St Patrick’s Stream Trip Report & Video
On Sunday 11th December, 8 slightly insane Nomads arrived at the St George and Dragon Pub in Wargrave on a frosty & foggy morning, with Pierre having negotiated the use of their car park and launch area. The air temperature was around -2°C and the water temperature approx. 0.000001°C above freezing. Participants were Dave Hillier, Chris Harper, Nigel Atkinson, Graham Summers, Sue & Pierre Leon, Hannah Smith (aka Santa) and Nathan Ashford. After everyone kitting up in as many layers as possible Dave provided the safety briefing and Graham a brisk warm-up on the bank. We then keenly got on the water to start our journey, heading upstream along the Thames in the direction of Reading. Santa had a few “glove issues” but after a few rounds of glove swapping…