A new activity for me! I’ve done raft-building once before, at a Girlguiding region event called Try Inspire Qualify (all the fun of activity camp but with no responsibility!) but I’ve never done it at the boathouse. It’s something we tend to keep in reserve. Kayaking is more fun but when the wind is too … More Raft-building at the boathouse
As part of my quest to not be scared of being in the water rather than on it, I had a go at getting into sea swimming a couple of years ago. I will never love sea swimming – I don’t love chlorine in my nose or other people swimming at the wrong speed in … More Sea pools are terrifying
Yep, that’s it, that’s the post. I don’t really do sports (insert tangent where I wonder out loud about archery, fencing and kayaking as sports and my relationship to the sporting aspects) and I definitely don’t watch them. But I make an exception for the Boat Race. I don’t know why I watch the Boat … More I watched the Boat Race so I thought I’d talk about rowing
I haven’t got a clue what order these are supposed to go in. It would make sense to do them in the order they went on the towel but apparently they were on swimming costumes before they went on the towel, which means they’ve got out of order. Ok, let’s start with something easy – … More Let’s look at my swimming badges
Walking and swimming are, generally, my exercise of choice. Paddlesport in the summer, but that’s for fun, not for exercise. And since it’s still the middle of winter, although you wouldn’t guess that by the blue sky and sunshine outside right now, let’s go paddlesport adjacent and I’ll tell you about my swimming routine. It’s … More I like swimming
I know wild swimming/cold water swimming/sea swimming/whatever your preferred term might be has become the outdoor activity du jour. Women up and down the country, and indeed all over the world, are taking off their dryrobes and taking to the sea, or the river or the lake or whatever bit of untamed water they have … More Learning to like the sea
Girlguiding South West does an event most year called Wet & Wild At Wimbleball, which is a weekend of watersports & adventurous activities on and around a lake on Exmoor called Wimbleball. I’ve not been. I wish I could but I can’t figure out the logistics of getting four Rangers there – it’s not worth … More Kayaking in the wind on a reservoir
Bumblebee Paddles 