFtZxYQ-0BA6-fumTgXOZ9bdUci_nteQRsYs/s1600-h/saunton_surf.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333194165585135362" style="DISPLAY: block; 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