UCD Canoe Club

Committee Announcements => River Trips => Topic started by: Mark on November 08, 2006, 17:23:30

Title: Wicklow! (Water Dependant)
Post by: Mark on November 08, 2006, 17:23:30

Dear Boys, girls, and Simon,

Its time to make the step up to wicklow.

This saturday, weather permitting, we'll be bringing you all on your first proper whitewater experience.:D.
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No weirs in wicklow, just nice continuous rapids :D. From here on in, we'll be trying to go to wicklow as much as possible.

Probably going to do buckys bridge down.

If we arent going to wicklow, we'll paddle sluice to strawberry beds on the liffey.

Title: Re: Wicklow! (Water Dependant)
Post by: Asho87 on November 08, 2006, 17:48:15

sluice to where now? I did the liffey descent and dont remember... is that the weir after wrens isnt that palmerstown? thats a massive stretch after wrens....

Title: Re: Wicklow! (Water Dependant)
Post by: kmck on November 08, 2006, 17:51:28

Strawberry beds is the area around the M50 bridge, in otherwords the normal run we do.

Title: Re: Wicklow! (Water Dependant)
Post by: Asho87 on November 08, 2006, 17:55:17

ah as in strawberry hall? :P

Title: Re: Wicklow! (Water Dependant)
Post by: jen on November 08, 2006, 19:03:05

uhh yay! buckys bridge down! that would be fun!!!! Rain Rain Rain!!!!!  :P

Title: Re: Wicklow! (Water Dependant)
Post by: Lambe on November 08, 2006, 19:44:10

hopefully there'll be some water on th river, it might help.

Title: Re: Wicklow! (Water Dependant)
Post by: Ritchie on November 08, 2006, 22:32:18

cum'on sluice, cum'on sluice....have no time to go to wicklow!!

oh!! n' by the way, if were bein particular n' all.... its straw-hall pub/carpark, strawberry hall is infact the old school house(a building beside the wrens nest, about  1km from straw-hall pub).

Title: Re: Wicklow! (Water Dependant)
Post by: kjt on November 08, 2006, 23:29:14

Where abouts in Wickla would it be?
If we're heading to Wicklow I'll prob drive down after helping load the trailers ofc ;)

Title: Re: Wicklow! (Water Dependant)
Post by: Mitch on November 08, 2006, 23:41:09

How bad wld the weather hav to be nt to go to wicklow

Title: Re: Wicklow! (Water Dependant)
Post by: Asho87 on November 09, 2006, 00:25:36

it would have to be dry! If there's no rain you just end up scraping off rocks in wicklow!

Title: Re: Wicklow! (Water Dependant)
Post by: Ciarán on November 09, 2006, 00:52:42

Infacta!! Noice one!  :D

Title: Re: Wicklow! (Water Dependant)
Post by: Mitch on November 09, 2006, 23:16:21

It wldnt be any fun kayaking if it rainin ud gt al wet and everytin lol :P

Title: Re: Wicklow! (Water Dependant)
Post by: Ritchie on November 10, 2006, 11:32:50

is it jus me or is wicklow the only part of eire not gettin rain today: http://www.met.ie/latest/rainfall_radar.asp?ani=y

looks to me like we'll be sluice'n shit up baby Yeah!!!....+ kickoff for the match (ire vrs. sud.africa) is a 5:00 n' we dont want to miss that

Title: Re: Wicklow! (Water Dependant)
Post by: carlito on November 10, 2006, 11:33:23

Yey!  I get to go play!

(Well I suppose I did get some nice surf in Strandhill last week)

'Tis looking kinda dry out lads - are yiz serious about going to Wicklow?  I need to know which boat to take from my quiver....

Aslo, what's the story these days, are all you freshers rich and, loike, droiving mummies core?  Do I need to give lifts or are you sorted?

Carl

Title: Re: Wicklow! (Water Dependant)
Post by: kmck on November 10, 2006, 12:01:30

I think it may start raining in the next hour or two, might make the difference.

Title: Re: Wicklow! (Water Dependant)
Post by: kill on November 10, 2006, 13:34:33

Yeah and some dude just threw his unfinished tea into the river at Laragh. That might help aswell.

Title: Re: Wicklow! (Water Dependant)
Post by: Lambe on November 10, 2006, 15:30:11

so, whats th verdict, Liffey or Wicklow?? can u boof off the weirs in liffy?? we could give th boxes a go

Title: Re: Wicklow! (Water Dependant)
Post by: Mark on November 11, 2006, 21:25:00

Hurrah there was water in wickelah!

Title: Re: Wicklow! (Water Dependant)
Post by: Mitch on November 11, 2006, 22:35:13

Yea wicklow was brill, except those damn rocks were out to gt me no matter how much love i gave tem!!!! :-*