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Saint-Valery-sur-Somme
15th of August 2004


No water on the Somme, no tidal wave. It's an unusual dry year, water's been low since April. If the level follows the statistics it should go up early December. But as we look at the rain that has fallen this autumn, we shouldn't get our hopes up.

    
   In the meanwhile the local authorities have put a sign up that 'kind of' prohibits kayaking or is it rowing? When I asked the gatekeeper 'bout the sign, he pulled up his sholders, kind of uninterested.
    
   At the upper gates, there's one half open, this results in a very fast flat wave. Some old school long fast boats can surf on it for a couple of seconds, but that's about all.
    
  
    
   So off I go to the next spot. 
    

 

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