That's the first time I have paddled two days in a row and boy will I know about it tomorrow! Was a little later than planned leaving Bangor in the flooding tide and as we rounded Pickie Point we knew we had a hard paddle ahead as there was a stiff breeze right on the nose After the Quoile yesterday my right wrist tendon was up a bit so that concerned me a little as it was hard going. We made slowish progress and the tide was already turning by the time we reached Cultra so that was the lunch stop. Needless to say the wind died a little on the ebb which was disappointing as a surf or two on the way back would have been fun Having rounded Greys Point the tide was proving difficult as it wanted to push us in towards the shore and off our intended straight line to Bangor. My right wrist was flaring up so I went with the tide inshore and Andy continued on. It turned out to be a good move as the wind had backed to the South and was gusting up a bit. I managed to take advantage of the lea as Andy struggled with it further out. Although I probably paddled half a mile or more than him we met up again at Pickie Point at the same time It was a hard paddle back into the Marina as the wind gusted up again off the shore. We were very glad to get back! I probably covered about 14 miles or so.
