There was a good crowd there on the water too, all paddling/playing proficiently (and giving the beginners a bit of space to get things wrong!). its nice to hear that they've only been paddling 6 months, or a year or 2 - makes me feel like i'm not that far off being half-decent myself. and its nice to get a few hints and tips off them as well - on seeing me struggling a bit with a ferry-glide one fella simply says 'just point upstream a bit more', and it suddenly becomes a doddle.

so roll on next time - sharing a session again in a week or so. we're both high on aspiration but short on confidence, so getting chucked in at the deep end (or at the top of a rocky 20' drop) mightn't be the right way for us to learn. maybe we all learn in different ways, but perhaps it doesn't matter how, as long as we're out boating and moving on and finding our balance ... and just learning how to mess about on the water.

cheers for now

rookie :-)