Bliss stick smoothy has arrived
For Canoexpo I joined with I-Canoe to show Bliss Stick kayaks, H20 and turtle paddles as well as clear water kayaks. the show was a really good publicity event with all the top suppliers hosting for many it was a chance to buy from what is the biggest brand in kayak shops in the UK for others it was a time to meet up with old friends the event ran smoothley with a lot of interest in all of our equipment,
The New year turned up, and so did the snow, the morning we were due to fly home from Belfast snow plastered the runways after 12 hours of cancellations and delays we finally flew back to wet southampton, With the new year came new work, Paddle4Play now have a full set up for archery, including child size bows and arrows the archery equipment is completely mobile and will all pack down to fit in the smallest of cars. venues for archery is simple anywhere theirs a nice open space indoor or out. also with the new year Paddle4Play have purchased 2 new Mad River Canoes, These have been added to our already comprehensive fleet of boats. www.canoe4you.co.uk
Christmas 2007 was spent in scotland with southampton uni due to lack of water the boating was limited to some cheeky runs of the Etive, spean, Roy and a slide down the allt hueran. as well as a minus 12` day on the findhorn with the lack of water I decided to run up ben nevis.
Last weekend after months of organising we finally made it, with a lot of teams dropping out last minute the decision was made to in ahead with 5 teams. The comp was successful with soton uni walking off as winners followed closely by hamble sea scouts A team. The evening was rounded off with hog roast fireworks and music. Everone had a great time look forward to a series of events next summer.
Since i wasnt boating at the moment, around came the october half term, and with it brought explorer camp on HMS Bristol. A ship i have so many memories. The week started badly with me running the mountain biking course, all went well i got the group a mini bus and a brand new hire car, all went well. We got to the new forest where the bike hire had no idea of our booking. What to do with 15 kids? So i took them to fort purbrook in portsmouth. One of the sites i work at and managed to use the string trail and get the group climbing. This went on for sat and sun. By monday i had managed to book woodmill outdoor centre (one of my sponsors) to allow me to get the group in their for 3 days. We started the morning with a selection of activities including tunnel, low ropes archery even slipping. Followed by a macdonalds lunch to get away from the death packs. We carried onto the afternoon where with the help of ivan and jon managed to get the high ropes tower. Zip wire and high ropes course.
After a busy summer season at woodmill i took a few weeks off to go to ireland with the girl friend we drove over so spent some time living out of the van. Whilst over their we did lots of touristy things such as visiting cliffs going surfing visiting caves and looking at waterfalls. Before relaxing up at the in laws house in northern ireland before driving back via dublin to collect lots of shiny new bliss stick boats. From their spent a night in chester before carrying on down to the nene competition check out the photos below.
