Wheeee
The internet is boring! Fun day of sailing today. That is all. There was more but i cant really be bothered going into details really.
Saturday, September 30, 2006
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Kayaking and First Aid
Hrm, so much has happened since last week.
Firstly, the rest of the people arrived for our PIT course and overall they seem like an ok bunch. Kirk, Jay and myself have been put in the small group of older people (boo hoo im only 22 :'() with 2 ladies and one south african guy. It's nice being in the small group (and mature?) as we seem to pack up quickly and are ready on time in the mornings.
I have been getting up at like 7:30 every day easily, although it could be due to the fact that i get so much sleep due to their being nothing to do in the evenings except play pool and drink at the bar. We did however buy a tv last week which is pretty neat, although Kirk did reverse into a car when parking that day. Whoops.
So, onto the course. We started monday/tuesday doing kayaking this week with a guy called Phil who is pretty good at it to be honest. Learned a lot of stuff and mastered (almost) eskimo rolls and low and high braces. Clinton didnt have to rescue me once in the pool actually, although in the sea i did 3 failed attempts in a row and had to rip chord out as i was doing it out of the way of Phil who would have saved me :).
I feel really good about the kayaking and cant wait to get more into it and hopefully into some wave surfing and rapids.
Today was spent inside studying first aid. CPR, burns, breaks, etc etc etc. Pretty good fun for the first hour or so, but by the end i was glad to get out. Another vicotry in my pursuit of excellence though. :)
Tomorrow we are doing powerboat level 1 which will be ok, i seem to be able to handle the ribs quite well and last time got told off for doing a figure of 8 too fast. Whoops.
Wonder if ive said that before...
Anyway, got to do research for a talk on sea kayaking and another one of my choice.
Later folks.
Firstly, the rest of the people arrived for our PIT course and overall they seem like an ok bunch. Kirk, Jay and myself have been put in the small group of older people (boo hoo im only 22 :'() with 2 ladies and one south african guy. It's nice being in the small group (and mature?) as we seem to pack up quickly and are ready on time in the mornings.
I have been getting up at like 7:30 every day easily, although it could be due to the fact that i get so much sleep due to their being nothing to do in the evenings except play pool and drink at the bar. We did however buy a tv last week which is pretty neat, although Kirk did reverse into a car when parking that day. Whoops.
So, onto the course. We started monday/tuesday doing kayaking this week with a guy called Phil who is pretty good at it to be honest. Learned a lot of stuff and mastered (almost) eskimo rolls and low and high braces. Clinton didnt have to rescue me once in the pool actually, although in the sea i did 3 failed attempts in a row and had to rip chord out as i was doing it out of the way of Phil who would have saved me :).
I feel really good about the kayaking and cant wait to get more into it and hopefully into some wave surfing and rapids.
Today was spent inside studying first aid. CPR, burns, breaks, etc etc etc. Pretty good fun for the first hour or so, but by the end i was glad to get out. Another vicotry in my pursuit of excellence though. :)
Tomorrow we are doing powerboat level 1 which will be ok, i seem to be able to handle the ribs quite well and last time got told off for doing a figure of 8 too fast. Whoops.
Wonder if ive said that before...
Anyway, got to do research for a talk on sea kayaking and another one of my choice.
Later folks.
Sunday, September 24, 2006
Photographs
I will hopefully get some photos on the net soon, they are on the camera just now and i need access to a laptop before i can get them on the net. This will hopefully happen in the next few days.
To see old photos (not many) you can find them here
Edit: hrm think my gallery is broken atm! please try again later! :)
To see old photos (not many) you can find them here
Edit: hrm think my gallery is broken atm! please try again later! :)
Monday, September 18, 2006
Windsurfing
Did my second day of windsurfing today and worked it out. Yesterday was pretty pathetic. Got the hang of it in the morning and lost it and drifted about for a bit in the afternoon. Today, i had it all day, and now my arms and shoulders are killing me. Got a film in 15 minutes and then to bed and start the day again tomorrow. Took some good photos today (i hope) but i cant download them to this computer so i will need to work something out. Hopefully ill get all my photos up before i head off to australia so i have lots of free space to use.
