By Fugy
A FRIENDSHIP TALE
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| The "Escuadra Cantabra" in Ons |
In 2011, in
a weekend trip to Ons island, I coincided for the first time with four members
of the ACKM, the Cantabrian Sea Kayak Asociation.
Along the trip, I realized that they were this kind of paddle fellows that you can count as friends. That weekend we shared so
much laughs, jokes and good moments... Definitively, the remarkable of these
days was neither the sea nor the islands, but the persons.
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| .....and the ACKM Pin |
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| the ACKM Sticker..... |
From this day, a sticker of the ACKM adorns my car and a pin marks in my
Kayak Wall the memory of these prominent figures.
In my mind always was present to return the visit to them in their lands
and seas, plans that for one or another reason I could not materialize.
So imagine my surprise when my wife one month ago told to me that it
would be nice to go on holidays to Cantabria, which must be very beautifull … …
.. mmmmm, let me think ….. OK!!!!.
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| Altamira paintings |
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| El Soplao....Just Amazing!!! |
TWO DAYS WITH OLD AND NEW FRIENDS
These dudes have Peligros beach as their base, placed in the Bay of
Santander, and from there on Saturday we headed the water taking a West course
up to Langre.
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| The Jouney begins |
The journey was a great gathering,
8 paddlers from 5 regions:
Edu,
Martin, Alberto and Chente (Cantabria)
Urruti
(Pais Vasco)
Epicuro
(Asturias)
Lourdes
(Madrid, now Cantabrian in law)
Fugy
(Galicia).
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| In the jacuzzy |
We went to the sea in low tide with 4 feet waves along cliffs
with a paralel line of rocks that create an intermediate zone of calm waters
known as "The swimming pools", this time the tide was too low to
enter them.
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| Back to Peligros |
Swell was small but the sea was beating hardly against the line of
rocks, moving the kayaks by the compass of the reflected waves.
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| trying a Looping |
Returning to
Peligros, we made a brief stop to ride a couple of waves in Somo's beach and
once in land, a great lunch was ready for the braves.
Let me say that 8 kayakers went to the water, but I want to thanks to
all people who came to
Peligros to say hello and for diverse reasons were not
able to accompany us in the water,
someones for work (go SUP Cesar!!!) and someones for injury (Get well soon!!!).
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| Martin in Mayor Cape |
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| THOD Cantabrian Spot |
Near the "Pantheon of the Englishman", I saw one interesting rocky Spot at the foot of the cliff, so there the Dragon goes, and after crossing it slowly, enjoying the foam, I relax … … and a small two-footer put me upside down, finishing with the helmet against one of the submerged rocks … .. esquimo and laughs!!!!!.
Few minutes later we headed back to Peligros, Martin turn on the turbocharger
saying that he had to attend to some social matters, and on having come to the
beach we discover these matters …
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| Crazy SUP time!!!! |
... he was with my children playing in SUP,
so
last hour, with Edu as support craft,
we were falling again and again into
the
water and laughing non-stop.
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| The Beautys........ |
And after another great lunch the time to say goodbye arrived … .. greets until the next time and thank you very much for everything....the cantabrians, the Spare Dragons, a people who is worth knowing!!!!!
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| .....and the Beasts!!! |
