Saturday 11 November 2017 Cuttagee Lake

Earlish start this morning to avoid the wind. Starters for today were the usual suspects minus R who was participating in her other water based activity. By 10 past 7 we had all the boats unloaded

As usual V was the first to take to the water

 By 7.15am we were all afloat

The water level was a little higher after the 80mm+ rainfall earlier in the week and the water was surprisingly clear

G pumping those legs and zooming along

Ooh Aah look at V's new paddle - some of us have paddle envy

And look at her pull away!

Heading toward the entrance to Clearwater's ephemeral lagoon -

now brimming and beautiful

 Swans, if you can see them

Old fence post

L going for a reverse landing

We had a very pleasant  1/2 hour stop

before taking to our boats again for the return paddle. The slappers lining up to negotiate the old fence line.

On the paddle back we passed two kayak fisherman. One of the men had the same boat as G, so naturally they fell to talking. I paddled over to say hello and it turns out they were the same fellas
that were chased off  Ngairin last Wednesday. Being a fellow paddler I had some sympathy, sometimes it is extremely hard to find access to some of our waterways. We then had quite a paddle/pedal to catch up with the others who had being waiting patiently/impatiently? up near the end of the peninsular.
Rounding the peninsular and turning down the straight to Little Cuttagee

Nearly home

We were off the water just after 10.30am, G pulling up in good shape after his first longish paddle since taking to the water again.

Trip notes
7.4kms
3 1/4 hours