Yippie!! Rain!

[Jon]

Well at last we have some rain!

Unfortunately I stuffed my back yesterday so am not a happy bunny today. Paddling is definitely off the menu for a while. :mad::mad::mad:

Go on, cheer me up and tell me what you've been paddling...

[Swimmer!]

Sorry Jon - the Esk, and good fun it was too.

http://www.cumbriacanoeists.org.uk/~duddon/IMGP1417_resize.JPG

http://www.cumbriacanoeists.org.uk/~duddon/IMGP1423_resize.JPG

And the Duddon was quite high as well!

http://www.cumbriacanoeists.org.uk/~duddon/IMGP1424_resize.JPG

http://www.cumbriacanoeists.org.uk/~duddon/IMGP1426_resize.JPG

Put the DIY on hold 'til the spring!

Dave.

[chris foster]

Upper Caldew in the morning and Lune in the afternoon for me
Get well soon Jon

[Jon]

Cheers Chris,

On a diet of co-codamol, Ibuprofen and deep heat at the moment! LOL Hopefully it'll only take a week to sort itself out. I think it's a muscle problem rather than a disc.

Great piccy's swimmer! was it a good turn out of the duddon boys?

[chris foster]

Only thing to spoil the day was seeing a large amount of paddlers choosing to ignore the agreement on the Greta :mad:

[ned]

Got out on tarn beck and the upper duddon. The duddon had dropped off a bit by then. Alll good fun. I'll stick some pics on the blog later tonight. That DIY stuff is dangerous - Stick to outdor sports, much safer.

Swimmer- is that wave in the pictures (red boat, front surf) is it on the esk and whereabouts? It looks quite good, is it deep?

[Poke]

A tasty cruise down the lower Clough.
Nice levels, though they had dropped ~1ft in places since a few hours earlier!

[Jon]

Nice effort people!

I paid a visit to a local Chiropractor on Monday to sort my back out. He realigned my spine... an interesting experience that I do not wish to endure again soon. It's amazing what noises your back can make if bent in the right direction...

Anyway for all you able-bodied people it looks like there's going to be some good rain over night so the becks will be flowing tomorrow.

[ned]

Hope the back is improving!
Got the leven today but it had dropped quite a lot from monday.

Is anyone out tomorrow? I can potentially do the afternoon.

[Swimmer!]

Ned asked - "Swimmer- is that wave in the pictures (red boat, front surf) is it on the esk and whereabouts? It looks quite good, is it deep?"

Yes, the Esk - the last small drop before the getout at the bridge at Eskdale Green. Where you go left of a small rocky island. And it was deep enough for Rob to go for a roll when it ate him!

Jon asked - "Great piccy's swimmer! was it a good turn out of the duddon boys?" Just 4 of the usual keen ones, none of the "Big Boys"!

And it looks like West was best ...

[steve ed]

im with you jon

still not over my broken arm i did have trip down the nevis a couple of weeks ago but it was a bit to early.:mad:

so im off surfing (the standing up type) to morrocco next week then after that im hoping to be back boating:)

[Jon]

Steve - I was just thinking of setting up a cripples corner for us to have sedate non sports related chat while we recover, but then I see your off bloody surfing! You do seem to have a hard life Steve. ;)

Captain scum can tell you a lovely place to stay in Morocco...

[Captain Scum]

Was in Morocco this September. Are you heading for Essaouira? Watch out for the traffic police - they are lethal. We were stopped 4 times in 7 days!!!! If you want any advice about the area let me know.

[steve ed]

Hi Captain

we are flying to Casablanca then heading to the coast, but only there for 7 days not quite rainchasers but surfchasers, did you go to that area ?

Im not sure how far Essaouira is from the area we are going.