'Avon Descent' 2020 - 40 Day2 Ascot Kayak Club and Slalom Poles
Channel: Terry Russell
Date: 20/08/2020

The official Avon Descent 2020 has been cancelled.. But that didn't stop 4 of us! 


Terry Bolland makes a cameo in this video, paddling a C1 Canadian kayak just next to the slalom poles. If he had known we were doing it I think he would have come and done the whole race!

Ah the slalom poles outside the Ascot Kayak Club, every year I zigzag paddle thru them to just test/show that I still have control of the boat and still have power!
The sun glare is always bad for the bottom section of the river too, remember your sunglasses :P

The clubrooms around the corner are the hub of river paddling in Western Australia. Ascot Kayak Club is the largest in the Southern Hemisphere and does the majority of the organising for the Avon Descent every year. For a usual Avon Descent by the time I get there they are taking down the marquee and everyone has gone home, so just the same as this year :)

Day1: https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/5317217214
Day2: https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/5323118090

Predicted Water Level was 0.02m in the TiTrees and 0.29m in the Valley, with actual levels closer to 0.2m in TiTrees and 0.26m in the Valley.