House now suprisingly more empty

lost_in_thought

prawny wrote:

I used to race Kayaks as a Junior, was in the GB junior squad too, don't know how I was shite.

I used this actual boat for a season in the late 90's



That's not me in it though, that's my old mate Greg, he wasn't shite.

Lit, there's loads of canoe clubs down london way and a really healthy marathon and sprint racing scene, I wan't to get back into marathon racing, the tactics are a lot like cycling I was I'd realised that when I was racing I think I'd be much better at it know.

I met some lovely ladies through canoeing, slightly muscley shoulders tho, ho hum.

I have joined one!

However, the one I've joined seems to be more into 'surfing' and 'playboating' than anything else, and I'm a bit too grown-up for that!

They are lovely people though.

Aidy

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Aidy wrote:

Cafewanda wrote:

How far is 'this far'?

Outside the M25 far

But only just.

careful - a lot of people here don't believe such a place exists...

I've come over all existential.

prawny

lost_in_thought wrote:

prawny wrote:

I used to race Kayaks as a Junior, was in the GB junior squad too, don't know how I was shite.

I used this actual boat for a season in the late 90's



That's not me in it though, that's my old mate Greg, he wasn't shite.

Lit, there's loads of canoe clubs down london way and a really healthy marathon and sprint racing scene, I wan't to get back into marathon racing, the tactics are a lot like cycling I was I'd realised that when I was racing I think I'd be much better at it know.

I met some lovely ladies through canoeing, slightly muscley shoulders tho, ho hum.

I have joined one!

However, the one I've joined seems to be more into 'surfing' and 'playboating' than anything else, and I'm a bit too grown-up for that!

They are lovely people though.

Not sure which ones would be close to you (anything south of coventry is london to me), but good racing clubs in that kind of area are Elmbridge, Royal CC, Richmond, Reading, Bishops Stortford, Leighton Buzzard and Barking and Dagenham. Royal and Elmbridge produce some seriously good paddlers.

Kieran_Burns

Asprilla wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Aidy wrote:

Cafewanda wrote:

How far is 'this far'?

Outside the M25 far

But only just.

careful - a lot of people here don't believe such a place exists...

Everything between the Thames and the Tyne is blank in my atlas, just a dotted line marked M1

which ends at Leeds.... have you ever actually ventured North of Watford Gap Services?

Cafewanda

Aidy wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Aidy wrote:

Cafewanda wrote:

How far is 'this far'?

Outside the M25 far

But only just.

careful - a lot of people here don't believe such a place exists...

I've come over all existential.

:shock: Is it safe out there? :shock:

Hmm, I've ventured out to Wellingborough and Birmingham before now so how bad could your 'manor' be? If the luxurious tent includes luxurious beds that could be my first camping experience right there How close are the neighbours?

MonkeyMonster

Always tempted by kayaking - did it briefly twice as a kid and want to do it more but am a shite swimmer...

That said I suspect my body shape would be quite suited to it... Hmmmmmmmmm

Cafewanda

MM

Yep, you suited to it.

prawny

All this talk is really making me want to go back, my stupid old club trains before I get home from work until the kids bed time

Aidy

Cafewanda wrote:

Hmm, I've ventured out to Wellingborough and Birmingham before now so how bad could your 'manor' be? If the luxurious tent includes luxurious beds that could be my first camping experience right there How close are the neighbours?

There are both tents and spare room

Cafewanda

I'll have to check my 'country' visa is up-to-date 8)

MonkeyMonster

Cafewanda wrote:

I'll have to check my 'country' visa is up-to-date 8)

Yeah, but Aidy would have to have his jabs... Innoculation against you

Can't believe I was so mean after you were so nice... Ah well 8)

el_presidente

lost_in_thought wrote:

prawny wrote:

I used to race Kayaks as a Junior, was in the GB junior squad too, don't know how I was shite.

I used this actual boat for a season in the late 90's



That's not me in it though, that's my old mate Greg, he wasn't shite.

Lit, there's loads of canoe clubs down london way and a really healthy marathon and sprint racing scene, I wan't to get back into marathon racing, the tactics are a lot like cycling I was I'd realised that when I was racing I think I'd be much better at it know.

I met some lovely ladies through canoeing, slightly muscley shoulders tho, ho hum.

I have joined one!

However, the one I've joined seems to be more into 'surfing' and 'playboating' than anything else, and I'm a bit too grown-up for that!

They are lovely people though.

Regents? I used to do white water kayaking, I was shite tho, after my 3rd shoulder dislocation I graciously retired. WW / playboating / Surfing is much more fun than all this K1 nonsense though I reckon.

prawny

It's more fun yeah but that's not the point is it.

Mountain biking is more fun than road cycling but it's just not english :P

I went up to nottingham the other week with the family and I was amazed at how much palyboating has come on in the last 10 years, there was a 14 year old girl doing frontflips in the first stopper :shock:

lost_in_thought

White water looks fun, I agree, but the playboating just seems silly.

I'm not really sure what 'surfing' is in a kayak.

el_presidente

prawny wrote:

It's more fun yeah but that's not the point is it.

Mountain biking is more fun than road cycling but it's just not english :P

I went up to nottingham the other week with the family and I was amazed at how much palyboating has come on in the last 10 years, there was a 14 year old girl doing frontflips in the first stopper :shock:

When you see the guys doing 360 loops etc it's amazing. I could just about do a flat spin and a flat water tail dip

the new course at Cardiff has a boat travelator so you do't even need to get out of the boat.

el_presidente

lost_in_thought wrote:

White water looks fun, I agree, but the playboating just seems silly.

I'm not really sure what 'surfing' is in a kayak.

