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That sounds ace!
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I'm too slow to join in :(
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I bought a Filson rucksack for doing similar. It floats and is roll top so should stay waterproof.
I currently have three problems with it. One is that it’s not very streamlined so you can feel it dragging. Second is the roll top isn’t that good so stuff gets a bit wet. A bin liner sorts that out.
Third though is that my dog won’t get in. So I have to go back to wherever I’ve left her. (She’s fine sitting and waiting seemingly any length of time, half an hour at least) or I find somewhere to swim where she can run along the bank. That’s not great as I’ll have limited control over her, and she’s huge and a bit intimidating.
I really want to do some swimming trips that don’t involve coming back to where I got in. And I always have my dog. I wonder if she’d sit in a little dinghy that I could tow...... -
So, spent last weekend camping in Devon on a Ruckraft retreat.
Did one of those last summer, one of the trial ones. At Nigel's woods I assume for camping? We Did some excellent swims around Burgh island (spelling) and up a river. Highlights for me were the farm shop, and the fire.
Friend I went with ended up buying a ruckraft. Keep meaning to borrow it for a swim hike up the river Fowey from my parents, and swimming along a load of the esturys and hiking the woods.
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So, spent last weekend camping in Devon on a Ruckraft retreat. Not ideal camping conditions, but great fun swim-hiking, doing 2-3 swims a day with beautiful trudges through the bluebell woods and along the cliffs in between. Chips and pub stops at the end of the day. Campfire and beers.
Longest swim was about 1.5km - I think longer would be better, but most people aren't that swim-fit right now, so wasn't an issue. Wetsuits were imposed as the sea hasn't warmed up yet, but wouldn't be needed in decent summer weather.
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Definitely need to be doing more of this - despite 7hr drives both ways, I was vibed on Monday at just having been out and spending a whole weekend splashing around.