I took The Halibut to Embalse de Negratin yesterday - only the third time I have used it. At present the water in the reservoir is very low, so I launched from the concrete slipway at Playa de Freila - because access to the water is difficult elsewhere, until the water level rises again.
It's a long way down to that water!
Other than wanting to give The Halibut an 'airing', and try out a trolley I had made for it, there was no great purpose behind this trip. I just took advantage of a very pleasant February day to enjoy a bit of quiet, lazy, pootling around - for which The Halibut is just perfect. Here are a few pictures from the trip :-
An occasional cool breeze ruffled the water as a reminder that, although it may be spring-like weather, winter is still here.
Stopped here to stretch my legs and do a bit of litter-picking - collected quite a few discarded plastic and glass bottles for disposal later.
A stop for lunch before returning to tackle the slipway at Playa de Freila.
Now for the hard part - getting the loaded kayak back up that slipway! Fortunately the new trolley handled it well - but the manpower behind it needed a couple of catch-your-breath stops on the way up!
The Halibut is a bit too heavy and awkward to carry it far single-handed. This is the trolley which makes life easier.
Time on the water was 3½ hrs. and total distance paddled was 7.5 kilometres.
