Mild Excitement

Tried paddling with two of the wains a couple of weeks ago, them using a split kayak paddle so they could pretend to be doing something usef...

Saturday morning we portaged down to the lower side of the lock, and set off.  Evan and I got in early and played briefly in the moving wate...

The BB trip down the Bann was a great success.  It was windy, so instead of starting in Antrim and paddling across the North Shore of Lough...

The local Boys' Brigade company are paddling on the Shannon this year for their Duke of Edinburgh Gold award .  They asked me if I'...

Final X-Ray, the break is invisible. I got the All Clear!

Barry Edwards ( aka Boatropes ) has a good reputation on the Song of the Paddle forum . I've bought throw bags from him in the past and ...

Somebody posted on the NI-Wild website that Mobile Team Adventure were selling off their old canoes. I told Evan, in case he knew anybody wh...

Yet another x-ray. One month on, and Mr. Swain described my range of movement as 'remarkable' I thought the break on the x-ray looke...

Got the cast off today. In my growing experience of broken arms and casts, this is the scariest time. When the pain goes you get used to w...

Got the cast changed to a red one that stops below my elbow. The elbow's very stiff, but nice to be able to stretch again. The nurse who...

Wandering aimlessly in Junction One , the local outlet centre, I came across Lough Neagh Rescue fundraising. They're also looking for ne...

back to the clinic for an X-ray and a change of cast. From the white plaster back slab "sugar tong" splint to a very fetching purp...

We finally concluded that the bone - if it's healing at all - is healing far too slowly, and it'd be quicker to try again. Surgery t...

Had a great weekend with the YF. We divided into two groups and the whole weekend had to get photographs of the group doing different thing...

When I was a youngster there wasn't much opportunity to get involved in outdoor activities. So now I'm running the church youth grou...