Went kayaking yesterday for the first time. What a brill sport. Got in the canoe ... OMG! felt so unstable, so the instructor came over and rocked it to show me how far it can go. how nice of him! ha ha
but after about 10 mins was feeling fine about it, learning all the paddle strokes and that. instructor said that we'd wait til the end and then he would teach me how to flip upside and get out. how nice of him!
anyway, then they decided after a while that i should join in the water polo, which was well cool, but then all of a sudden i was in the dark thinking "WTF am i doing UNDER the boat!!!" ha ha. serves me right for getting cocky. anyway, i managed to get out alright only to look up to see my mate filming it. well, i say filming it, what i mean was ... trying to hold her phone straight while she p'd herself laughing.
so i got out, looked at the camera and said "limp, dull, lifeless hair? Pond water... bcoz you're worth it!" ha ha.
Then the instructor said, you may as well do the flip with the spray deck now you've gone under once. so i thought yea, may as well, as i've already nearly drowned. Anyway, did it and got out already so next time i go, i can have a spray deck so i don't get so wet (as long as i don't tip up )
Anyway, it only cost me a fiver so if you ever get chance to go, then do, coz i had a right laugh. and falling in the pond wasn't as cold as i thought it would be. Although i did wear my winter cycling stuff which is designed to stay warm when it gets wet. About as near to a wetsuit that i own, and i think it did help coz i didn't get too cold after.
but after about 10 mins was feeling fine about it, learning all the paddle strokes and that. instructor said that we'd wait til the end and then he would teach me how to flip upside and get out. how nice of him!
anyway, then they decided after a while that i should join in the water polo, which was well cool, but then all of a sudden i was in the dark thinking "WTF am i doing UNDER the boat!!!" ha ha. serves me right for getting cocky. anyway, i managed to get out alright only to look up to see my mate filming it. well, i say filming it, what i mean was ... trying to hold her phone straight while she p'd herself laughing.
so i got out, looked at the camera and said "limp, dull, lifeless hair? Pond water... bcoz you're worth it!" ha ha.
Then the instructor said, you may as well do the flip with the spray deck now you've gone under once. so i thought yea, may as well, as i've already nearly drowned. Anyway, did it and got out already so next time i go, i can have a spray deck so i don't get so wet (as long as i don't tip up )
Anyway, it only cost me a fiver so if you ever get chance to go, then do, coz i had a right laugh. and falling in the pond wasn't as cold as i thought it would be. Although i did wear my winter cycling stuff which is designed to stay warm when it gets wet. About as near to a wetsuit that i own, and i think it did help coz i didn't get too cold after.