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On the 26-28th of April, 2002, ALT took a group of
budding enthusiasts down to the Share Centre, Lisnaskee for a Canoeing
and Kayaking weekend. The facilities are excellent, and based in
beautiful surroundings, and we all enjoyed the experience immensely (All
qualifying with a 1 Star in Kayaking!!!).
We were assigned an instructor, and had three 2-3 hour lessons on the lake. When we had put on our wetsuits, which were supplied by the centre, and with kayaks and paddles, we headed down to the water. |
| After practicing some forward and backward strokes, with the
instructor assessing each of us individually, we then relaxed and had
some fun, with several water games, water clumps, and water dodge ball!
While the rest of us were scared to get wet, Graeme took like a duck to water! We knew he was just showing off, trying to impress Robin, the instructor, how much he knew about capsizing! |
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After a nice relaxing game of water football in the Share Swimming
pool that night (the ball came off the worst!), and after the sardines
came out from the Sauna, we decided to have a nice game of pool. We then
headed back to the chalet, were we played an enjoyable game of Mafia and
told a few jokes.
On the Sunday, we had our final test, where we had to show what we had learned over the weekend. Most of us were still very tired and sore from the previous day, but all performed very well in the test. The hardest part for everyone was doing a capsize, but we found that once you were in the water, you got used to the cold and it wasn't really so bad as it all seemed. Then after we dried off, and got back to the Haven, we were all asked questions on keeping safe on the water. Then we were all awarded our 1 star in Kayaking! Here are some more pictures we took of the trip... |
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