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October 2020 October 2020 Find out about all the exciting things that have been happening since the end of August. Don’t forget – if you have any stories/articles which you would like everyone to hear about, please email them to me at [email protected] A Sea Kayaking Trip to Anglesey - September 2020 Award-winning design, cutting-edge innovation This year’s planned sea kayaking trips were & world-class paddlesport equipment in the cancelled due to the Coronavirus. However, heart of the Derbyshire Dales. after restrictions were eased and desperate Peak UK have always had a close affiliation to get back on the sea this finally happened. with Midland Canoe Club Three days, two fizzy 'christenings', a maidens READ MORE … first voyage, a birthday, a soap opera and several dizzy blondes…. READ MORE… River Spey 5 Day Kayak Multi-Day Kayak Wild Camping Trip Have you ever fancied going on a wild camping trip and need to know what to take with you? THANK YOU Click here to find out what Simon Taylor, one of As you are aware Midland Canoe Club is run our coaches, recommends you need to take with solely by volunteers who work behind the you…. scenes to keep the club running. This includes Trustees, Committee, Coaches, Membership as well as a lot of many other wonderful people. In this edition, I would like to say a special PERSONAL PERFORMANCE AWARDS thank you to Pete Whitehouse for carrying out the MCC Equipment Inventory 2020 and Iris If you are looking for a fun way to learn to Marles, one of our new members, for painting paddle then you need a Start, Discover, or our benches. Explore course. FIND OUT MORE… READ MORE… October 2020 CONGRAGULATONS! Despite all the restrictions we have had, a number of our members have achieved the following: Alex Allen Canoe Leader Gary Chalklin Paddle Explore Provider Andy Clark Paddle Explore Provider Elaine Nicolson Paddle Explore Provider Joe McDermott Paddlesport Instructor and Paddlesport Leader Alan Perkins Paddlesport Instructor Alex McDermott Paddlesport Instructor Craig Govan Sheltered Water SUP Award Mary O’Halloran-Brown Paddle Explore Award Click on the following link to our website to see all our coaches/instructors: https://midlandcanoeclub.com/new/Documents/MCC_coaches_20200929.pdf POOL SESSIONS General Pool Sessions 2020 28 October 11 November 25 November 9 December 2021 20 January 3 February 17 February 3 March 17 March 31 March 14 April Coached Pool Sessions Capsize Confidently 14 April 2021 Support Stroke Development 25 November 2020 Learn how to Roll* 11 November 2020 9 December 2020 3 February 2021 Paddle Stroke Improvement 17 February 2021 Don’t forget that you need to book in advance via the booking system on the club website. https://midlandcanoeclub.com/new/index.html#wednesdays All sessions can be booked a week in advance and the price is £6 per session. *NB If you would like to book on the Learn how to Roll, all 3 sessions need to be paid for at the time of booking. October 2020 'Anyone fancy a weekend paddling in The Lake District?' What could be simpler to organise I thought as I sent out the email, how wrong was I!!! Normally it would be book a rental property to accommodate numbers, job done. Enter stage left Covid19 restrictions! So now we need separate rooms, no communal areas such as kitchens etc., etc., so a hotel is required. Try finding a hotel with four double rooms and two single rooms available in The Lake District in September. Add to that people's availability, budget and secure parking for cars and kayaks and the task becomes near impossible. After much searching it became clear that The Lake District was a non-starter and eight of us ended up in Anglesey for two nights, Sunday and Monday, at The Gazelle Hotel on the shore of The Menai Straits. The group consisted of Clare and Glen Byram, Teresa and Andy Clark, Karen and John Devonport, Nick Cave and last but not least, John Chamberlin. We arrived early Sunday afternoon in the hope of doing an afternoon paddle. However as we sat outside the hotel drinking coffee looking at the white caps on the Menai Straits I turned to Andy and said tongue in cheek, 'There are eight of us, seven haven't been on the sea this year and one has never been on the sea. Two are in new untried boats and it's blowing force six gusting force eight, what could possibly go wrong!!' We decided plenty, and that paddling was out of the question. So off we went for coffee and biscuits at Dave and Helen Martin's recently purchased home at Bull Bay. A