On 19th
April we had a river trip planned to Ironbridge Gorge. As I missed one of the
previous trips and I really need to get atleast 4 or 5 trips in total, I had to
go on this one. I know it sounds like I didn't want to go, but it's totally the
opposite - I couldn't wait to go!
It was me, Tim, Greg, Hannah and Vicky this time + Martin and Ben. We got there
between 10am and 11am and it was cloudy/rainy - just horrible. Fortunately we
were lucky to get some sunshine once we got on water. The first part of day was just
practicing a few basic things, for example how to make quick turns in the
current. After that we just kept going and learned a few more things along the
way, like how to move more effectively and turns.
At some
point we noticed some massive nuclear plant towers, which actually looked
really nice and amazing.
Half way down we stopped on the shore and had picnic.
After which we paddled a bit and saw world's first iron bridge.
Slightly after
the bridge we stopped because there was quite a big and really fast rapid
ahead.
Martin and Ben told us that once we go in, we need to keep paddling, so
the canoe stays stable and also that we should stay in the middle of the river
to be safe from rocks. It's hard to describe the adrenaline that we got out of
it, but it was an amazing feeling to go through the waves on a high speed. We
decided to carry out canoe at least another 3 times back to experience that
awesomeness.
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Once everyone had enough tries we started to learn how to cross
the rapids against the flow. Our first two attempts were successful, but on the
last one Tim lost balance, canoes' side turned against the waves and voila we
were in the river having a fast but cold ride down the current. Nevertheless it
was a great experience. Now there are two more river trips planned, one of them
being an overnight, which is going to be awesome!
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