Trundle
with the boats (so glad we brought a trolley!) down to the out-going
water. Quick chat with some ladies who
had been swimming and also Mr Casey, the owner of the campsite, who had been
very generous to us. Lovely paddling day, straight across the bay to Helvick
Head, round Mine Head and into Ardmore, to an amazing reception! Met Dave, who
has been following us on Facebook, and Ronan, from Ardmore Adventures. Claire
went to thank some fishermen for moving our boats and they gave her fresh fish
for all of us.
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| Mine Head |
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| Goat Island Camp |
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| Breakfast! Dermott the star |
Ronan and Dermott paddled round with us to Goat Island, where we
camped on the beach, disturbed only at 5.30am by two youngsters with a bat and
ball! Ready to get on the water at 9am, when we heard “Breakfast!”, and Dermott
ran down the beach with a flask of coffee and bread, jam, cheese and oranges.
Fantastic! We have had amazing support from Irish paddlers. We are really
grateful for all the information, phone numbers and tea.
Paddled
straight across the bay to Knockadoon, then round to Ballycotton, where we were
treated to tea and biscuits at the RNLI station. Few more kilometres brought us
to a campsite (OK – carpark!) where we have had an unscheduled stop, due to
fog! It’s given us a chance to catch up
on a couple of boat repairs. The two
polars had suffered a bit of damage in one of the moves, so a bit of time
allowed us to stop the damage getting worse.
Pete’s paddling pants have now started delaminating as well as the
problems with the seams fraying. A very
poor do for any kit, let alone an expensive bit that’s only been used for less than
three weeks. Level Six gear doesn’t seem
to be as robust as one might have been led to expect! Luckily, friends are bringing old bit of kit
out as replacement, as at this rate they’ll be in shreds in a couple more weeks
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