Trip Report - River Dart January 2004
Friday, January 16th, 2004Present
Roger Harris (coach) Ian Culver (coach)
Pete Armitage, canoe Stuart Hemstock, kayak
Tania Spicer-Short, kayak Paul Jeanneret, kayak
Paul Bandy, kayak Geoff Rippington, kayak
Sam Rippington, kayak Craig Scampton, kayak (guest)
John Bennell, kayak
Trips are always the same. Friday night in rush hour traffic we drive away from London towards the hills. Traffic is awful, and it always rains. And there’s normally an accident causing traffic jams.
Or you get up really early on Saturday morning if you prefer to drive for a few hours before getting on the water for a days paddling.
It wasn’t like that this time - The traffic on Friday night was light (I don’t know why?), the road was dry and clear (what!?) the sky was full of stars and it wasn’t even blowing a gale (!?!?!)
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