What follows are photos and videos of a super day had in Galloway on August 11 2018 . The sun shone and Alnmouth won the coastal rower category of the 14 mile race from Carsethorn to Dumfries down the River Nith.
Warming up at the start at Carsethorn – beautiful place
Friendly rowers from Annan . We agreed with them not to to do a “le-mans” style start with a footrace to the boats!
Taken by Roy Kerr on the safety boat
Taken by Roy Kerr on the safety boat
Alnmouth crosses the finish line, depositing its cargo of tobacco for the grateful burghers of Dumfries . The Salty Coo looks on and the piper plays.
Still taken by Roy Kerr
The crew recover after the race and head for the quay.
POA is winched out of the water – John can’t resist anything engineering
We are on the leaderboard!
Presentation
We keep the trophy for a year and will need to add the name of Alnmouth to it . The whisky wont last that long.
Medals of the salty coo were also given out.
The winning crew
The lakes weekend – July 2018
This is lunchtime Saturday on Lake Windermere , The day consisted of rowing from Newby Bridge to Ambleside . After lunch we also did some time trials around the island in the background.
June 28 – Bright sun everywhere else but thick fog on the beach at Alnmouth
Calm of early morning – Solstice Row
Up xxxx creek or rowing on the Blyth?
Photo provided by Eskmuth
Photo provided by Eskmuth
Coquet Island close up by the landing jetty – sky full of seabirds and puffins perched on the building roof
The initiation ceremony – seaweed on the head being sprayed by seawater , much enjoyed by crew
Photo provided by Eskmuth
Coquet Island
Fellow skiffs heading for Coquet Island
photo provided by Eskmuth – magic puffin shot
2nd crew heading for Coquet Island
Photo provided by Eskmuth
Coquet Island day – first crew arriving Amble Yacht Club
Coquet Island day – first crew leaving Alnmouth
Hosing down newly painted skiff
First club session of 2018 – March 25th
