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River Severn Sillyness

Sunday, October 26th, 2008

Yesterday I  went out for a trip on the Severn with Dave and Alan from SoTP.  Was good fun :)

Our put in point was at Hampton Lode, there used to be a ferry over the river there until last year when it was washed away in the same rains that did for the SVR :(     Our take out point was at Arley which is approx 4.7 miles down river.

The river was a little, erm,  frisky :)   It was estimated that it was about 8 feet higher than normal and there was a lot of debris in the river.   Dave estimated that last time he did this trip it took him about 3 hours ish.  Due to the strong current we flew down it in about 1.5 hours :)

Damn good fun :)   Landed at Arley for a cup of tea and a bacon sandwich in the tea rooms :)

One thing that puzzled me with the bacon sandwich was that for some reason it was served with a small stack (about 5) plain pringles.  This did baffle me somewhat but at least it was not grated carrot :)

Bala

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

Went for a paddle at the weekend with some lovely people off SOTP :)

Went all round Bala lake (in Wales for the geographically disadvantaged) in the wind, rain and glimpses of sunshine. Weather was not too bad though but I must remember to keep my boat inflated :)

My new dry trousers worked though which was a bonus as although I did not fall in I did have to wade a little bit :)

Sadly no piccys as they did not come out very well, I think I need a new camera, one that is waterproof might be an idea :)

Went out for a paddle again :)

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

On my epic quest to go and get a pint at the anchor (some reviews here, also see picture in last post) I went for another paddle near Woodseaves. Paddled all the way there and got there, hurrah people in the garden all enjoying a beer / cider and got to the door just as they had closed :(

So then had to paddle all the way back and then on to Nordbury Junction which was open but was not that special :(

On the water again :)

Friday, September 26th, 2008

Went out again yesterday for a paddle :)

A close up:

Sadly this was closed when we went but should be open at the weekend :)

Sadly this was closed when we went but should be open at the weekend :)

Yipee went for a paddle :)

Sunday, September 21st, 2008