Launched just after 2pm from the beach carpark, admiring the new lambs in the fields on the way down the track.
We paddled northwards towards Aberyswyth against the now ebbing tide and against the wind, so we could have an easy ride back. Mike was in his prowler 4.5 elite and I was in the scupper pro.
We paddled against an increasing chop towards the cliffline and parked up on the pebble beach for a breather and to swap kayaks.
Mike wanted a go in a scupper pro so we swapped kayaks after the break and paddled with the tide and wind back towards the launch point.
After getting back to the launch point around 4pm we decided to have a play near the beach as Mike hadnt done many self rescues before. I gave the dry suit another test with the scupper after dumping the camera and vhf on the beach. After a few months lay off I struggled to get back on the scupper and kept falling back in, but at least the dry suit didnt leak!
After a rest Mike tried some self rescues in his elite 4.5 and proved that he could do several without a problem. After I did a self rescue on the elite I went back out on the scupper and managed to complete a self rescue on that. Heres some pics of Mike on the elite and scupper (sorry about the blurred quality - had water on the lens)
Mike doing a (dead) turtle impression
and on the scupper:
after the play it was time to head in to shore and a well earned cup of tea
Nice to be out for a paddle again, and lucky with the weather :D
Roll on spring and them bass and tope ;D
