Day 11 Tuesday Lower Guil by Martin A

After some confusion over shuttles, we arrived at the get-on and were soon unloaded. As we prepared to launch, Keith stole Roy’s small Firecracker (which was practically underwater – squirt-like), so Roy had to paddle Keith’s playboat, which dwarfed him.

We split into 2 groups of 7, and Keith’s group launched first. We made our way down the first few easy rapids, enjoying the scenery, including some cool rock towers and the waterfall that wasn’t. We played on some waves.

Before long, we overtook Keith’s team and Jackie took over leading and led us through the last of the rapids on the Guil, through the confluence with the Durance and expertly found the route through the many channels of the Durance down to the top of the St Clements slalom site.

After a quick breather, and without any hesitation (well done, Sue!), we all dropped into the slalom course. Some stopped to play on the various waves while others took a more direct route. The slalom site was overrun with other paddlers, and probably the busiest we’ve ever seen, so nobody stayed too long.

A great run with no swims on the slalom course. Well done, everybody!

Paddlers: Roy, Nikki, Martin, Jackie, Mark, Sue, Colin, Keith, Stuart, Sarah, Steve, Terry, John & Dom