Jun 11 2012

No decent paddling yet this year, boooo.

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Well….. I get up to the lakes quite a bit, as my mother has a static caravan up there & I do enjoy flat water paddling on Windermere. But not all the time, it really frustrates me not being able to paddle any rivers, without a load of hassle from anglers, etc. I don’t want the stress of it all, as I’m still not sure what the trigger for my Epilepsy is? It might be stress, so I don’t want to go there.

So, I’ve been doing a lot more planning for my little trip.

I’ve decided to change direction. I’ll now be going anti-clockwise around England. There’s a few reasons for this.

The first is that I will do the very long portage quite early on, when I’ve still got the energy to do it.

The second is, apart from the first bit, in the Irish Sea. Once I finish the Offa’s Dyke path, it will probably be the end of May & the weather should be a bit better. (I hope it’s not like this year!)

And lastly, the tides & average wind conditions for that time of year. I think there’s more chance that they’d be with me, than against me. (Maybe!)

Well, we’ll see, hehe.

At the moment, I’m trying to figure out a type of sail, that won’t be too heavy to carry across Wales. I think I’ll try to design it so I’ll only have to carry the sail cloth. (probably a lightweight ripstop thingy.) Then once I get to the Severn estuary, I can make the mast, etc out of some branches. Hmmmm?

Anyway, I’ll figure it out & post some pics, so it doesn’t look as boring on here.

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