Loads of rain on Saturday, but the river still dropped like a stone. Great fun none the less on the water with Nathan and Steve. Bank support from Chris and movies (with commentary) and pics from Sally. Can't post anymore as the website is playing up.
After applying considerable pressure to the plastic on the Sub70 we finally shoe-horned Huw into it and he enjoyed his first surf in a relatively short boat.
Will he buy one? Was the pain worth the gain? By the way, he did roll up after the capsize.
I don't want this blog to end up as a compilation of paddle cockups! But there again.......
It chucked it down all day Saturday. 20mm of rain fell in Kingsteignton, but the rain gauge on Dartcom only said 7.6mm. After reading that the Erme had been paddled on Saturday afternoon and that it was rising, we decided to go for it. On arrival, it was very low. So we chased the water to the Teign. Paddlers included Chris, Paul, Steve, Nathan, Greg, Jack and myself.