Its nearly July and Hurley’s on four gates… am I dreaming? Apparently not, whilst the torrential downpours have been causing havoc in the northern parts of the country its made thames valley paddling a welcome summer reality. But four gates; somehow despite it being the most friendly and fun four gates I’ve seen for a long while, … Continue reading »
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Pathfinders – Monday 26th June 2007
Monday nights are Pathfinder nights, despite the forming gale… With what appear to be record levels of water around for June the Ock had a significant amount of water in it. So we arranged a quick shuttle and performed another amazing decent of Abingdons second river. Sixteen of us tackled the challange of three weirs … Continue reading »
Hambledon – Sunday 24th June 2007
Despite the rain (and there has been alot of it) Hurley refuses to go to two gates and we fancied a change to Abingdon so this morning Dave H, Vicki and I headed to Hambledon where we bumped in to Matt. I’ve never really paddled here before and it was… interesting. Beatings were handed out, but … Continue reading »
Abingdon – Wednesday 20th June 2007
Despite the changable weather we’ve been having laterly the sun came out for the Wednesday night paddle. One gate with plenty of water was open and fun was had. Seth found a “different” alternative to his Werners and Andy snapped the end off his AT’s. Photos here: http://picasaweb.google.com/simon.knox/Abingdon20thJune2007
Blastathon – Saturday 16th June
It’s that time of year again, the annual KCC Blastathon. Held at the international Blastadrome (Abingdon Weir) club members and their friends get together to strut their freestyle skills! Once we’ve made fools of ourselves its back to the club hut for a BBQ. The rain held off for the event and the BBQ despite the … Continue reading »