Exactly the same as regular surfing. Paddle out, turn round and surf in on the wave. you can do spins etc as well. Sounds boring but when a 4ft wave picks you up and hurls you towards the shore it is really exhilarating. You do feel a bit of a tit with cag / bouyancy aid / helmet when the boardy next to you just has a shorty wetsuit on. They can get a bit annoyed if you run them over with a large kayak or bosh them with a paddle 8)

ride_whenever

please, kayaks represent the mtb and hybrids of the water world.

Get yourself a single scull and you'll get places much more quickly...

lost_in_thought

ride_whenever wrote:

please, kayaks represent the mtb and hybrids of the water world.

Get yourself a single scull and you'll get places much more quickly...

Yeah, but a single scull a) costs a fortune and b) can't really go places like a kayak can.

And thanks for that explanation, I'm now adding 'surfing' to my list of 'stuff I have no real interest in doing in a kayak'

ride_whenever

like a road bike...

but when i can go places it can go really really fast. Plus it has the added advantage that the primary muscles are pretty similar for rowing and cycling.

Big Wib

el_presidente wrote:

prawny wrote:

It's more fun yeah but that's not the point is it.

Mountain biking is more fun than road cycling but it's just not english :P

I went up to nottingham the other week with the family and I was amazed at how much palyboating has come on in the last 10 years, there was a 14 year old girl doing frontflips in the first stopper :shock:

When you see the guys doing 360 loops etc it's amazing. I could just about do a flat spin and a flat water tail dip

the new course at Cardiff has a boat travelator so you do't even need to get out of the boat.

I understand the travelator bit but is any of the rest in English? :?

el_presidente

lost_in_thought wrote:

And thanks for that explanation, I'm now adding 'surfing' to my list of 'stuff I have no real interest in doing in a kayak'

awww, it is brilliant fun. Then you have a barby & some beers on the beach ... (or huddle in a freezing tent out of the rain)

lost_in_thought

ride_whenever wrote:

like a road bike...

but when i can go places it can go really really fast. Plus it has the added advantage that the primary muscles are pretty similar for rowing and cycling.

Fair point, well made.

The very day they invent a touring single scull with luggage space, I'll buy one.

rjsterry

You'll be wanting a Thames Skiff

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://70.86.161.50/~tombalm/images/thames%2520skiff%2520with%2520camping%2520cover.jpg&imgrefurl=http://70.86.161.50/~tombalm/%3Fpage_id%3D163&h=400&w=300&sz=64&tbnid=hgwYm8-58behmM:&tbnh=124&tbnw=93&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dthames%2Bskiff&usg=__HcORcsYSX1BCm-d_IkFdmoByqMA=&sa=X&ei=B0RYTPOvON3NjAeRu_XPCQ&ved=0CC4Q9QEwAw

andrewc3142

ride_whenever wrote:

please, kayaks represent the mtb and hybrids of the water world.

My eldest has got into racing kayaks. The road bikes of the water world?

Wey Kayak Club in Guildford - some seriously good paddlers there.

The triathlons look fun - paddle/run/cycle

lost_in_thought

rjsterry wrote:

You'll be wanting a Thames Skiff

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://70.86.161.50/~tombalm/images/thames%2520skiff%2520with%2520camping%2520cover.jpg&imgrefurl=http://70.86.161.50/~tombalm/%3Fpage_id%3D163&h=400&w=300&sz=64&tbnid=hgwYm8-58behmM:&tbnh=124&tbnw=93&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dthames%2Bskiff&usg=__HcORcsYSX1BCm-d_IkFdmoByqMA=&sa=X&ei=B0RYTPOvON3NjAeRu_XPCQ&ved=0CC4Q9QEwAw

Hmmmm, no, no I don't think I will!

rjsterry

A bit too Jerome K. Jerome? Maybe more something to do with a couple of friends rather than one your own - a bit tandem with trailer rather than tourer, but they do do one man versions.

prawny

andrewc3142 wrote:

ride_whenever wrote:

please, kayaks represent the mtb and hybrids of the water world.

My eldest has got into racing kayaks. The road bikes of the water world?

Wey Kayak Club in Guildford - some seriously good paddlers there.

The triathlons look fun - paddle/run/cycle

Wey! I Thats the one I couldn't remeber, I used to knock around with a load of kids from wey back then I don't know if any of them are still paddling, we used to kip in the clubhouse the night before any european trips, ahh crazy days.

prawny

ride_whenever wrote:

please, kayaks represent the mtb and hybrids of the water world.

Get yourself a single scull and you'll get places much more quickly...

They aren't that much faster though really. The single scull 2000m world record is 6.40ish and the 1000m K1 record is 3.25ish.

You can't bunch race in a scull either, and you're facing the worng way.

Single sculls are the recumbents or the water, Racing kayaks the racings bikes and sea kayaks the hybrids

Fireblade96

ride_whenever wrote:

please, kayaks represent the mtb and hybrids of the water world.
Get yourself a single scull and you'll get places much more quickly...

Ah, but a single scull is very little use on Grade 4 ;-)

Try racing, but give whitewater a go too. And you'll end up spending winter weekends driving to & from Wales hoping it rains!

Jay dubbleU

mroli wrote:

What - so you could tow the trailer behind the canoe/kaya as well - ha - trailer for the bike, then trailer for the canoe? Not sure about "drag" though.....

I used to have one of these which I used for expeditions in northern Scotland - it carried me, climbing partner,a tent, plus climbing gear without any problems - would carry a folding bike no probs - no issues with punctures etc and inflates using a track pump

http://www.kayaksandpaddles.co.uk/canoe ... -yukon.htm