Mad Cows & Cornishmen...

Just a short trip, but a bloody good one!

Today I'll be paddling with Mike.

And Sam, who'll probably kill me when she see's the title (LOL). Sorry Sam, gotta have a catchy title ;D

We headed out from Poldhu Cove & shortly after headed into Mullion for a pee :)

The swell was quite decent & the conditions quite choppy but we hugged the shore anyway & did some rockhopping on the way to Kynance cove.

Really good fun this.

Time for a break at Kynance Cove, awesome spot...

After Kynance we headed back to Poldhu for some surfing & to meet up with Steve who was to join the action. My camera battery had died which is a shame as there was some good action. The biggest waves coming in at around 5 foot.
We all caught some good waves & I think we all took a beating too. I rolled loadsa times but the final wave pounded me good so I decided to call it a day.

Thanks to Sam & Mike for asking me along, it was a fab day out :)

The Dragon & Lizard Alliance...

This trip was the main reason that I came to Cornwall early for my 4 star assessment. It's high on my list of things to do this year.

I had a walk to Lizard point on Thursday, I've visited there many times before but I wanted to check out the conditions that I'd be likely to encounter. I wish I hadn't, it was only blowing about F4 but the race just offshore had 15-20 foot waves breaking over the reefs! I've never seen anything like that before so I was more than a little apprehensive about the paddle today.

Camp At Poldhu Cove...

Days of lazygititus left me a little shaky at the start of the paddle but I was soon into my stride, each paddle stroke slowly removing my lack of confidence & replacing it with optimism.
I was making a good 4.5 Knots from camp to Kynance Cove & I was eager to reach Lizard Point.

Kynance Cove...

Arriving at the tip of the Lizard, not to mention the most Southerly point in England, I was anxious to see what sort of playground I'd have. As it turned out it was nice & calm, arriving an hour before slack water had worked a treat :)

The Old Lifeboat Station On Lizard Point...

Lloyds Signal House...

The New Lizard Lifeboat Station...

WooHoo, I Love Caves...

Bloody Deep Too...

The Witches Cauldron...

Arriving at Cadgwith, my finish point. I had decided to go one way & get the bus back to my van.

GEEK STATS

Trip Odom 8.62 Nautical Miles (9.9 Statute)

Time Moving 02:39:30

Max Speed 6.3 Knots

Moving Average 3.3 knots

Gone South...

On the 8th & 9th of October I will be doing my 4 star Sea Leader assessment with Sea Kayaking Cornwall so I decided to head South a few weeks early & get used to the bloody big surf down here.

Also to do some blogs as I ain't done many trips lately. I aint been sat on my arse though, I've been doing short trips for skills practice & rolling ready for my assessment.

View From Camp At Dawn...

Portreath Beach (Ready To Go)...

A Decent Swell...

Godrevy In The Distance...

At this point I put the camera away. I could see big messy swell on the other side of the Island, rather disconcerting.
Did I really have to go right around the Island? Hell Yeah!
After a tense few minutes looking over my shoulder for the next swell & also trying not to get too close to rocks I got around though I think I may have been pushing my luck?

A Good Spot For A Pee :)

 Back at Portreath, hope this don't get too messy

HMMM, looking towards the beach, a stiff offshore wind taking the tops off the waves. Amazingly I went in without catching a wave so I turned back around & played for a bit in the surf.

A Good day out...

An Image Of Godrevy Island That I Took A Few Years Ago...

Project Nordkapp Part 5...

Hmmm, Project Nordkapp, remember that?

She's been on hold a few months now as I've been a bit busy but my desire to take her for a paddle is given me a kick up the arse.

I've now made & fitted the cockpit coaming & I made it a bit stronger too as I've heard plenty of stories about coaming repairs recently.

Oh, and it looks miles better than my first attempt :)

I've also ordered an 8" hatch for the rear deck, it came with the recess to fit onto my back deck but obviously a flat recess wont fit onto a curved deck so I had to make another recess to fit the recess, so my hatch would be flush mounted.

Finally I've started grinding out the cracks in the gel coat (not drawing Cheesestrings) & filling them. This is gonna take some time!

More Pissing About...

Monday Club with Up & Under at Cardiff Bay again, this time with only Stuart (not may day Stu) & Chrissy.

I Tried to pirouette of the ramp but it just wasn't steep enough, good fun though :)