Hot race; cold air

Clifton time trial on a Tuesday night is turning into a spicy event. The number of top UK paddlers past and present seems to increase every week, despite cold, damp and general economic depression. This week saw Tim Brabants, Jonny Schofield & James Block all out in K1 together with the usual diehard club paddlers. You need to be pretty quick to get the washes, but they are there for those who want to try. It may be dark and chilly to the majority of the Nottingham population, but on the Trent at 6:00 on a Tuesday night it's scorching hot and illuminated by flashes of gold!

Gold Medalist at Clifton Time Trial

It was probably the coldest Tuesday night of the winter and all the usual crazies turned out to do the time trial, but we were warmed by the presence of our most successful member who showed up to let we mere mortals have a glimpse of the Gold and Bronze medals won at the Games. (See earlier post.)

But his reason for being there was far more important than to just warm our hearts, as he had promised Zyggy that he would do K2 with him & you don't let a keen 11 year old like him down whatever the weather, whoever you are.

They did about 37 minutes, but hey, who cares about the time, not everyone is lucky enough to do the Clifton time trial with an Olympic Champion.

A real pleasure to see him again. Thanks for the picture Jane, more on the NKC Gallery at http://nkcgallery2.blogspot.com/