Another day, another adventure. The goal here was to visit denny Island, a small lump of rock in the middle of the channel. Since I first heard of the Island, as a teenager, I've have had the desire to go there & this desire was confounded by seeing the Island in the new Harry Potter movie hence the cheesy title. In the movie Hermione, a half witch(Mudblood) took Harry here whilst evading the death eaters.
But the mud part is very appropriate as there was nowhere to land on this trip except for Denny Island as we were passing mile upon mile of mudflats.
Think I've outdone myself with the cheesy title this time(LOL)...
Paddling today with Richie &
Stuart. The night before the trip Stuart text me to let me know that there was dangerous eddy currents in the area(nice, thanks for that). He then text me back to mention the lack of slack water, confused sea's & whirlpools(really filling me with confidence(I was looking forward to this trip till now).
So after a sleepless night(thanks Stuart) we all arrived at Black Rock to find what could best be described as a mill pond, or be it one with bloody fast currents. Not what I was expecting after Stuarts research info(LOL)...
That's me in black, image courtesy of
Stuart
We made slow progress to start with as we all kept getting our cameras out, what are we, kayakers or journalists'?
We didn't realise how close we were to Denny Island till we saw the seagulls which gave a sense of scale. I'm buzzing at this point, it's been a long time coming & the Islands in reach. It's a proper seabird Island this, which is a polite way of saying 'it stinks of fish', which I strangely enjoyed? The oder reminding me that this is a place where human footprints have rarely touched...
This is a view of the tide ripping around the North Eastern side of the Island. The tides were prominent on this trip, holding a steady 8 knots during the fastest part of the tide & averaging 7 knots, this was a fast trip & we stayed well out in the middle of the channel for most of it so as to make the most of the fast spring tides...
I passed Richie my camera so I'd have a piccie of me to put on my blog, not quite what I was expecting (LOL). maybe he can get my head in next time...
Approaching Cardiff after A long trip(about 25 miles) & I'm strangely full of energy, which is handy as we had to carry the kayaks up very muddy steps to the car park...
I see you sorted the pictures then. Like the link to the name, I was thinking 'the mud the sweat.. but couldn't think of anything to replace tears...stairs? Was a great day, have fun if you get out tommmorrow.
ReplyDeleteLooked a great paddle in perfect conditions. Amazing how the weather can vary, I was in Pembs the same day and was paddling in quite strong NE winds.
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