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Arriving on Angelsey early this morning, we quickly got the tent up and all the kit out of the car.
Sheffield canoe club had around 50 members attending, and it looked as though most had arrived the evening before!
We were ready just in time, 28 paddlers went down to Porth Dafarch beach for a short trip (if you were in a short boat) and a bit longer if you were in a sea boat.
We left with the intentions of going to the old lifeboat station at Porth Ruffydd. When we reached the head that signifies the exit of the bay and leads around to Porth Ruffydd, I noticed a the strong flow of an eddy carrying us to the point of no return. We were right at mid-tide, and we wern't expecting this.
I quickly gathered the group and had them paddle into the flow. Phil called me up on the vhf, and I discovered now that as soon as I took my hands from the paddle and used the radio, the short white-water boat instantly span around! Oh for a sea kayak!
We made the decision to go across toward Treaddurr bay, and find a beach for a spot of lunch.
The first (un-named) beach was empty, well, it was until we invaded anyway! After some lunch we paddled back to Porth Dafarch. I noticed that the younger people seemed to race at full speed everywhere we went and weren't rock-hopping or looking in the caves etc.
I managed to leave the beach without changing the battery in the camera - it was flat! So, no photos from the sea.
When we got back to the beach, the tide was in, and every person in the vicinity was on the beach, the sun was out and generally everyone had had a good time.
Connor, Cerys and Adele had enjoyed this beach, its very busy but nice and clean with good parking. It is sea kayaking central here, the were loads of cars with empty roof racks.
Cerys wanted to go paddling, so we had a quick trip around the bay.
A very short, but enjoyable trip with loads of paddlers of all abilities - its good to show the whitewater racing snakes how to enjoy the sea!
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