Jack gets us to our get out on the Gweebarra

The smile on Jack's face is at the tiredness on all our faces- we are just finishing the lower Gweebarra in SW Donegal during my stag weekend. We hadn't reckoned on a westerly gale slowing our descent by half so that we had to contend with many a sand bar and haul the canoes behind us.

The kids- Oisin, Cormac and Jack, were incredible keeping happy and game for the challenge.

Lucie has swallowed almost all canoe time- or time for anything other than work- so kayaking has been on the back burner. Our level 3 assessment is finally due in a month from now, so have to get back on the water.

Marty and me

Emerging from winter, and our baby Lucie is now three months. Kayaking has been on the back burner but I manged to get out with a few friends at Shaw's Bridge, just to wet the head so to speak. Also CANI's Paddlefest in Lough Melvin was a good two day outing on surf and whitewater.

I'd planned to be doing L3 assessment over Paddy's weekend but we lost out from lack of availability of a coach. So hopefully it will run later in April.

I'm interested in connecting with any bloggers out there with an interest in kayaking and/or hiking/climbing. I'm based in Belfast in Ireland and hoping to develop activities for visitors to Ireland around these interests.

Timeframe is flexible- just hoping to get a process that works at the right pace for me and others involved.