Passage to Dunmore East Paddle

We decided to have a decent estuary paddle and paddle from Passage East to Dunmore East. We invited lots of people but in the end only myself, Joe and Mick turned up. We met in Dunmore at 0830 and organised car shuttles back to Passage. Tide was going out so we had a south flowing current and a south easterly wind (upper F3). Conditions were a bit choppy. The current certainly helped our speed and were averaging about 8.5km/h down to Duncannon. The previous week myself and Pat did the same stretch against a north flowing current and our speed was only about 4km/h.
There were some really heavy showers when we were in the middle of the estuary and we also had some nice waves to cut through.
When we got back to Passage we were able to appreciate the effects of "wind over tide". At this stage the water was dead flat and you could actually see the current flowing up the river. This combined with a southerly wind flattened things a lot - wind with tide. Its great to see real world examples of things you're taught (unashamed plug for www.seapaddling.com)
I seem to be developing some sort of tennis elbow pain in my right arm. I suspect I strained something during the rolling sessions when I may have muscled some rolls. I'm going to give it a rest until the end of May and not do any paddling. Hopefully this combined with some physio will get me sorted.
I'll update the blog with progress on my elbow condition!