I’m now at California, a bit north of Yarmouth. It was a lovely paddle yesterday with some sunshine and some swell but very light winds. I had the company of plenty of seals that followed me for a while, and a porpoise playing in the waves. There were also lots of seabirds which i’m terrible at recognising, bit I think one of then was a razorbill.
The landing was a bit dodgy though – I met fog just before landing and couldn’t see the beach (although I’d marked what looked like a nice beach to land on the GPS). As soon as I turned onto a wave, I found the surf was dumping into the beach in front of a sandbar, and ended up dinging the bow of the Taran. Oh well, I don’t think there is any damage that a bit of gel coat won’t fix.
Today feels a lot more wintry and it is raining, but I’m going to paddle south some more while the winds are light.
Just in case your dog recognition is not any better that your bird spotting, the dog you frightened at California was a Labrador and the little fierce one was a Tibetan Terrier. Good luck for the rest of your trip
Hehe – sorry for emerging from my tent at wrong time – hope your Labrador had recovered !
Cheers,
Guy
Walking the dog (Lily) early mornings on the beach at Benacre I am used to finding and seeing some strange things but a tent and Kayak is a first. Best of luck on your journey.