Out and About Again

Travel restrictions, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, kept me away from water deep enough to paddle a  kayak for several months.  However, when Spain's 'State of Alarm' came to an end in April, freedom of movement across regional and provincial borders was reinstated - and now The Twist is out and about again.  I've had a trio of little trips since then:

On Sunday May 2nd. I went to the Embalse de Negratin,  Got on the water at Playa de Freila and spent three hours quietly paddling along the shore, in and out of every inlet.  On my last visit, September 2020 (blog post 19/09/20), the water in the reservoir was very low but now it is back to where it was about this time last year.

Mid morning and I had stopped for a leg stretch.  That little cloud was the only one in the sky!  In the three hours on the water I paddled a total of  8.5 kilometres.

On Wednesday June 2nd. I went back to Playa de Freila for another three hours of quiet paddling, checking out all the inlets in the opposite direction to my previous visit.  Total distance paddled this time was 7.5 kilometres.  I think this will be my last visit to this reservoir until the autumn.  Even with an early start it is getting too hot to spend enough time on the water to justify travelling so far from home.

On Monday June 21st. - the Summer Solstice and the day after Fathers Day (U.K.).  I made a very early start and got to Villaricos beach to see the first sunrise of summer - but not early enough to see it from my kayak.

Here comes the sun!  The Summer Solstice had occurred just a few hours earlier.

A few minutes later the sun had cleared the horizon.  I was on the water not long after this.

1½ hours on the water and I paddled 3.5 kilometres - fueled by my own personal snack bars!  Pity a fog didn't come down so I could make use of a shiny new compass.  Thank you Fathers Day!