After our disappointing end to yesterday we decided to get up nice and early to get some river mileage under our belts. However we were disappointed to find that our two remaining yellow kayak's punctures had got a lot worse and were deflating instantly. 2 hours later after puncture repairs, silicon fillings, hair dryer treatment and a play on the hotels adventure playground we were on our way.
Unfortunately our bad luck continued and our 2 yellow and newly borrowed blue kayak gained slow burning punctures on the bottom so we relied on the inflated sides to keep us afloat. We made steady progress (6 miles in 2 hours) until rhys broke his second boat in 2 days with a seam split on the left hand side which left the boat with only 1 side afloat....
Luckily Bill and Vanessa were on site to help us obtain a nice reduced kayak from argos so that we now had 3 different colour kayaks to bring out our personalities for all the river goers around oxford. Due to all these unforeseen turns of bad luck we were way behind schedule and had managed 11 miles by 3.30pm.
But this is when our arms took on a new lease of life as we headed downstream to oxford alongside some made in chelsea type characters on a mini speed boat. They laughed at us when they spes by but before long they were laughing on the other sides of their face when they couldnt work out how to use a lock and we carried our inflatables round. We then continued through oxford seeing loads of wannabe rowers and some punters.
The last 5 miles was extremely tough as it was getting dark, cold and we were getting a bit cranky from kayaking the furthest we had ever kayaked. Luckily hero of the day, Elise Bromley was on hand to tug us along when we were at our lowest was a real treat.
Finished the day at 21.30, 25.2 miles in 11.5 hrs. Lets hope tomorrow brings us a bit more luck....
But this is when our arms took on a new lease of life as we headed downstream to oxford alongside some made in chelsea type characters on a mini speed boat. They laughed at us when they spes by but before long they were laughing on the other sides of their face when they couldnt work out how to use a lock and we carried our inflatables round. We then continued through oxford seeing loads of wannabe rowers and some punters.
The last 5 miles was extremely tough as it was getting dark, cold and we were getting a bit cranky from kayaking the furthest we had ever kayaked. Luckily hero of the day, Elise Bromley was on hand to tug us along when we were at our lowest was a real treat.
Finished the day at 21.30, 25.2 miles in 11.5 hrs. Lets hope tomorrow brings us a bit more luck....
FFS Rhys
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