Over the last four days we’ve clocked up 133 miles and so a bit of a boost to our daily average – which now stands at 22.5 if you only count paddling days, or 18.5 if you count the bad weather days too. Yesterday we paddled into the Menai Straits, a name that conjures up scary images for sailors but for kayakers less so. Having said that we did manage to take longer to get here than anticipated and so with fading light we picked our way through the races and breaking surf over the sandbanks before being whisked up to 7 or 8mph (Jenson Button eat your heart out). The next challenge before the light left us completely was to punch our way through the stream up an inlet to our accommodation for the night at Penrhyn Bach. A beautiful house belonging to some friends, Alex and Susie, who very generously offered to us to use to recharge our batteries and wash and dry clothes and kit. Thank you so much!!
We felt a little guilty taking a day off today but after 3 weeks paddling it was time to get everything washed!!
We’ll be up early with the flood tide tomorrow and jumping on the fast conveyor belt up the Menai Straits to Great Ormes Head and on to Rhyl. Around 40 miles or so.
And really looking forward to tomorrow night as Tanya and her parents, Roger and Ivy are coming to meet up with us. And of course George will be there too.
Midlifekayak 
I see a lovely book coming on after this venture has been completed – 🙂 what an amazing thing it is that you are doing and what remarkable timing you are making – we are all so proud of you !
Well done salty sea dogs!! fair play only giving yourselfs a day off, Me, well!!! given this idyllic location would have had at least two or three days. Great progress. Keep those heads covered tho from the sun, guess faces have ongoing natural protection??!! Happy paddling. Glad conditions have been better for you.