sea kayaking

Some Sea Kayaking

The 27 April 2010 found me on Anglesey for the start of five days of sea kayaking .You never know what the sea has reserved for you so we had full satety gear including pumps and flares .All the guys on the course had some experience of kayaking

As you can see we used Capella boats made in good old Nottingham . One of us had a Scorpio (me actually). We found lots of rock gardens and sheltered coves to play in. Out of the cove the wind was stirring up a swell

           On the beach at glorious Llandudno discussing the plan, we felt a little out of place

One day we launched from the north beach at Llandudno and paddled round the headland.Slightly more committing as the cliffs are very high for three miles on the north side, so for our lunch break the only place to stop was halfway up a cliff. That was not easy climbing the cliff with five kayaks,but you fell the landing was soft!!

Next day we went to Puffin Island seen here below .When the tide is out you can walk there,but when its in there are often strong currents and tideraces. The island is home to many seabirds, but not many puffins! Some seals followed us for half an hour, maybe we looked edible

Another day we went to Point Lynas on Anglesey north coast and parked up the boats in this little creek .

We tried various self rescue techniques in the sheltered area ,even in calm water its very hard to do this,heaven knows its twice as hard in the rough stuff.You have to get back in the boat as fast as possible as the cold  water saps your strength in seconds ,and in minutes you could be dead !!