Entries from March 2007
March 22, 2007
Intermediate 5 day course
Over the last 5 days we have been running our intermediate course. The weather has been incredibly changeable with winds from force 9-3. During the week we were able to explore the area around falmouth and the Lizard. Mike and Hugh were on the course and were great to have out [...]
March 19, 2007
International Canoe Exibition NEC
Over the weekend we were at the NEC advertising our courses for the year. The show lasted 3 days and we talked to lots of people. It was also a great opportunity to catch up with friends within the industry.
We shared our stand with Nigel Dennis and Kari Tek. between us [...]
March 13, 2007
Introduction to Sea Kayaking
After the weekend of rough water the seas calmed off to give us the ideal conditions for a two day one on one intro course with Colin. It was great to see him develop his skills rapidly out on the water. I worked with him for the first day and [...]
March 11, 2007
Incident Management
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Over the weekend we ran our first sea kayaking cornwall incident management course this year. We had absolutely perfect conditions, with beautiful skies and a good breeze. On the first day we worked out of Maenporth and found gullies and areas to work on rescue skills. Then on the second day [...]
March 6, 2007
Sweetwater Symposium 2007
What a great symposium this turned out to be, a big thankyou to Russell and Jean for inviting us over. The week started with a coaches day out to the marine research fascility in Tampa.
Then on to BCU week and the days started early with yoga on the beach with Cheri and Turner, [...]
March 5, 2007
Irish White Water
Last weekend I flew over to Dublin to go to the University College Dublin Canoe Club Ball. I had an amazing time and would like to thank all of the club for making me feel very welcome. The quality of the Wicklow rivers surprised me. On the first day we went down [...]