12 months of Summer...

It's been almost 12 months of Summer for me.. beginning with my trip to Europe for the Berlin DB World Champs last year in July/August, and then moving to London at the end of April for the start of Summer here. It's been a scorcher here - not much different to summer back home except that anywhere indoors is HOT, especially public transport where temps can reach up to 40+ degrees C! The worst is when you're on the tube with no ventilation, the guy next to you with his arm up holding onto the railing, and your face stuck inches in front of his armpit... you can barely breathe and you pray that the train doesn't suddenly halt coz there is only one place you'll land!!

My tan hasn't been better.. for you pale people back home in Sydney (you know who you are.. whitest of whities), not only has my tan gotten darker, but it's lasted longer than 3 weeks! haha!!


So.. with this fantastic weather what have I been doing but.... go paddling of course!! Here's a pic of my team, Thames Dragons at our 'home regatta' where we train (the London Regatta Centre). All the top teams were there, Amathus, Batchworth etc.. and we won all the races we entered!! There were 100m, 200m and 500m races. 100m races are really quite interesting.. with a lot of pfaffing around to line up the boats, then a 22 second race.. well, race start pretty much! It's been my 3rd regatta since I started, and the first time we beat the other top teams!

Hopefully more pics will follow of what else I've been up to.. (no, not JUST paddling!)