Gwilym's Adventure Blog

Today I was working for Wet and High Adventures Ltd down at Salcombe with Sam who I was assessing for his Sea Kayak Award . We had a great time in warm water, low wind with just enough "wind over tide" to make things interesting at Bolt Head. A large and friendly Barrell Jellyfish cam over to say hello. As part of my development, Rich Uren was there overseeing my assessment so that I can get a recommendation to be a provider in my own right and I am pleased to say he will be making that recommendation to British Canoeing. Well done Sam for a good performance.

    Awesome day out at Bolt Head with Olly visiting a new Coasteering route. I had over dressed and was warm (too warm at times) in my 5mm suit with 2mm vest but better that than cold obviously. Seeing a grey seal catch a fish was great and although I felt like I had gone 10 rounds with Mike Tyson after the caving yesterday, it was a relaxing day out in the unseasonably warm weather we are having. The 2km walk in and walk out (after a dodgy exit climb up) means it is unlikely we will take groups there but it was good fun all the same.

Today I was back out down at Salcombe out Sea Kayaking with 3 other candidates and our trainer Sid as part of the  British Canoeing UKCC Level 3 Sea  programme. It was a little less windy today and we worked on observation and coaching.

Today I have been down at Salcombe out Sea Kayaking with 3 other candidates and our trainer Sid as part of the British Canoeing UKCC Level 3 Sea programme. It was a bit windy today so we stayed inside the bar (a spit of sand not a pub) and sought the shelter of the eastern shore. We looked at a lot of skills but the highlight was going surfing at the end of the day. No pictures of that as I was too busy playing to get the camera out.