Jim at Atlantic Sea Kayaking
July 10, Day 26.
A dodgy start but a very peaceful end. Took off around Galley head and saw the lighthouse and paddled into some annoying short chop that lent to lots of the boat going up and slapping down which was just killing my momentum. The wind started from the back and a bit to the side which then as I was crossing miles off shore changed to a broadside wind and then from the front and side, blowing a consistent force 5 and I just had another funny feeling that I didn’t want to be pushed to Spain. I was already angled pretty hard to the right towards land most the crossing when the wind started to shift so I bailed and made a hard right, straight towards shore to get some shelter and some rest. It took forever and I just felt pretty unhappy with how that played out.
Took a nice rest and ate a big lunch and took note of how many jellyfish were left laying on the beach (again because they can’t swim against current) and how the limpets were only in the textured crevices on the sheer rock wall next to me on the beach. They seemed to be only in jagged bits rather than the flat wall.
Carried along, feeling better and hugging the coast to get shelter and now I’m in west cork! So there is lots of admire. Stopped at Rabbit Island and then kept going until Reed Pier where I met Jim Kennedy to camp behind his kayak shed as a part of Atlantic Sea Kayaking, and he invited me along to the night paddle. It was just exactly what I needed. So peaceful and he talked a lot of the history of the area (which he said may have been true or not) and we saw and heard lots of great things. A heron swooping in squawking to its nest to feed its young, seaweed under a black light, turning the clorafyll purple, and just enjoyed the slow pace and darkness of the event. Just stunning. Jim is so lovely, it was a pleasure to meet another legend in this kayaking community.
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