Author Topic: Went Fishin.... (Read 724 times)

JohnST · « **on:** October 05, 2010, 10:39:52 am »

Hey All, thanks for some of the calls and sms's I'm back and in one piece!

Some pics to follow shortly.

JohnST · « **Reply #1 on:** October 05, 2010, 10:47:35 am »

The Rocky packed and ready to leave:

JohnST · « **Reply #2 on:** October 05, 2010, 10:48:33 am »

Some pics of going down Cradock Weir the day before the race in a practice run:

JohnST · « **Reply #3 on:** October 05, 2010, 10:49:20 am »

JohnST · « **Reply #4 on:** October 05, 2010, 10:50:07 am »

JohnST · « **Reply #5 on:** October 05, 2010, 10:51:11 am »

Some pics of Soutpans Rapid on race day:

JohnST · « **Reply #6 on:** October 05, 2010, 10:51:55 am »

Marlow Weir on Race day:

JohnST · « **Reply #7 on:** October 05, 2010, 10:52:35 am »

JohnST · « **Reply #8 on:** October 05, 2010, 10:53:39 am »

JohnST · « **Reply #9 on:** October 05, 2010, 10:54:56 am »

The end of the race and the ladies giving you beer.... totally worth the effort!!

JohnST · « **Reply #10 on:** October 05, 2010, 10:56:40 am »

Total of 81.8km over the two days (46.5km day one and 35.3 the second day). we completed it in 6h17min and ended in 282nd out of 1700 paddlers.

mannemerak · « **Reply #11 on:** October 05, 2010, 11:14:40 am »

That looks like great fun!
Well done on the result!

I also want some beer from those

Pistol · « **Reply #12 on:** October 05, 2010, 11:49:30 am »

John, I will come and second next year - those girlies serving me Hansa, can think of nothing better!!!!!

Oh, and well done BTW

Hentie @ Riders · « **Reply #13 on:** October 05, 2010, 12:45:05 pm »

Nice en al hoekom jy dit seker doen is dat die girls vir jou kan bier gee

JohnST · « **Reply #14 on:** October 05, 2010, 02:44:26 pm »

Ek moet sê as jy daai girls aan die einde sien vergeet jy heeltemal jy het sopas 47km vir die dag geroei!

Die volgende Hansa sponcered race is die Duzi, wie kom saam??

Tr0jan · « **Reply #15 on:** October 05, 2010, 02:47:20 pm »

lyk wiele vir sannie!

lekker trippie!

Ama ride ride · « **Reply #16 on:** October 05, 2010, 02:52:31 pm »

Psst John, is lekker. You row for which club?

Oops and now ETS is going to moan about his hornyness

Pistol · « **Reply #17 on:** October 05, 2010, 02:56:01 pm »

Quote from: JohnST on October 05, 2010, 02:44:26 pm

Ek moet sê as jy daai girls aan die einde sien vergeet jy heeltemal jy het sopas 47km vir die dag geroei!

Die volgende Hansa sponcered race is die Duzi, wie kom saam??

Thats in the midlands hey?

letsgofishing · « **Reply #18 on:** October 05, 2010, 03:02:20 pm »

Congrats on your position!

I don't normally drink Hansa, but I could make an exception!

JMOL · « **Reply #19 on:** October 06, 2010, 02:07:20 pm »

Nice photies

A few years ago I lost a canoe at Cradock weir - 3 pieces

I remember the first time I went down the weir as a Saturday afternoon and as I wanted to climb out of the water, there was this "visser tannie sonder tande en 'n bottel wyn" with a dog much bigger than a normal lion. Quikly I had to decide - weir or eaten alive

Saltpans Rapid also took me once or twice by surprise

Thought I'll die that day and I was very much surprised to see that there was water left in the river - thought it went all into my stomach

Baie water gesluk daai dag . . . . .

I also took my kids down the Marlow shoot and every time I'll worry what if something goes wrong (we used to paddle from Marlow Cause Way to town) and then they'll shout: "Do it again dad". Needless to say - I was as deaf as a kwartel

Ja - good old days.