Kayaking through rough black country areas! (Training session #1 for the world's hardest kayak race)
*Watch with subtitles!*
My Uncle Ed has signed us both up for one of the most legendary kayak races on earth, the Devizes to Westminster race. The race consists of 125 miles of canal and river (Thames) with 14 miles of running past locks along the way. The race ends at the houses of parliament in London. It isn't until April 2023, but judging by this first outing, there is lots of work to do if we are to stand a chance of completing it.
On our first jaunt in our brand new racing kayak, we decided to venture out towards the black country on the slimy canals that you might have seen on my recent black country mission. A few years back some local youths threw rocks at us as we walked down one of these canals, so there was some apprehension about floating through on a kayak. My strategy was to adopt a vocally confident approach to disarm potential culprits.
I'll probably post 2 or 3 more of these and they will get incrementally more and ambitious and scenic as we approach the race itself.
Let me know your thoughts, and have a splendid Christmas!
Comments (14)
Did you ever get around to doing this challenge? Looks super hard. I’m sure if you decided not to it was for very understandable reasons.
Love it! Seems like a great new adventure!
Uncle Ed, talking about "a whole new kind of adventure", and this channel. Name a better combo.
When is the next part of the America series coming out Tom ?
January 7th
Marvelous adventure! I must say, your Aunt and Uncle's backyard (or wherever the kayak was being kept) was beautiful! What an enchanting little nook of greenery.
What a pleasant surprise this was! My friend lives in Devizes so depending on the dates might see about making a trip down there for the start of this! Have a great Christmas Tom :)
No other Christmas gift will match this unexpected video drop 🙏🙏
Merry christmas Tom!
What a Christmas Present. Happy Holidays everyone🫶🏻
2 bits of content in 1 week get in!
Have a great Christmas Tom!
Nice surprise for us Tom 😀👍
Awesome, Merry Christmas Tom!!