Wednesday 28th June 2023: Virtual WattBike ride on Zwift Hilly Harrogate circuit

Nice hilly WattBike virtual ride on Harrogate Zwift course. Good one to improve fitness of cycling 🚴‍♂️ on hills also for gig rowing especially on the quads. Quiet course for fellow cyclists on this one compared to other courses on Zwift. This was followed by a brief strength training session.

Monday 26th June 2023: PNPGC Mixed Men’s Training session

Evening row from Sandy Cove in Newlyn. Lots of race training. Cox : Julie, 6 Steve, 5 Me, 4 Jonny, 3 Grant 2 Trevor 1 Mikey with Jenny who was a rower from Henley on holiday and wanted to experience gig rowing 🚣‍♀️. She swoped with Trevor half way. Cool evening compared to previous nightsContinue reading “Monday 26th June 2023: PNPGC Mixed Men’s Training session”

Thursday 22nd June 2023: PNPGC Men’s Mixed Team to Mousehole from Sandy Cove

Lovely evening row as sun was going down. Went from Sandy Cove in Newlyn to Mousehole. Fun 🤩 row out and raced coming back. Lots of race practice, singing a few sea shanties with fun 🤩 and laughter 😂 . Cox: Julie, 6: Jane, 5: Me, 4: Jonny, 3: Trevor, 2: Alison, 1: Kerry. WentContinue reading “Thursday 22nd June 2023: PNPGC Men’s Mixed Team to Mousehole from Sandy Cove”

Monday 19th June 2023: PNPGC Men’s Crew training

Men’s Crew evening training session practicing sprinting, technique improvement and buoy turns in preparation for the Deveron Regatta. Julie : Cox, 6: Jonny 5: me, 4;Trevor, 3: Steve, 2: Mickey, 1: SteveM. Changed positions halfway through training. Good practice to swop from bow to stroke. Afterwards went for a couple of beers 🍻 in theContinue reading “Monday 19th June 2023: PNPGC Men’s Crew training”

Thursday 16th June 2023: PNPGC Race Night

1st Race with Morladron against Fortitude. I was in Morladron in seat number 2 with Julie as cox and Steve / Tina as part of crew. Three races which we won all 3. After this the crews changed and I went into Fortitude with Steve C, Steve M and Trevor. In the second race againstContinue reading “Thursday 16th June 2023: PNPGC Race Night”

Sunday 11th June 2023: Social row with our Burnham friends and organisers of this Regatta

After a heavy night day and night hitting the sack at 1 am, Julie Steve Jemima and me were kindly invited by our friends Burnham for a social row from their jetty near the sailing club down the mud flaps and along the beach. It was a relief 😅 to go straight into there twoContinue reading “Sunday 11th June 2023: Social row with our Burnham friends and organisers of this Regatta”