The paddle that grew and grew...

"Do you want to go paddling next Sunday?" Asked me Debbie last week.
"Yes, of course!" I immediately answered.
Debbie is the happy owner of the Clogwyn Lodge, she was my wonderful landlady for the last two months and she is a good sea kayaker too. But we dind't had any chance to paddled together since I arrived in Wales so... I was very excited with her plan!
The day after Debbie received a call from her buddy paddler who was inerested in coming with us... so we became three. When we went to the pool session last Monday night, Debbie had a short chat with a friend of her, interested as weel... and we became four paddlers. She probably wrote the message on the Snowdonian Canoe Club forum and... we finally were 15 people on the Abersoch beach yesterday!
Debbie said it was the paddle that grew and gre, I said she was the unconscious leader! The Snowdonian Canoe Club is well known for being a predominatly female club: we were 12 women and just 3 men on the water... what a great company!

Debbie led the briefing with the big group of 12 women and just 3 men...

15 sea kayaks on the sunny beach at the lunch time...

The group playing cricket to warm up before launching to come back...

The big smile of Debbie at the end of the sunny spectacular pladding day...

I won two unexpected lovely prizes as best lodger!!! Thanks sooooooo much, Debbie, I miss you!

"Ti va di uscire in kayak domenica prossima?" mi ha chiesto Debbie la scorsa settimana.
"Ma certo!" ho risposto senza la minima esitazione.
Debbie è la felice proprietaria del cottage dove ho abitato negli ultimi due mesi ed è anche una gran brava canoista. Non abbiamo mai avuto occasione di pagaiare insieme ed io ero particolarmente contenta di poterlo fare prima di lasciare il Galles!
Il giorno dopo Debbie ha ricevuto la telefonata di una cara amica, anche lei felice di uscire in kayak... così siamo diventate tre. Quando lo scorso lunedì siamo andate insieme in piscina per la solita ora serale di rolling, Debbie ha avuto una breve conversazione con un'altra amica... e siamo salite a quattro. E' stata forse lei a scrivere dell'uscita domenicale sul forum dello Snowdonian Canoe Club... e alla fine ieri eravamo 15 kayakers sulla spiaggia di Abersoch!
Lo Snowdonian Canoe Club è famoso per essere un club prevalentemente femminile e non a caso c'erano 12 donne ed appena 3 uomini in mare... un'ottima compagnia!