A total of 138 days had elapsed since last paddling a canoe, possibly the longest gap in 30 years of canoeing and kayaking! Post lockdown comeback day was Good Friday and a day of 1:1 coaching on moving water at a site on the England-Scotland border. Conditions were near perfect with bright sunshine; little wind - possibly another six inches of water is all we could have asked for.
We should have been away on our annual Community Easter Canoe Expedition from Good Friday until the middle of this week, unfortunately for the second year running Covid had its say and we were unable to go. Most of the team who were due to be on expedition opted to head out for a day of "mellow touring" on a section of river Marion & I had never paddled before. The trip was essentially through the tidal section of the river and provided a mixture of urban & rural scenery - it was also Charis' first ever river trip paddling a kayak, she did well! Amongst the seemingly inevitable debris that seems to mar our urban rivers we saw: Kingfishers, Heron & Redshank. It was very much not our usual day on the river but nevertheless a really enjoyable trip.
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