full viewing of their recent property purchase took place and without being asked we all offered suggestions where beds could be positioned to accommodate MCC members on future trips to Anglesey!! A short clifftop walk followed, whilst trying to remain upright against the wind. A large seal and dolphins were spotted amongst the white-caps before we returned to the hotel for our evening meal and the odd shandy. Sunrise from The Gazelle Hotel, Glyngarth onto the shore of the Menai Straits We woke the next day to a totally different outlook, the sun was shining, there was little to no wind and the Menai Straits looked near mirror flat. In addition to which it was Andy's birthday so after a hearty birthday breakfast we set off for Porth Eilian on the north coast planning to paddle west to the abandoned brick works at Porth Wen. October 2020 After unloading the kayaks and taking them down the slipway to the beach, together with all the usual accompanying gear, we gathered around the line of kayaks for a launching ceremony for the two new kayaks prior to their first outing on the sea; Nick Cave's Valley Sirona 15.10 and Karen Devonport's P&H Cetus LV. John Chamberlin had spared no expense by supplying the traditional bottle of champagne for the ceremony (actually it was prosecco from Aldi, but the thought was there!!) John resisted the urge to smash the bottle on the bow, instead opting for more of a christening by pouring a little on to each bow whilst wishing well and safe paddling to all who paddled in them. Fortunately, he didn't use all of the fizz in the ceremony, and by chance we all had a glass ready for our own toast to Teresa Clark who, whilst not in a new boat, was about to undertake her first sea paddle. Once glasses were emptied and stowed we set off for Porth Wen. There was a gentle swell with what wind there was behind us; not challenging, but ideal conditions to get us used to being back on the sea. We paddled close to the shore- line until Llam Carw, a headland just before the entrance to Amlwch harbour, at which point we headed out to East Mouse, a small island some 400 metres out. After paddling round the island we paddled across Bull Bay to the next headland, Ogof Goch, practising using transits, and then on to the disused brickworks at Porth Wen for a sunny lunch stop. Whilst waiting for the tide to turn for our return journey we were entertained by Glen doing his sea otter impression trying to cool off in his dry suit. At the allotted hour we set off but this time the wind that had pushed us along on the way out had picked up in strength and was against us but made the paddling more predictable. We followed a very similar course back with the exception of a detour into Amlwch harbour at Andy's request to search for ice cream. The entrance to Amlwch harbour is very foreboding with its high, grey concrete walls. However, venturing in further to look around at what remains of the old harbour buildings it's possible to get a sense of what the harbour would have looked like in the past, which in my opinion would have been quite picturesque. Returning to Porth Eilian we loaded the kayaks and headed back to the hotel for the early evening chat about the next day's paddle helped along by a Dizzy Blonde a rather nice Robinson's golden ale. October 2020 The Tuesday morning held a couple of surprises; firstly it was calmer than the previous day, resulting in the straits having a mirror surface, and secondly the cars and kayaks were surrounded by a film crew. Obviously we thought they had come to do an in-depth interview about Midland Canoe Club, but alas they were filming an episode of the longest- running Welsh soap opera, Rownd a Rownd. Following breakfast and checking out of the hotel we unloaded the kayaks and, leaving them on the beach outside the hotel, drove to Moel-y-don where we left the majority of the cars. On returning to the hotel we found the film crew still trying to film what appeared to be a lover's tiff on the beach, with the backdrop of Bangor pier in the distance. They did ask us to let them know when we were launching: fame at last I thought, but no, it was to make sure we didn't spoil the scene they were filming!! We set off down the Menai Straits pointing out which of the highly desirable properties we would buy if a Lotto win came our way. We soon arrived at Menai suspension bridge, the start of The Swelłies, which John described the water movements 'like a set of dominoes being moved around on a table top'.
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