we were not amused!

Well here goes.

We left Walton for a paddle to Chertsey this morning and made it to the Chertsey M4 motorway bridge in good time and good spirits.

after a short break we turned around for the homeward leg and saw a large private motor boat heading towards us. we paddled as close to the side as we could and then aimed the boat head on into the motorboat's wash so that we wouldn't be tipped out, however the motor boat obviously thought we looked experienced enough to ride some rapids and did not slow down but carried on at warp factor 9 so instead of normal boat wash we were met with waves, BIG waves which rode over the bow of the boat and deposited themselves right into Jim's lap behind me. The extra water in the boat was more than it could cope with, so we were dumped in the drink.  Oh my lord it was cold!  I dropped my paddle and had to scrabble for it and we managed to swim the boat to the side and get out.  Jim's language towards the motor boat could only be described as colourful. I won't say all motorboat owners are bad though as another one actually turned around to see if we needed any help. The nice lady on board offered me a towel but after I had emptied a gallon of water out of my cag sleeves I didnt think a towel would make much difference.

Thankfully not all paddles are this eventful but it makes an interesting start to my blog I suppose.

Stay tuned for the next installment.