Saturday, 26 April 2025

Standup Paddleboarding - Weekend Reflections

April 24, 2025

The man saw me snapping this photo, and then waved and shouted: "Now it's spring!"

I was standing up on the bridge to the left in the photo below:


It was an unusual sight to see on this part of the river, because he was between this bridge and another one just a couple of hundred meters further down (to the right in the photo), where there is a dam and a waterfall, making it impossible for any kind of boat or board to pass:  

So either he had just started out close to where I saw him; or else he must have come from the other direction (the city center) and had just turned around. 

Linking to: Weekend Street/Reflections #222

14 comments:

  1. You know, this could have been Howard - the man YP wrote about the other day :-D

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    1. Meike, you must have seen something in Howard that I did not! ;-)

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  2. How fun to see a man paddling in the canal

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    1. Ro, it's always fun see something "out of the ordinary"... :)

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  3. paddle boarding is really popular here, but never thought about people doing it in your waterways. welcome spring

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    1. Samdra, I've seen it in the lake and the river near there in summer, but not down here.

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  4. That looks like a good way to beat any traffic jams!
    I quite fancy trying paddle boarding, but on the river seems a good way to start. Even a tiny wave on the sea would probably tip me off!

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    1. Carol, there's nothing that would tempt me to even try... ;) I'm glad as long as I can keep the balance on solid ground!

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  5. What a lovely and unusual thing to see and how nice that he was so pleasant and friendly.

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    1. Janice, I was surprised he could concentrate on anything but just keeping his balance!

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  6. Wow, that's a great way to travel, as long as you can just balance and keep going...and get on the board in the first place!

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    1. Barbara, yes, there are certainly a lot of "ifs" involved... (lol)

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  7. An unusual sight! Good that at his age he is keeping active, too!

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  8. We occasionally see paddleboarders on our canal, but not as often as I might expect. Perhaps it's not exciting enough for them.

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