Another Monday morning #sculling on the Wear. Bright sunshine but cold at 2 degrees. Due to an injury I was on my own in a single although no Swan stress this morning or at least not mine. The flood on Friday seems to have disturbed the nest. I'll check tomorrow on my run but both swans were away from it this morning and less aggressive.
A glorious morning with only a couple of college boats out.
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A glorious cool Saturday morning #sculling on the Wear. The river was still high but rowable. Time flies and we are back into regatta training so a trip trying to figure out our start from last year then a regatta piece.
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Another Monday #sculling on the Wear. Out in a single as our boat is on top of a trailer with four college boats below it. A lovely morning and a decent session despite slide bites and being chased by the swan nesting at Elvet bridge.
Lights on but not really needed and cool but not cold on the water. Now to work :-/
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Saturday #sculling on the Wear. Warm up then a piece in three sections stepping the rate on each change. Feeling pretty solid and looking forward to next week. Menaced by swans at Elvet but otherwise uneventful. Perfect conditions, it's starting to feel like spring. One more practice Monday then boat loading on Thursday.
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Friday #sculling on the wear, warm up, 3km piece then counting strokes and in. Grey but still and dry morning. Perfect conditions and hopefully more of the same tomorrow. The pair of swan seem to be sorting out what was there nest sight last year.
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Another Monday #sculling on the Wear. Just about light enough for the outing. Birdsong, cool air but not cold. A light wind. Warmup backup to the clubhouse and down to baths bridge. Tired legs from my run yesterday but a solid outing.
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No otters this morning but a beautiful dry, still day for a final rehearsal for tomorrow. Warmup then heads piece back to the club, cool down and paddle in. Very busy with colleges fitting in a bit of pre-race practice. I hope to see none of them on the safety launch tomorrow.
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A beautiful cool morning, bird song, a dress rehearsal for Durham SBH next weekend (weather permitting) and five minutes gazing at an otter on the return half trip. #sculling #rowing
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Saturday morning finally #sculling on the Wear. After a couple of weeks with too much water finally out on a cold but sunny morning. The club hosts one of the Durham motorcycle club this weekend and thankfully the weather has improved a little for the campers.
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Saturday back #sculling on the Wear. Strong flow and rising levels but we got out, warm up, exercises back up and down then a steady head piece then a half trip to cool down. We were the only boat risking Elvet which was just clear enough to get through with blades tucked in going downstream. The stream was really challenging, making steering and even feeling the rhythm hard with the blades on one side of the boat almost snatched from our hands while the other side needed work.
Next week should be Durham head although looking at the forecast I'm not sure it will be happening. At the moment we can get two boats into the water at a time. Running an event with 70-100 boats just wouldn't work.
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