Today is the start of the expedition phase where starting from Glasbury we travel down to the Boat Inn at Whitney to camp. The purpose of the trip is to look at expedition travel by canoe and all that entails without the added considerations of a white water section to negotiate. So we looked at the sealed packing of kit, methods of securing bags or barrels in the boat disrtibution of weight and the start of the day a session on poling. With a small current flowing poling for the uninitiated can be quite fun to watch especially when you're standing on the bridge looking down.
Here are the lads preparing to experiment with their first crack at poling and this is Saul ( below) just going with the flow about to disappear form view under the bridge!
Ollie giving the guys a demo
This day is a short report due to the fact that I had to get on with college work so had to sit in a cafe at Hay all day while the team paddled down to Whitney. It was tough! We all camped at the Boat Inn and here are the tents after a windy night.
Day 4
Today's plan was a short trip on the river to the get-out spot with a bit of raft building and improvised sailing on the way.
The guys ended up with a tri hull raft with an improvised sail rig using poles and a group shelter as you can see. They had to paddle it to start with against the wind but then the river took a 180 deg turn and they had the wind behind them.
Here's the team photo and this is Ollie (self portrait!)
In all it was a great trip and everyone had a good time some threatening to go canoeing again the following weekend!!
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