The last week was pretty busy, between the scouts heading out kayaking to get ready for the Liffey Descent in a few weeks time, and the UL kayak club starting to get into the swing of things I was out on Castleconnel twice and had three pool sessions between Wednesday, Thursday and Friday! Add in College, and a house party or two and you've got one fun, and busy week! From the start of last week, and that excuse of a hurricane that passed over, people have been talking about how the forecast was looking promising for a bit of boating this weekend. In the end our prayers were answered and we went to bed on friday to the sweet sound of rain on the windows! Saturday started with the small distraction of Ireland beating Australia in the world cup and then we got on the road to the Glens to see how much of a difference the few days rain had actually made. When we got there the level was at .55 and rising, perfect for a good day out without anything getting too scary!
Since you cant really walk away from the Glens when its working we ended up running it three times on Saturday which was savage craic. .6 is a brilliant level since a lot of the rocks are gone and all the lines are still fairly handy. Heres a video from Top Drop and Sidewider with the lads from ULKC:
On Sunday the levels had dropped off to .45, making the whole run a lot rockier and less fun so we only ended up running it twice. Still tho, any day out there is a good day! And lets all start praying for a whole lot of rain this Thursday and Friday!!
A log of a single-handed, non-stop circumnavigation of the island of Ireland in a 22ft sailboat departing in June 2020.
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