Despite some unseasonably dry times here in the UK, the Easter bank holiday proved to be a kayakers dream. There big tides of 7m+ at the Bitches, a tidal race in the south west of Wales near St David’s (see above, photo by Matt Tidy) as well as brilliant sunshine. We even saw a few seals who popped their heads up just metres away from us while we were sitting in the eddy. The Bitches is a long boaters paradise for front surfing on a glassy steep forever wave…. I went half way and took a Varun. What a beautiful place I certainly recommend a visit!! To make a perfect weekend all the better, it rained all night on Sunday night which meant that we got to do a sneaky run on the way home on the famed Mellte river in the Brecon Beacons which has a couple of good sized waterfalls on it.
The following weekend saw us leave one dry country for another. A road trip to the mighty Netherlands for the Dutch Nationals. Despite a flushy feature there were some great moves pulled by the great and good. I managed to take home the bronze medal in the Freestyle event, which was a good consolation as my car was sacrificed to the car breakdown gods and is still in the Netherlands!! We had quite an adventure getting home!
