Wednesday 9th July 2008
The intention today was to paddle from Hill Head across to Cowes and back for the evening, but the plan unravelled as we set off.
The first glitch was that no one had brought any beer or coffee. Neither Griff, Gav or I had thought to pack any. The tides were wrong for beach access to any of the pubs in the River Medina, so we were only going to paddle to Norris Point. The prospect of paddling over with nothing but water as a reward reduced the appeal further.
About a mile out, the chop started to become confused - the tide was just starting to run and this was the final straw - we altered course from south to north west and paddled the straight line course to the entrance to Southampton Water. The tide did wash us inshore a bit as we closed on Solent Breezes but forty minutes or so later, we entered the River Hamble for a beer at the Rising Sun pub.
The return paddle was uneventful, but had us thinking again about plan to circumnavigate the Isle of Wight.
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