Was delighted to be asked to assist with an evening group booking at Kelsey Gardens Burstwick.
It was a delightfuly warm evening and all the attendees had great fun in the open boats and sit on top kayaks.
With the water being so warm it was difficult to keep them inside and on top of the boats which kept the coaches busy with rescues - all good practice.
The coaches sneak in a little 'me' time.
Before meeting the Clients
A great evening with a few lessons learned and good learning for the next opportunity at Kelsey Gardens.
Met up with friends from Scarborough Kayak Club and the East Barnby Outdoor Centre up at North Berwick on Friday night. Neil and his local palls were meeting us out on the water in the morning.
Bass Rock, a place I have wanted to be for a long time
After a slow launch conditions soon proved to be a little challenging with a stiff breeze blowing and a good chop on the water.
A quick circumnavigation of 'The Bass' and then it was all hands to fishing for dinner.
This proved to be a little disasterious with broken reels and dropped handlines. Fortunately Neil and his brother Brian can always be relied upon to find a few fish.
Neil produced a brief video of our exploits
In for lunch and Neil produces a home made fish smoker
And managed to feed us all with a feast of smoked mackerel.
A bit more paddling after lunch
Then in and back to the campsite for a well earned BBQ and 'just a few beers'.
Had a wonderful long weekend with good friends fishing
Highlight of the weekend for me was a very quick and dynamically planned trip around the Mull head, conditions were good, tides were right, I was in the right place at the right time, only one thing to do - go for it...
With a fairly big northerly swell running fishing from kayaks was out of the question at most marks. Instead both myself and Dave took the sea kayaks down to Filey for a play in the surf...
First off onto the end of the Brigg - a huge rock outcrop that sticks out into the north sea.
And then across the bay to follow the swells onto Reighton beach..
We had a pretty good session on a wreck 2 miles off Clougton last year , so with an almost perfect forcast for today, barring the possibility of fog we decided to give it another go. Cloughton is not an easy venue with steep access and a launch from rocky ground that would be a nightmare in a swell but with two working together it does save a 5 mile paddle.
A lovely day and quite productive too in glass like conditions
