{"id":4507,"date":"2009-10-17T08:56:27","date_gmt":"2009-10-17T07:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/?p=4507"},"modified":"2009-10-17T08:56:27","modified_gmt":"2009-10-17T07:56:27","slug":"summer-reflections-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/summer-reflections-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Reflections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now that summer is long over and my school kids are slowly slipping back into their apathetic ways, I thought it was about time for a good bit of procrastination and nostalgia as dig out my photos to re-live a sweet summer of boating.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Checking out Godafoss\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Sara-godafoss-scout1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Sara-godafoss-scout1.jpg\" alt=\"Checking out Godafoss\" width=\"495\" height=\"315\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<h6>\u00c2\u00a0<\/h6>\n<h6>Sara James checking on Godafoss &#8211; photo &#8211; Nick Horwood<\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Trip 1 \u00e2\u20ac\u201cSneaky trip to Norway.<\/h3>\n<p>Given that I could fly to Norway faster than I could drive to Scotland, I decided to pop out there to complete my 5* assessment and catch up with friends for a few days boating.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Sara James on Ulla falls\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/ulla.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/ulla.JPG\" alt=\"Sara James on Ulla falls\" width=\"385\" height=\"213\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<h5>\u00c2\u00a0<\/h5>\n<h5>\u00c2\u00a0Sara James &#8211; Ulla falls &#8211; Nowary<\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/P7290042.JPG\" alt=\"Sara Nash on Ulla Slides\" width=\"349\" height=\"217\" \/>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<h5>\u00c2\u00a0<\/h5>\n<h5>Sarah Nash &#8211; Ulla Slides, Norway<\/h5>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Trip 2 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Iceland<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>What can I say, it was everything I had expected and far more. \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Things I HAD expected<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lots of water<\/li>\n<li>Lots of ice<\/li>\n<li>Huge waterfalls<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Things I had NOT expected<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To find a hot pool in a geothermal crack in the middle of a lava field<\/li>\n<li>Iceland is not actually that expensive<\/li>\n<li>Friendly farmers would greet us with cake after we got off a river<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Post river cake hmmm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/cake1.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/cake1.JPG\" alt=\"Post river cake hmmm\" width=\"184\" height=\"297\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/barks.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/barks.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"296\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<div><a title=\"warm-up\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/warm-up.JPG\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment wp-att-4476 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Sara-godafoss-7m.jpg\" alt=\"Sara running the warm up line on Godafoss\" width=\"343\" height=\"232\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\u00c2\u00a0<\/div>\n<h5>\u00c2\u00a0<\/h5>\n<h5>\u00c2\u00a0<\/h5>\n<h5>\u00c2\u00a0<\/h5>\n<h5>\u00c2\u00a0<\/h5>\n<h5>\u00c2\u00a0<\/h5>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<h5>\u00c2\u00a0<\/h5>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<h5>Cake hmm\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Tom Parker &#8211; Barka, Iceland\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Sara James, Godafoss, Iceland<\/h5>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"tom-barka\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/tom-barka.JPG\"><\/a><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Trip 3 -Switzerland<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<div>World Kayak Freestyle Championships Thun = Squirt boating, sangria and sunshine = good times.<\/div>\n<p><a title=\"freestyle-team-thun1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/freestyle-team-thun1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment wp-att-4505 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/freestyle-team-thun1.jpg\" alt=\"freestyle-team-thun1\" width=\"540\" height=\"256\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\u00c2\u00a0<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that summer is long over and my school kids are slowly slipping back into their apathetic ways, I thought it was about time for a good bit of procrastination and nostalgia as dig out my photos to re-live a sweet summer of boating. \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 Sara James &hellip; 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