Last week we were dingy sailing (have i said this already?) and i feel pretty good now with that. We also had a go at powerboat level 1 and that was really quite easy although i got shouted at (or told off at least :)) for doing a reverse figure of eight too fast. Whoops.
Good fun, 2 new people on the course doing our windsurfing part and both seem ok. All the other guys and gals are quite cool too so will just have to wait and see on sunday as the other 15 or so people arrive. Hope they are all nice or it could ruin everything :)
Oh yeah, went swimming yesterday and am doing quite well at attempting to stay fit, i am keeping up with my fruit and veg intake although at breakfast although i have a yoghurt and cereal and fruit, there is also a lot of cooked food there which tempts me every morning :(. Tomorrow i will stop.
Me, Jay, Kirk and Phil went for a run 2 days ago (no that you know any of them...) and we did about 3 or 4 miles which was quite good, but as we were on the last stretch homeward bound, Phil tripped and buggered his ankle. So, scared of a break Jay and Kirk ran back to base to get a van and we brought him home... then took him to the hospital. Waited there for 2 hours and using the time efficiently, i had a nap in the waiting room. Lucky for Phil nothing was broken, but his foot had swollen up to the size of a grapefruit. Le fun.
Back to norm now, and film time.
Argh the pain in my shoulders.
It hurts
:'(
Last week we were dingy sailing (have i said this already?) and i feel pretty good now with that. We also had a go at powerboat level 1 and that was really quite easy although i got shouted at (or told off at least :)) for doing a reverse figure of eight too fast. Whoops.
Good fun, 2 new people on the course doing our windsurfing part and both seem ok. All the other guys and gals are quite cool too so will just have to wait and see on sunday as the other 15 or so people arrive. Hope they are all nice or it could ruin everything :)
Oh yeah, went swimming yesterday and am doing quite well at attempting to stay fit, i am keeping up with my fruit and veg intake although at breakfast although i have a yoghurt and cereal and fruit, there is also a lot of cooked food there which tempts me every morning :(. Tomorrow i will stop.
Me, Jay, Kirk and Phil went for a run 2 days ago (no that you know any of them...) and we did about 3 or 4 miles which was quite good, but as we were on the last stretch homeward bound, Phil tripped and buggered his ankle. So, scared of a break Jay and Kirk ran back to base to get a van and we brought him home... then took him to the hospital. Waited there for 2 hours and using the time efficiently, i had a nap in the waiting room. Lucky for Phil nothing was broken, but his foot had swollen up to the size of a grapefruit. Le fun.
Back to norm now, and film time.
Argh the pain in my shoulders.
It hurts
:'(
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
So
Me is in england.
Got to Cowes last friday, been out sailing on sat sun mon. Today we all just went out in the boats and went swimming as there was completely 0 wind. Really good fun, met lots of nice people and having a great time. Not taken any photos yet but will do sometime soon i hope. Still getting used to everything but it is all good.
S.
Got to Cowes last friday, been out sailing on sat sun mon. Today we all just went out in the boats and went swimming as there was completely 0 wind. Really good fun, met lots of nice people and having a great time. Not taken any photos yet but will do sometime soon i hope. Still getting used to everything but it is all good.
S.
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Also a huge thanks
To Steve, he is currently hosting my site and does such a fantastic job at providing whatever i seem to want :D. Cant really ask for a better or more dedicated staff for all my useless questions.
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Bloggage!
Well, i went out last night to see everyone for the last time, and ugg the complete loser didnt come out as he was playing WoW. Super duper. Pretty pathetic actually. I am however going out again tonight for seans birthday but i may drive. Who knows. I leave in... uhh... 2 days? Bugger! Tomorrow will be spent packing and seeing some people for my last day but thats about it i think, then on thursday its offski early morning.
I have put in a gallery at http://gallery.fwip.co.uk for my photos when i go away, its empty at the moment but going to try to recover my old photos tomorrow, and you can email me at stewart at fwip if you want to get in touch.
I have put in a gallery at http://gallery.fwip.co.uk for my photos when i go away, its empty at the moment but going to try to recover my old photos tomorrow, and you can email me at stewart at fwip if you want to get in touch.
