Have purchased a kayak - wanted one, seen one, went and got one. Now learning how to use one begins!!
Got a Kayak Taster Session booked up at Carsington this morning. Will see how that goes and then might have a one day lesson to get the basics in. Kayak taster session was an experience, the chap let me use a sit on top kayak like the one I bought but without the seat that mine's got so it was damned uncomfortable that said in an hour and a half I learnt the basic strokes. I also found out that to launch from Carsington costs £5 for the whole day and that includes parking - think that's quite good!
We went over mum and dads after to pick up a cooker and by crikey it were an 'eavy one. Any way job done, all good. Next up was a 7 mile run which was very steady indeed as was starting to feel the residuals from kayaking in the morning particularly in the abs! http://connect.garmin.com/activity/192576169
Stayed up to watch the dire football - there's 2.5 hours I'll never get back! What a shower
Monday 25th June 2012
Up early but mega knackered. Did some tidying up and kayak sorting then a truncated 2.5 mile run as legs are knackered. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/192576173
Busy day at work then home, big tea ha ha. Then 3 miles of golf http://connect.garmin.com/activity/192919894
Then me and Phil set about building a mini-frame for the kayak to be stored on. All done by 10:35!!
Tuesday 26th June 2012
After we'd done last night I read the Owner's manual for the kayak it said don't just wrap a tarpaulin around the kayak as it will turn into an oven and distort structure. So got up at 5:30 and made a tent like structure to suspend the tarpaulin over it. All good in the end but it meant no run this morning. In the office in good time though so everything else carrying on as normal.
Wednesday 27th June 2012
Up dead early to find an airbed as my mum coming over to baby sit for kids as we went to London. Emptied everything out of the shed, looked everywhere, couldn't find it anywhere - turned out mum had got it! Such is life. Went to London on 11:15 train got there for 12:30, lunch at Marco Pierre White (or whatever his name is)'s steak house in Bishopsgate, very nice indeed. Then mooching about London, supper in the oldest pub in London apparently The White Hart which was nearby - bosskat liked it there too - very handy for Shaftesbury Theatre which is where we went after to see Rock of Ages. Bosskat liked that even more so I'm the king of brownie points currently. All good. Apart from - last train out of London to Derby - set off at 11:15 good, got in at 02:51 so didn't get to bed til 3:45am !! Cool but am in office as early as normal - all good.
Hell's teeth - did I mention that according to the website the drummer in the band is none other than Chris Maitland the awesome original drummer of Porcupine Tree (replaced by the equally awesome Gavin Harrison of Rhythmic Illusions fame)! How cool is that? Rock of Ages was like non-stop 80s hair rock with a very thin plot - bosskat wants to go see the movie so it will be interesting to see what they've added to it to make a film out of it.
Thursday 28th June 2012
Woke up very tired at 6:50, Phil gone to work already, got everyone up, got the cover on my kayak that Phil had taken off for some reason. Think I've got a crate for my rear tank well on the kayak I hope, and have got some 40mm pipe for rod holders - watch this space there's a work of cunning design being planned right now... After work went to Badminton only 8 of us turned up - normally you're looking for a space. Anyway, considering I'd only had 3.5 hours of sleep I was very pleased to be able to get through it. At lunchtime I went to poundstretcher to look for a box I bought one that I thought would be way too big to go in the rear tank well on the kayak but ... I think it's bang on. Am going to check it out at the weekend.
Friday 29th June 2012
Wedding anniversary 21 years today, where's my medal? Anyway, got her a card after Badmo last night so all is well in that department. Had decided I'd better get back into biking into work so got tyres pumped up proper and made good time, was in office for 8:30 so I reckon I've not lost much pace. Need to get back into the habit really. Have left the Garmin watch on charge at home so no tracking but the usual route - think wind was with me coming but not sure - probably going to be a bit of a grind going back!
Good day at work, lot of ground covered. Was introduced to Glenys Wilmott MEP in the afternoon who is a lovely person I have to say, very interested in our Cycle2Work scheme. All good.
Anyway, was hard work cycling back into the wind and when got to Ashbourne it took an age to get round due to Olympic Torch chaos. Such is life, picked Phil up from work as his ped had given up on him.
Happy to get to bed at the end of it all!
Saturday 30th June 2012
Did some work on the Crate - this is how am going to hold fishing rods on it when paddling out to sea.
