sunday trip

hi Sunday 25 may we all started out from mill lane 0900 James , Claire and myself .We all gouped into my car and headed for Stackalan , another member of the club was there ready and waiting john . So we drove my car to the get out Slane , then it was back to Stackalan let the action start . The first weir at Stackalan no problems all went well , all was good over the next three wierrs till the big A , i said will we go over the broken part? the gang looked at me and away we went at this stage friends of mine had joined us Ken and Eddy , Ken went down down first all ok then James still ok Eddy and things were looking all good , John next in his big boat well he stopped half way down looking at me whats going to happen next the water pulled him down the rest of the weir all still ok , then Claire same again hit a rock half way down and stopped this time do Claire was push upside down and she ran the rest of the weir upside down , she was knock around a little bit Trim woman are made of hard stuff ,only two more weirs to go then home ,
All was good, and great day on the river with trim canoe club

the blackwater

one Sunday trim canoe club decided to head for navan and hit the blackwater , we got on behind the motor test centre , { the last time i was here i was doing my driving test i was nervous then and i am nervous now on the water i go } the first weir we get to is only about 10 meters from the put on , the lads { Brian , Johnathan, Owen} were all looking at me which way to go down so i ran down backwards on the right side , then the lads followed all went well , then on to a natural drop we all ran it on the left saying to our selfs this would be a great drop if it had more water , then on to next weir which has a mill on the right hand side.We ran this on the right hand side,on to the last weir. This one has a mill on the left hand side .There is a danger of ending up under the mill on the left we .Ran this weir on the middle left every one got on well . We paddle on to where the Blackwater joins the Boyne , then on to Slackalan .Another great day on the water with Trim canoe club,

coming home

just hanging around

hi Sunday came had to meet at HQ at 6.30am , all the guys ready and waiting to go , two vehicle were go to Dublin port driving on to the ferry ulises with equipment , another car went to Dublin air port to meet with Irish coast guard and to jump on board the helicopter , they are going to winched onto the ferry , this is exercise working with the Irish ferries , Irish coast guard , Walsh fire service , R A F , and the Walsh ambulance service , when we landed on board we were told there are six casualties with mostly burns injuries , we grab our gear and made our way down to the casualties , there injuries ranged from minor burns to cardiac arrest , they there was a chemical incidence and the Walsh fire service were dropped in by the R A F sea king , the fire service bought the patients to by becam , all went well all patients professionally looked after by all services , great day