Ok OK!
Thanks chilli chocolate-eater and other fans.. you will be surprised that it's late on a Sunday evening and I've remembered to log in and update the blog! (BTW why anyone would eat anything like chocolate with chilli just baffles me.. :P )
So, surprise surprise I've been busy paddling. You didn't even have to guess, it's Summer, what else would I be doing?? Travelling? Getting into some new sport? Meeting people? Finding someone to have babies with? No! Paddling!
(don't worry Mum, I am still doing all of the doing the above .. (just whilst paddling))...
On Wednesday I fly to St Petersburg for the European Club Crew Dragonboat Championships! I get a Great Britain race top, and will get to wear my GB shorts and the GB spray jacket that I swapped with this little unsuspecting junior paddler back in Berlin '05. I even organised the girls' party tops. Whaddya think? (£5 special from Camden Markets!)
I've also been doing outrigging with OCUK a couple of times, but it's a little difficult with the mega-long paddles they have. The Thames at Chiswick is totally flat, but there are some very strong currents!
There are quite a few big races coming up. Notably my coach at Thames is organising a paddle across the English Channel.. (aherm yes.. in a dragonboat.. I'm going to invest in a lifejacket methinks!!) We will be racing against the Sisterhood team who apparently Kate Middleton will be paddling with.. That will happen on the August long weekend (25-27th). I'll also be doing the Great River Race again with Thames at the end of September.
posted by mich @ 10:58 pm
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Have a great time in St Petersburg (again??) :) The paddle across the English Channel sounds hugely fun. Do you reckon they'd let you take on board your Canon DSLR?? ;-)
And of course, I love the top !
I wouldn't dream of taking my SLR onto a boat, but my coach did in Venice - taking pictures with one hand whilst helming with the other!!
Good to have you back on the airwaves Mich. Now that wasn't tooo hard was it? Keep up the updates. Sounds like you have many things to report on in the near future. Read about Kate Middleton and the channel crossing in the smh but they didn't mention anything about our Mich taking on the challenge. Good luck with it.
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