Kayaking

First kayaking session of the season held in the local swimming pool. We were fairly lucky to get the group in as it was packed! I taught two of the scouts the basics and with practice they should get their BCU 1* in a couple of weeks. Afterwards I retired the bar with the SCU and found one of them was the county canoe assessor. We chatted about the requirements and if I’m judged competent, I can apparently take out a group of kids on still water or class C (like the river Chelmer) without my BCU 3* (which I’m taking anyway).

In a weeks time we’ll be doing another service crew session – sounds like a good idea to fix up a few of the canoes and perhaps make a trip out before it gets too cold!