'Summer' days on 3 gates

A few rare events: summer arrived early; the weir (Hurley) stayed on a peachy 3-gater for weeks; I had no teaching work; I was in the country paddling every day.

The hardy local paddlers tried to cash in their 'I was paddling here in the snow three weeks ago, where were you?' queue-jumping tickets, which for some reason didn't seem to work. Luckily, though I timed it right and the queues were nice and short everytime I went paddling, even on the bank-holiday weekend.

A few photos:

Wiggy

Me. Photo: Alan Ward

Alan Ward

Pikey. Photo: Alan Ward

Me. Photo: Alan Ward.

Goose

Despite now dropping down to 2 gates, there is still a wave and it is still Sunny. However, I am leaving for Canada on Tuesday to much bigger wave and much colder climates . Hopefully this and these along with this and this will help to keep me warm!