Well, I sit here in London getting ready to catch an early flight back to LA. Two weeks of working hasn't left me with much time to chase down paddling opportunities. I did have three days here to give it a try and came up empty. I am sad to say that despite a number of phone calls to UK boat manufacturers, some specialty shops none which where close to London and searching for the right connection I didn't get the chance to paddle while in the UK. It seems that the sea kayaking in the UK is as esoteric as any place else in the world and the number of shops very limited. What with the BCU and clubs here I had expected to find a large and robust paddling community, but haven't. I hoped to find hundereds of Derrick Hutchinsons and Nigel Dennis's busting at the seams. Oh well! If anyone could tell me where I went wrong please let me know. Other than that I am very glad to paddle in the US and will never complain again about the limited number of shops and/or clubs in my area. Lesson learned! Home is sure looking good! F Thomas California Kayaker *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Aug 01 2000 - 15:18:27 PDT
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