Wednesday 20th August 2008
After a long break from paddling (looking for a window in the weather to sail to France)the urge to get out for a paddle was overwhelming.
Griff, Gav and I met up at Tudor Sailing Club with the intention of paddling around Langstone Harbour, stopping somewhere for a curry on the beach. The weather this August has been horrible and tonight proved to be no different. It seemed more like winter, only the water temperature was pleasantly warm.
Having cancelled our trip around the Isle of Wight due to the foul weather, we were determined to get afloat. We headed east through the shallows, with the tide falling fast and after thirty minutes, were amongst the islands with the intention of landing on Long Island to cook there. It started to rain though - hard. Visibility became so poor that we could no longer see Portsmouth and the wind increased from force 3 to 4 up to a 5. We headed in to it, paddling south towards the harbour entrance, but with the rain continuing, none of us wanted to sit there in the rain trying to cook and eat.
We managed to cut across Sword Sands just as the tide was revealing them, making it into Russell's Lake, before heading back to Tudor, where in the shelter of the club house, we cooked and at our curry.
The seal population was noticeably smaller than last year, but equally illusive.
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