PADDLER 68
Words : Hew Prendergast Photos : Hew Prendergast
Although a newcomer to paddling , Hew Prendergast took on the Loire and enjoyed a solo descent among beavers and bee-eaters in the heart of la Belle France .
PADDLER 68
DOWN THE
LOIRE
Words : Hew Prendergast Photos : Hew Prendergast
Although a newcomer to paddling , Hew Prendergast took on the Loire and enjoyed a solo descent among beavers and bee-eaters in the heart of la Belle France .
It ’ s easy to be fooled about the extent of one ’ s adventures . I was alone on the Loire , watching the water level rise around what I now realised was an island . There had been solid rain for two days , and I was waiting in my tent for some respite . In the Bourgogne countryside , I ’ d seen no soul , neither farmer , fisherman , nor fellow paddler , and I felt a bit like a pioneer in the middle of nowhere .