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John Lymer Activities 14 July 2024

Words & photos - John Lymer

What a stunning location!!! We stayed at Waterside House (aka Waterside Farm) campsite, Pooley Bridge. The site is right on the shore of Ullswater and just a one mile walk along a lakeside path to the village. Everything you need is on the site anyway though - a cafe doing fish and chips on Friday, pizza another couple of nights and all sorts of food anytime. There's also an on-site watersports hire centre - Wake and Surf - for canoes/kayaks and paddleboards. We'd never heard of wake surfing. It's like wakeboarding, but they can let the line go slack. Advanced wakesurfers can even let go of the tow rope and continue surfing in the boat wake. Norbert can tell you all about it, having had a one hour lesson!

Some wind would have been nice for our weekend away. Alas, that was the only thing missing! It was just Force 2 from Friday to Sunday. Don't those conditions normally come with warm weather and sun? Maybe, except in the Lakes! We had to be satisfied with cloudy, 15C on Friday, then cooler over the weekend with a bit of very light rain. In mid-July?! Dave took a raceboard and a club wind-SUP, Brian a sit-on kayak, Norbert some big windsurf kit and John ... a mountain bike. The photos below include the site, activities available from it, dinghy sailing from the adjacent club and some views from a mountain bike ride between High Street and Ullswater. One photo shows a Duotone inflatable windsurf rig with no boom or mast. That's probably a great, lightweight option for beginners ... and very portable too!

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John Lymer Activities 06 July 2024

Words & photos - John Lymer

When will Summer start? That's what we're all asking isn't it, except maybe Mark who wore a shortie anyway? Just 12C when I got to the Club. Thankfully, the sun made an appearance soon after and the day finished on 15C. Should we be glad of 15C in July?! The wind was good and xcweather continues to get the forecast right - strong Force 4 from mid-afternoon (a bit less in the photos). The 10 members windsurfing and wingfoiling made the most of it. Gabby was gybing proficiently, Geoff looks so nearly there and Norbert is getting up on the foil a bit. The windsurfers managed some nice gybes and good speed too. The only negative was the mobile phone which was lost without trace in the reservoir despite a great deal of searching!

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John Lymer Activities 26 April 2024

This year the club is offering subsidised coaching / instruction for members ....

We had Wing Foil coaching for improvers / intermediates mid-May for anyone with prior experience and comfortable using foiling kit (not necessarily on the foil) at one of the following levels:

Taxiing, but looking to get first flights.
Have achieved first flights, but looking for sustained flights and developing skills for staying upwind.
Comfortable on the foil and able to keep upwind, working on improved riding, gybes, toeside and beyond.

We are looking to hold a similar session for beginners but have had to postpone it due to the low reservoir level which prevents us from launching the safety boat. This may now take place in November, otherwise we'll try and sort it out for around May next year.

It will likely be a morning and afternoon session and the cost may be around £35 per session depending on numbers.

If you’d like to take part, please contact Gabby

We’re also looking to arrange windsurf and windfoil coaching for members.

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