When it was proposed I was decidedly unsure about it. Kayaking on Saturday, despite the fact that it was six degrees - the entire idea was clearly completely nuts. My politicking against the plan was too subtle and I was left wondering if might be worth breaking my own arm to avoid the event.
And then, once again, Sydney surprised me.
The weather was lovely and the water warm. I have first hand knowledge of the water temperature as I managed to capsize my vessel 20 metres from the shore. This provided David, Elaine and Hideko with a solid 20 minutes of laughter but, pride and fingertips* aside, I was unhurt. Later on there were mangroves, a veritable blizzard of jellyfish and some of the most magnificent homes in Australia.
Winter! What Winter?
* Climbing out of the water over razor sharp mussel-shells
2 comments:
Hah! I learnt to kayak in the Liffey. Want to bet that tastes worse than your mangrove juice ? Capsizing was part of the training, or at least one of the Capsizes was.
Capsizing in the Liffey is pretty hard-core! I'll take my chances with the Jellyfish.
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