More weather

At the end of the summer we headed down to Cornwall with the kayak. Unfortunately we misjudged the strength of the surf while setting off on a beautiful looking trip under the cliffs of Tintagel. We discovered that

• 2m high surf is too much for us.
  
• Lifeguards can be very useful.
• The locals call our chosen launch spot "the washing machine"
• A leaking thermorest is a safety critical issue (poor sleep leads to poor decisions)

Weather and Weddings

2010 was a great year, but not for our kayaking. In May we headed down to Malta for a family wedding. It was a brilliant wedding, even though the strength of the winds meant that we hired bikes instead of a kayak to explore the amazing Gozo coastline before the wedding.

We'd planned to hire a kayak from Malta Outdoors, who seemed OK as far as we could tell, tho the kayak would have been a sit-on which would have been quite hard work in comparison to what we're used to.