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| dutchy in the lakes |
| Written by ned | ||
| Thursday, 10 April 2008 13:46 | ||
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When I arrived
in the Lake District I didn't have any expectations and to be honest
Engeland was never on my 'holiday destination list'. An Englisch guy
called Louis Henderson persuide me to spend the winter in The Lakes.
I've met Louis last summer when I was working in Austria as a
riverguide. In september the weather in the Lakes was beautifull: sunny and dry and I was truly amazed by the great nature of the Lake District. Although I enjoyed the sunny weather I also was waiting for the rain. I wanted to get on the Britisch rivers. Unfortunately becouse of the dry weather and a shoulder operation in Oktober my padling was a bit delayed and at the start of februari I started paddling in the Lakes.
Cold cocktail
Before,
I had paddled (cold) Alpine rivers fed by glaciers (snow) in Europe and
Chili, so expected relative warm water since the rivers here are mainly
fed by rain. Although, after a few trips I soon found out that it the
conditions here were often more cold than they are in the Alpes or
Chile becouse of the present of wind, rain, snow, hail or a cocktail of
them ALL the same time.
Despite of the cold, I really enjoy paddling here, the tight gorges, the drops, the scenery. The rivers I did so far are more drop-pool style and it's great to practise 'boofs'. I'm also really excited about te presence of the playwave on the leven, although I did lots of rivers in the last six years, my 'outcoming' shoulder never alowed my to play, I already did a few sesions and yes, it's great fun. For the first time in my life I'm laughing when it's raining, great! I also experienced the great surf possibilities there some good places here, just a few hour drive away.
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