Harry Rocks!
Not the ginger knob, soon-to-be-wed prince, but the splendid old chalk cliffs and sea stacks of Dorset....
Kim had the honour of being invited to St Paul's Cathedral for the installation of Sarah Mullally today as the new Bishop of London. Whilst Kim was robing in the crypt of Christopher Wren's magnificent church and witnessing history, I went kayaking with Craig, Lesley and Claire.
We met at Studland. Conditions were near-perfect. Very calm, slightly overcast, and a weakish neap tide. We paddled straight out to Old Harry Rocks, and beached for a brief stop and to check conditions out in the tide race. We then had a fantastic paddle along the coast to Swanage, beneath the towering chalk cliffs, with fun going through some arches and small rocky passages.
A welcome stop in Swanage, straight into a fancy establishment in full kayaking gear for a take-out coffee! We then paddled back along to Old Harry, then across Studland Bay to Sandbanks, and up to Brownsea Island for a further brief stop.
Finally, we paddled back out of Poole Harbour entrance and along back to our starting point. A really magnificent day's kayaking!
Kim had the honour of being invited to St Paul's Cathedral for the installation of Sarah Mullally today as the new Bishop of London. Whilst Kim was robing in the crypt of Christopher Wren's magnificent church and witnessing history, I went kayaking with Craig, Lesley and Claire.
We met at Studland. Conditions were near-perfect. Very calm, slightly overcast, and a weakish neap tide. We paddled straight out to Old Harry Rocks, and beached for a brief stop and to check conditions out in the tide race. We then had a fantastic paddle along the coast to Swanage, beneath the towering chalk cliffs, with fun going through some arches and small rocky passages.
A welcome stop in Swanage, straight into a fancy establishment in full kayaking gear for a take-out coffee! We then paddled back along to Old Harry, then across Studland Bay to Sandbanks, and up to Brownsea Island for a further brief stop.
Finally, we paddled back out of Poole Harbour entrance and along back to our starting point. A really magnificent day's kayaking!
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