For a second day, we're happily installed in Lilly's B&B in Poolewe (Riversdale B&B 01445 781227) , waiting for the Force 6/7 winds to calm down. It looks like we'll be able to get out to sea again on Saturday
On days like this one of our more unusual pieces of Kayaking safety gear comes into play: walking boots! These make it a pleasure to explore the surroundings on land when its not safe to be at sea. As a result, hopefully, our distress flares and other bits of more conventional nautical safety equipment can remain unused.
There's not much room in a kayak, so Kayakers often have nothing more than blister-inducing Wellies as footware on land, so boredom must make it tempting to set out to sea when really it would be safer not to. We get round the space problem by taking walking shoes, held tightly together with strap and kept in a waterproof 3 litre Lomo bag. (This keeps the sea water out, and the festering smell of damp socks in!) http://www.ewetsuits.com/acatalog/Dry-Boxes-dry-bags-uk.html
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