Although there was a strong north-easterly wind blowing across the island, we were fairly well protected as we left Trearddur Bay to head out along the coast towards Porth Dafarch and onto Penrhyn Mawr to look at the tidal races. Although it was getting near to slack water, once we’d made our way out to the races we discovered that the tide was running faster than we'd anticipated. Graham and Mike, under the watchful eye of Eila, ventured a little further out to take a look at this infamous tidal race, only to get themselves caught up in the strong flowing rush of water and found themselves paddling like madmen to pull themselves out. At one point Graham seemed to be paddling on the spot and making no headway at all, while Eila looked on with some amusement; and this was Penrhryn Mawr at it’s quietest. It’s not until you’ve been up close do you really appreciate the skills involved in paddling these kinds of treacherous waters…
We turned and headed back towards the safety of Porth Dafarch only to find ourselves paddling into a headwind that felt gale force. As we approached Porth Dafarch the wind seemed to build, the bay acting as a kind of funnel for the wind to gain in strength. By the time we found sheltered waters I was exhausted. On the way back to Trearddur Bay we rock hopped and explored the caves and enjoyed the warmth of the setting sun on our backs. A splendid two and half hours of excellent paddling, along with great company.
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Music is by Mike Dowling.
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