Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Jamesy's first sea paddle June 22nd 2010.







A great mornings paddle and rescue practise at Carrick and the marina thanks to JC .
Love the puffed out cheeks while doing a bow rescue Jamesy !



Friday, June 18, 2010

Island Magee coast Northern Ireland 15th June .

How about this lay by for a lunch break

Alan dwarfed by the cliffs .

Young Razor bills i think ? sunning themselves.


Heat haze closing in on Blackhead but it cleared by the time we got to it .



My sea boat above ,
Many thanks to Peter B , Alan and JC for their company ! great wee paddle and
hope to do the whole trip over again very soon .


Thursday, June 3, 2010

Cloughey kayaking capers ! 21st May .

A fine specimen of a Northern Irish kayaker with a Co Down seaweed wig ! (click on photo) it even looks like it's platted for goodness sake - thanks Julie lovely picture of me , I really enjoyed the day and thank-you for the hospitality and BBQ , hope to see you all on the water very soon .

Eileen doing the old (James bond girl ocean scene) Irish sea style !




Robert and I about to hit shore at Cloughey bay , his first time in a Sea kayak.


Eileen and I having a chat about the deadly sharks in our waters .



Michelle husky getting to grips with a P&H Capella sea kayak but i think she prefered my Valley Avocet .




Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Some of my travels in April and Michelle's first paddle MAY 2010 - 12 miles .

Very expensive flotsam and jet sum ! One - P&H Quest and three P&H Capella's of course my red Valley Avocet , being used as anchor on the steep shingle at the White harbour near Whitehead co, Antrim.

In April whilst on an over night'er on Salt island I met up with my good friends Marlyn and Bob who own the Manx Sea Quest , they came all the way from Peel - Isle of Man to visit friends in Portaferry. We arranged an eyeball at Strangford lough narrows and via VHF radio , and we met up on a perfectly calm and sunny Sunday morning Marlyn is the one in blue waving lol !

My kids and Myst the husky enjoying playing the kayak in the back garden i just had to post this.


Lunch break at the White harbour and Michelle ready for a breather !



Kilroot jetty and Michelle going under it ! the reason for the length of this pier is to allow large oil tankers to dock which feed fuel to the nearby power station .




The wife racing on !






Chilling out on the way back after a little wave surfing due to a little swell from the N.E wind a few day's earlier.