Going Places 2009-2010

Saturday, 24 April 2010

Off to Talybont

On the next trip i'm going to bring along my inflatable dinghy

An unsteady launch

- in thick brown murky muddy canal water

I've struck gold with this camp site. It's a lovely spot, very quiet and right on the banks of the monmouth-Brecon canal. I've also spotted a track down to it directly behind our pitch so we're staying here for the day. There's no need to go to Llangorse as planned so the canoe will be launched here instead. J has brought his canoe design books, and i have my scotland trip to plan so a day in one spot would make a welcome change from tearing around from place to place.

Our camp!

A lazy morning

It was a chilly night but the temperature is rapidly warming up. At this point, beneath a bland pic which my parents are likely to give only a cursory glance, i can share the reason for the lack of photos last weekend... Having parked in a remote scenic spot, i had unwanted visitors in the early hours. Without going into too many details, i ended up making a 999 call and being escorted out by the police. After that i gave up and returned home arriving at 7am to a quite spectacular rising mist over the river.

No, we didn't splash out on a hook-up.

A chilly night

Having seen forecasts for a hot weekend, guess who didn't spot the overnight frost warning and was caught out. Btw, following the death of the wavebox in Milford, it was replaced despite being out of warranty.

... Sure the net

We're on a camp site this time complete with free wifi although the spot i've chosen is the most isolated and out of range so i'm limited to a whopping 8kbps - but there's no rush!