Got a Kayak Taster Session booked up at Carsington this morning. Will see how that goes and then might have a one day lesson to get the basics in. Kayak taster session was an experience, the chap let me use a sit on top kayak like the one I bought but without the seat that mine's got so it was damned uncomfortable that said in an hour and a half I learnt the basic strokes. I also found out that to launch from Carsington costs £5 for the whole day and that includes parking - think that's quite good!
We went over mum and dads after to pick up a cooker and by crikey it were an 'eavy one. Any way job done, all good. Next up was a 7 mile run which was very steady indeed as was starting to feel the residuals from kayaking in the morning particularly in the abs! http://connect.garmin.com/activity/192576169
Stayed up to watch the dire football - there's 2.5 hours I'll never get back! What a shower
Monday 25th June 2012
Up early but mega knackered. Did some tidying up and kayak sorting then a truncated 2.5 mile run as legs are knackered. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/192576173
Busy day at work then home, big tea ha ha. Then 3 miles of golf http://connect.garmin.com/activity/192919894
Then me and Phil set about building a mini-frame for the kayak to be stored on. All done by 10:35!!
Tuesday 26th June 2012
After we'd done last night I read the Owner's manual for the kayak it said don't just wrap a tarpaulin around the kayak as it will turn into an oven and distort structure. So got up at 5:30 and made a tent like structure to suspend the tarpaulin over it. All good in the end but it meant no run this morning. In the office in good time though so everything else carrying on as normal.
Wednesday 27th June 2012
Up dead early to find an airbed as my mum coming over to baby sit for kids as we went to London. Emptied everything out of the shed, looked everywhere, couldn't find it anywhere - turned out mum had got it! Such is life. Went to London on 11:15 train got there for 12:30, lunch at Marco Pierre White (or whatever his name is)'s steak house in Bishopsgate, very nice indeed. Then mooching about London, supper in the oldest pub in London apparently The White Hart which was nearby - bosskat liked it there too - very handy for Shaftesbury Theatre which is where we went after to see Rock of Ages. Bosskat liked that even more so I'm the king of brownie points currently. All good. Apart from - last train out of London to Derby - set off at 11:15 good, got in at 02:51 so didn't get to bed til 3:45am !! Cool but am in office as early as normal - all good.
Hell's teeth - did I mention that according to the website the drummer in the band is none other than Chris Maitland the awesome original drummer of Porcupine Tree (replaced by the equally awesome Gavin Harrison of Rhythmic Illusions fame)! How cool is that? Rock of Ages was like non-stop 80s hair rock with a very thin plot - bosskat wants to go see the movie so it will be interesting to see what they've added to it to make a film out of it.
Thursday 28th June 2012
Woke up very tired at 6:50, Phil gone to work already, got everyone up, got the cover on my kayak that Phil had taken off for some reason. Think I've got a crate for my rear tank well on the kayak I hope, and have got some 40mm pipe for rod holders - watch this space there's a work of cunning design being planned right now... After work went to Badminton only 8 of us turned up - normally you're looking for a space. Anyway, considering I'd only had 3.5 hours of sleep I was very pleased to be able to get through it. At lunchtime I went to poundstretcher to look for a box I bought one that I thought would be way too big to go in the rear tank well on the kayak but ... I think it's bang on. Am going to check it out at the weekend.
Friday 29th June 2012
Wedding anniversary 21 years today, where's my medal? Anyway, got her a card after Badmo last night so all is well in that department. Had decided I'd better get back into biking into work so got tyres pumped up proper and made good time, was in office for 8:30 so I reckon I've not lost much pace. Need to get back into the habit really. Have left the Garmin watch on charge at home so no tracking but the usual route - think wind was with me coming but not sure - probably going to be a bit of a grind going back!
Good day at work, lot of ground covered. Was introduced to Glenys Wilmott MEP in the afternoon who is a lovely person I have to say, very interested in our Cycle2Work scheme. All good.
Anyway, was hard work cycling back into the wind and when got to Ashbourne it took an age to get round due to Olympic Torch chaos. Such is life, picked Phil up from work as his ped had given up on him.
Happy to get to bed at the end of it all!
Saturday 30th June 2012
Did some work on the Crate - this is how am going to hold fishing rods on it when paddling out to sea.
It's basically a storage box from Aldi that's been hack a bit to fit as it's a smidge too big. It'll sit in the rear tank well behind the seart. In each corner there's going to be a 11" section of 40mm pipe to hold the rod slighlty angled back to keep it out of my way. All good fun. Didn't do any golf - John at a party, Doug carrying a Euro 2012 related injury. Had enough to do anyway.
