Two intense days with Ben Daines at Dallam. Day one on the river Lune at Devil's Bridge, Kirby Lonsdale. Bitterly cold, sleeting, windy and the tantalising aroma of bacon butties from the burger van on the bridge... This became a sore point each time I crossed to river left as the aroma of bacon knocked all thought of paddle technique out of my head! Sad then that we took lunch hiding behind a wall hiding from the drving sleet - the burger van had shut-up shop for the day!
Lots of kayak games on the water and river bank, plus coaching each other on technical skills. Not what I expected; more about what to fill a session with than how to coach.
Lots of kayak games on the water and river bank, plus coaching each other on technical skills. Not what I expected; more about what to fill a session with than how to coach.
Rubber tub on the Lune!
Day two was on Windermere (Fellfoot Park) focussing on group management, journeying and simple rescue methods, mostly tows. Enjoyed this, with some role-playing and an impromtu kit inspection over lunch break. Some (lots of) useful pointers on group management when working with groups of youngsters and less-than accomplished paddlers; something I need to do more often...
An interesting couple of days, culminating with an invite to work at Dallam during their summer school in August; pity I couldn't free up the time.
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