Comments on: Club trip to Glencoe and Loch Leven

By: pamf

pamf — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:04:08 +0000

Hi Dan – Ah, now I understand! If only I’d known that we’d kind of, sort of “met” already.

I too think back on your lovely, golden Rockpool kayaks. If we ever meet in a symposium hall or something, we’ll have to wear badges with the make/models of our kayaks on them so we’ll know one another.

It’s only sad to people who don’t kayak.

By: pamf

pamf — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:54:49 +0000

Hi Mackayak – Thanks for your note. Sorry to hear about the broken ankle – hope it is healing well. Great to hear from an Isel owner. You have good taste. I will add your site to my Blogroll and follow it with interest.

Take care.

By: Dan Thomas

Dan Thomas — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:30:32 +0000

> …to my delight they somehow later find my blog…

Perhaps I should explain. When I was planning last May’s trip I naturally Googled “Cowal kayak” just to see what would happen, and up popped your blog. I didn’t think about it when we ran into you, having other things on my mind, but some time later I started thinking “Hmmm. Two new-looking Nordkapps. I wonder…”. When I got home I checked your blog and Gordon Brown’s your uncle. Mystery solved?

Notice how I recognised the boats, not the paddlers? It just shows what a sad case I am.

By: Mackayak

Mackayak — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:04:54 +0000

Hi there,
I am compiling a blog about the year so far with my new Isel, interspresed with grumblings about my broken ankle (the reason I have time to blog rather than kayak). Nice to read your review, I do think it turns a dream if you give it enough edge, and it holds that nicely too. Since I got the boat I see how much my performance is down to boat design and a good paddle (Werner Cyprus). You do have to learn what it is inclined to do going into the wind as it behaves a little differently to most boats, but I got up to that pretty quickly with a little help from GB. The boat has character…
I sympathise with your lack of female company too!