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Aire Waves
Leeds Canoe Club Blog. We paddle... lots!
Airewaves used to be Leeds Canoe Club's magazine letting people know what the club was upto. Its quite hard work pulling together a publication letting people know what the club is doing and publishing dates in advance is always hard as things tend to change. Step forth the blog.. Push button publishing for the masses. So here is the idea a few people in the club take it in turns to write up trips and talk about things in the club.
Sunday, September 10, 2006Liffey Descent 06
The river Liffey in Dublin is 18 miles of mainly flat water paddling with 11 weirs, 2 long portages and a mile of upstream paddling at the start! 12 of us from LCC where there.
For some it was their 4th liffey, and for some their first. This years trip started at 3am for some to get the early ferry on thursday to maximise drinking time, for the rest it was the afternoon ferry on thusday or one on friday.
As can be seen from the photos there was considerably more drinking than paddling.
A few highlights from the trip:
Guiness
The much in demand LCC liffey t-shirts
Guiness
The 11 weirs, supportive crowds and safety divers!
Andy & Jonathan getting recognition from the race starter for being one of the very few canadians taking the risky (and more fun) left line on straffan wier at the start in front of the large crowds
Guiness
Dave being 1st LCC member to reach finishline
Steve H continuing his quest for another swimmer of the year award with 3 swims from the wavehopper (we had predicted so many more!)
A few more guiness
Jonathan losing his orange wig in the trees
Andy losing the canadian paddle while bailing out the canoe
Another round of guiness
Lots of electric shocks for the enforced portage over the electric fences in the jungle section
After race party t-shirt swapping competition
4 more guiness barman
The live band's singer dueting with Eddie for a version of Oasis's don't look back in anger was unforgetable (or should that be unforgivable?)
After that performance more guiness was in desperate need
The mysterious disappearence of all the topo drain bungs
Andy & Jonathan in the canadian surviving all 11 weirs and not swimming! Unbelievable but true!
And some more guiness to celebrate completing the race.
Race photos can be found at
www.macphoto.net
and look out for race numbers
625 Andy & Jonathan - canadian doubles
636 Dr.evil & unsteady old Eddie - topo duo
617 Curly and Andy - topo duo
618 Mick & Steve - topo duo
344 Gill - yellow long pointy boat
346 Steve - wavehopper
347 Dave - mountainbat
337 Drew - idaho
Will you be there next year?
Comments:Excellent post, thanks! Made me laugh and I can picture the scene vividly now... SilkePost a Comment
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