A small but perfectly formed group of rowers from NBRC travelled West to Otter Ferry on Loch Fyne for a little get-together/friendly race against Mid-Argyll and our friends at Cockenzie and Port Seton.
Having travelled over on Friday afternoon we awoke on Saturday morning to find the East Lothian har had followed us. Fortunately there was no rowing planned until after lunch because we couldn’t see our own feet in the fog. But by lunchtime the har had burned away and the sun was shining.
What a beautiful setting, next to a pub, by the lochside. So we had a series of 2 mile races out to a buoy, around the local dolphin (I kid you not) and back. NBRC ladies set a storming pace to get the first win, followed up by the NBRC men also taking a win. Our mixed crew split the home team and a strong C&PS boat who won the third race.
[flickr photo=15249631545 size=medium]
After that effort and with a pub on the beach it was too much to resist a quick shandy before heading back on the water for some mixed crew, mixed club, pot luck sprints which our own Skiff John B – with a mixture of rowers for each of the clubs, won.
But this was a weekend for relaxing, socialising, and enjoying the stunning scenery and weather, the racing was kind of secondary.
A great weekend.
{flike id=255}