To go kayak camping or not to go kayak camping... that is the question

As if the Clarence Coast needed more rain right now, here it is, right on cue. Cats 'n dogs. It's timing is particularly impeccible because this is the weekend Doug, Holger, Troy, Craig and myself were planning to go kayak camping somewhere along the Sandon river. The plan was simply to arrive at the river just after midday and then paddle/pedal aimlessly upstream until we reach somewhere suitable to camp. 'Was' being the operative word, because judging from the way the rain looks right now, coupled with rather shakey predictions for both Saturday and Sunday, there's a very real possibility that one of us will question the sanity of heading out and in my experience, that sort of thing often has a snowball effect. I'll understand if that happens, but will be dissapointed because I'm pretty well geared up to go and am especially keen to put those tramps into action for a camping trip. There's always next weekend though. We'll make the call in the morning.

At last, some promising reports are filtering in on the appearance of snapper at Woody Head, apparently showing up late afternoon (several hours after Holger and I lfet, dammit). So if the camping trip is canned, I may just try and sneak in a trip or two at Woody instead. Right now I'm not reaally sure how the weekend will unfold, but hopefully the weather won't dampen all my chances.

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