Gwilym's Adventure Blog

Out with good friend and general boaty play mate Olly on SUPs on The Lower Dart. A really nice day on the river trying to stay upright on SUPs (I still find eddy lines tricky).  After getting out we even had time for a high speed run down The Loop in kayaks before coffee, pasty and brownies.

  An excellent morning afloat with a Mums and Sons Stand up paddleboard session on the canal on the outskirts of Bridgwater.  Wet and High Adventures Ltd offer beginner session and a hire service for the more experienced.

After a few weeks of mountains, I arrived on The Isle of Wight today for something different. This afternoon I was out conducting some risk assessments at the two beaches I will be using during the week to run a National Vocational Beach Lifeguard Course . I also got to take my SUP back to where it was born (metaphorically as I am sure it was made overseas). You can see in picture 2 the logo and the headland that it was drawn from at Freshwater Bay.

What a way to start 2019. I was running a joint staff training session for me for Wet and High Adventures with Robin and Ben from Somerset Adventures as we intend to do some combined SUP and Coasteering days later this year. Also great to have Hannah along as chief photographer and SUP "lookerafterer" - is that a word? Anyway, the sun shone, the water was warm, there was little swell and low wind. We SUPped out along the coast from Meadfoot to Torquay before Coasteering our way back (with Hannah towing the boards) exploring caves and jumps. Ultimately we ended up behaving like kids messing about doing headstands and jumping off the paddleboards before going for lunch and coffee at the marina. Lets hope the rest of 2019 goes this well