{"id":5688,"date":"2018-12-13T16:11:12","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T16:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=5688"},"modified":"2018-12-13T16:13:53","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T16:13:53","slug":"winter-boating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=5688","title":{"rendered":"Winter boating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minus eleven when we had our coffee this morning, super cold! Val has 3 new ski school colleagues this winter, Jo, Anna and Ellie. Steve and Ben work at the kayak school in summer so they&#8217;ve offered to take the new girls out on the lake. It&#8217;s the coldest day of the season so far, so the first thing to do is to get wrapped up in dry suits.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5684 alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181213_165838.jpg\" width=\"3868\" height=\"2810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181213_165838.jpg 3868w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181213_165838-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181213_165838-768x558.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181213_165838-1024x744.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3868px) 100vw, 3868px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ben gives a briefing on the slipway.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5685 alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181213_165908.jpg\" width=\"3640\" height=\"2522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181213_165908.jpg 3640w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181213_165908-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181213_165908-768x532.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181213_165908-1024x709.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3640px) 100vw, 3640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Soon Ellie and Anna are on the water.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5686 alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181213_165950.jpg\" width=\"2948\" height=\"1887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181213_165950.jpg 2948w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181213_165950-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181213_165950-768x492.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181213_165950-1024x655.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2948px) 100vw, 2948px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And off they all go.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5687 alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181213_170040.jpg\" width=\"2696\" height=\"1790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181213_170040.jpg 2696w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181213_170040-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181213_170040-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181213_170040-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2696px) 100vw, 2696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We were very glad to retreat into a cosy lakeside hotel for coffee while we waited for our bus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minus eleven when we had our coffee this morning, super cold! 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