1. The main point to note here is that even if you do get it right the prize will forever remain a mystery Back to text

2. Though unfortunately not being flat hulled they need fairly retentive holes to pull of any decent moves Back to text

3. I suggest that it wouldn't be a proper drop if I don't leave some of my helmet on the rock somewhere. Back to text

4. The comparison 'petulant child' comes to mind, but it is a bit of a literarily cliché so I wont use it. Back to text

5. Some of you may not have met Tom. If the paddling is unlikely to involve grade 5 then he is unlikely to turn up. He claims he has also been to two pub meets in 4 years. He can even tell you when they where to prove it. Back to text

6. A fact which would become more significant latter in the weekend. Back to text

7. Organisers of Annual dinners take note. Obviously requiring the dinner and it's effects to take the whole weekend and the consequences be so bad you have to go to a restaurant hundreds of miles away is the way forward. Back to text

8. For those of you who he has told about leadership principals I think I should point out that he was pretty much in violation of all of them. Though if you ask him I can guarantee the response 'it goes, it was fine'. Back to text

9. Which may not be as easy as you first think. Whilst obviously the man took pleasure in accosting people who passed through his gate with out paying, something like the troll under the bridge (very fitting, the troll at the end of the fairy glen), so you might think that to avail himself of satisfaction it is quite plausible that he would spend far too long looking out of the window waiting. But then again, there is the quite plausible option that he had applied for a grant which was absolutely essential for maintaining the countryside the money form which he then used to implement very high tech sensors and imaging technology so not only can he enjoy having a go, but he can then record his greatest successes and then watch them back on cold dark winter evenings bringing himself an inner warming glow of malice. Back to text

10. Noted very good paddler with lots of experience. Level 5 coach. Contributor to Franco's WW safety and rescue and the new canoe handbook. Someone whose advice is generally to be taken seriously. Back to text