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I managed a brief chat with Iain at the 'Steak Night' last weekend and he was telling (enthusing) me about Manchester Canoe Club's "Friday Night is a night for a PARTY" get together.... @ JJ's

It sounded quite cool (in the C-WaV community get together way)

When I arrived Iain hadn't made his appointment.... , but after giving Shalla Bal her head, I was going to at least give the new mod a little while; back to the "old rule", she's got 40, then I'm gone...

An apparition, apparatted in front of me..., I looked on, Nahhhh it's not.....,

Well it couldn't be...,

Well I don't know any other female OC1 paddler that's smaller... but hold on, it doesn't even look like her...,

Well there's the http://www.yorkshirecanoes.co.uk on the side of the boat...., and ... she's in Purple/Pink/Mauve.... It must be Sue (Mangy Mutt)...,

I know, I'll just stand in the middle of the carpark and shout "SUE!"...









"SUE!"...









"SUE!"...

, (and if she turns around it's Sue it'll all be good),... and if she doesn't then I'll look at the bloke nearest me and shout ...

"AL"....





"AL"...then wait for a minute with that "who's shouting face",



then start shouting "DAVE...!"






"DAVE...!" It'll be sure to confuse them......

I was luck, the first "Sue!" did the job....

Had a quick chat, they'd been there all day and had a wonderful time by the sound of it....

After about an hour....He turned up..., with a few friends from Manchester CC.

I'd already sussed out that to take any decent shots I'd need to be on the opposite bank, so after a quick shufty, at Google Maps, on Iains phone, off I went...., and got totally lost.(I was on the road to the tail..!), I should have taken the first turning I came across...

Eventually I got there, and got myself setup....

The following explain themselves really....(I've included the first few because although the paddler is "fuzzy" I love the movement in the water... )



























































































Hope you enjoyed them...

Cheers
Red.

loving the pics red except the ones of me i look a dork lol mind you thats not criticising ur photography work thats because i hate pics of myself lol anyway a good night was had by all as far as i can gather and of course we had the usual friday night chippy in town then to the mighty cornmill and last night the weather just topped the whole night off sunny blue skies fantastic

Nice to meet Simon and Iain there - only regret was we didn't stay for chippy and Cornmill as I thought I'd better get back!

Yep - we had a fabulous day - fantastic weather, we all got to swim, no broken paddles and only one broken boat!

Iain, you should smile more - you look too serious!

Some of ours.......





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.......as you can see we are all smiling for the camera.....

Look's like you all had fun

We spotted Sue on our way down to the Tryweryn for the weekend,,, we were hidding in the chip shop getting a chip buttie at some place starting with Ll ?

Sue usually wen a camera comes out near me I hide lol or it's at the wrong time I don't smile often on camera if I get caught by one and I like to concentrate but I'll try lol anyway a definately good night was has by all the Mcc crowd so much so we will be there every Friday night except bank hol weekends
cheers iain

(18-04-10 09:37 PM)Graeme @ YC Wrote: [ -> ]Look's like you all had fun

We spotted Sue on our way down to the Tryweryn for the weekend,,, we were hidding in the chip shop getting a chip buttie at some place starting with Ll ?

Its a shame I didn't know you were there! That will teach me to stop at the Chippie in future. I kept bumping into people I knew all day

(18-04-10 09:37 PM)Graeme @ YC Wrote: [ -> ]we were hidding in the chip shop getting a chip buttie at some place starting with Ll ?

Oh so that's why it took you so long to get down......nothing to do with the M62!!