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Up to the motorway bridge on a really, really hot day! With the tide and sea breeze on the way up. With the tide but against the sea breeze on the way back. That made it cooler but harder work. A little bouncy at the mou…

A lovely spring day with big tides for a paddle down to the Pole Sands.

Up river to just past the motorway bridges by Topsham. Coffee at Hannaford's Quay in Topsham and then a hot windless paddle back down to SYC. Lovely day on teh water.

Lovely paddle on a stonkingly hot July day. Down river with the tide but against the F3 sea breeze that came it. Lunch on the last "island" at the end of the Pole Sands. Then back with the tide and the sea breeze via the…

Up river against some wind and tide. Short stop at Hannafords Quay in Topsham then back down river with the wind and tide helping.

Down around the low tide for lunch on the Pole Sands. A lovely December day with no wind and hardly a cloud in the sky. Lots of seals on the way back. Mind you, it was 4 degrees when I left the sailing club.

Beautiful autumn paddling. Foggy to start with but that soon cleared to bright sunshine. With the spring tide and a little wind on the way down. Stopped at the South Coaster when the sun came out as getting too hot! Afte…

After tailing the safety line while Derek H went up the mast of his Fulmar, down to the Bull Sands against the wind and tide (only F3 and neaps). Lunch on the Sands and then an easy paddle back as the wind and waves got…

Around a low tide and out to (pretty much) Orcombe Point. Lovely late October day with little wind and a fairly big tide. The recent easterly storm has made quite dramatic changes to Bull Hill Bank.

Up to the motorway bridge. Got to the motorway bridge at the top of the tide and happily the forecast SW F4/F5 didnt happen while I was on teh way back.

Lovely paddle down to Sandy Bay. Not much wind against tide on the way out and then back with the wind and tide. Marvellous!

Next to no wind and very little tide, so a quick down river paddle against the little incoming tide. A few photos of the boat that sank at the weekend and was raised yesterday - as well as a few of the posher yachts on t…

A near enough perfect day's paddling. Out with the tide against just the start of a sea breeze. Then along the coast to Straight Point. Flat calm and pretty much no wind. The Marines were firing otherwise I'd have gone o…

First time out in my new Perception Triumph 13 kayak. Lot of fun. Fast - compared to our other canoe / kayak. But, as expected, it does weathercock. There was a fairly light wind from the west and the boat was definitely…

Up the river Clyst for a couple of miles and then back via Topsham. There was still more navigable water to be explored on the Clyst but left that for next time.

Down river but I was short of time. So that meant paddling back against the last hour of the outgoing tide. A sea breeze helped though. Lovely day - good exercise!

The westerly F3 gusting F4 turned out to be a F5 on the nose from the north on the way out. Complete with little white horses, I was tempted to turn back as I was making little over half a knot. Calmed down after a while…

Out against a small neap tide and a little wind. Wind picked up on the way back making for an easy paddle. Got rained on for the last mile.

A paddle up to Topsham with Ellie T. Easy on the way - a bit harder into the wind on the way back.

Beautiful summer's day paddle on a big tide. Out to Straight Point (the marines weren't firing) and watched a couple of seals sunning themselves on the rocks. Big tides so big average speed!

Ended up being a tour (past) most of the Exe estuary sailing clubs. So past Exe Sailing Club and Lympstone Sailing Club. Stopped at Starcross Yacht Club for lunch and then back past Starcross Fishing and Cruising Club. W…

And just a little bit out to sea. Lovely day - hot but with a cooling sea breeze. Retrieved a kite surfers board after he had some minor difficulties.

Down to SYC for 250th Anniversary water sports day. A few photos included from the later SYC 250 event at Powderham Castle

First paddle on the Teign Estuary. Having lived so close for so long, it is surprising that this is the first time I've paddled on the Teign. Pretty much a perfect paddle. Lots of sun, round the top of a neap tide and co…

Across to Exmouth for a paddle up the east side of the estuary. Just past Lympstone the wind picked up to a F4 and paddling became hard work. Pleased and surprised to see I was still doing about 2mph against a F4. Stopp…

Cockwood Harbour to the Turf Locks and back via SYC.