As the New Year approached, a4adventure received a last-minute booking from a group of three friends who wanted to undertake an outdoor adventure to mark the end of 2008 and start of 2009. After discussing the options available to them, the group decided on canoeing as their first choice.
Unfortunately, the weather remained cold and clear with very little rain for a week or so before the activity. With the water so low, canoeing on a river was completely impossible (with there being more pebbles than water in the river channel!!) and so the group made the decision to switch locations to the sea.
Arriving in Caswell Bay, the boats were unloaded and the group got dressed into wetsuits. With all the preparations complete, the group had a full safety brief and demonstration of the techniques they would use through the day.
From pushing the canoes out into the sea, the group undertook their initial sea trials (getting used to the boats, the swell of the sea, and deciding who would be steering) before setting course for Brandy Cove and the start of their coast journey.
Arriving at Brandy Cove, the group took it in turns to solo paddle the canoes, using the waves to surf the boats into the shore!! From Brandy Cove, the canoes headed along the rocky shoreline to Pwll Ddu Bay, and from there back across the mouth of Caswell Bay to land on the rocky shore and the chance to explore the caves and the rockpools.
An excellent day was had by all, and it was a brilliant way to mark the turn of the year.
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