Work do and water sports
Jul. 17th, 2008 12:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lostcarparkJust home from a work do. It was in a bar overlooking a marina where a number of volunteers took part in water sport activities.
Activities included kayaking, paddle boarding (standing on a kind of surf board and propelling it forwards with a paddle), and some strange cross between a surf board and a bicycle.
We ended up with a relay race with teams of three, with each person piloting a different craft. I ended up taking the paddle board as I'd had got a bit stuck in the practice session, and drifted off to the far corner of the area, so I'd got quite a bit of practice paddling back and was almost competant by the end of it. It's a rather strange device, since the recommended pose is with feet side by side facing forwards. It's a little awkward, as you tend to need to keep swapping the paddle around for strokes on either side.
It was all good fun, particularly as my team won. It's a bit of a shame that we could only muster a dozen volunteers out of a department of over 150 people.
After a much needed shower we retired to the bar for some much needed food and a few beers.
Activities included kayaking, paddle boarding (standing on a kind of surf board and propelling it forwards with a paddle), and some strange cross between a surf board and a bicycle.
We ended up with a relay race with teams of three, with each person piloting a different craft. I ended up taking the paddle board as I'd had got a bit stuck in the practice session, and drifted off to the far corner of the area, so I'd got quite a bit of practice paddling back and was almost competant by the end of it. It's a rather strange device, since the recommended pose is with feet side by side facing forwards. It's a little awkward, as you tend to need to keep swapping the paddle around for strokes on either side.
It was all good fun, particularly as my team won. It's a bit of a shame that we could only muster a dozen volunteers out of a department of over 150 people.
After a much needed shower we retired to the bar for some much needed food and a few beers.
