Welsh ladies rowing victory!

Just got back from our 4th year competing in the World Pilot Gig Rowing Championships in the Scilly Isles. I row for Porthgain ladies - and as the only ladies gig rowing team in Wales - we always come first for Wales, every year - so technically we are the Welsh ladies champions - yay!

This year we came 51st - out of 108 ladies teams who came from all over the South West, and also Holland, and a team from the US. 108 6 oared gigs, out at sea, jostling for a space on the start line is a pretty impressive sight, and when you're sat in the boat, heart beating fast waiting for the starters orders, it's actually a scarey place to be.

After the 4th race of the weekend, a gruelling slog from Nut Rock Tresco to the beach on St Marys, we fell out of the boat and onto the golden sand. Ffion had kindly offered my services to a radio reporter, who interviewed me about the races and about being on the only Welsh team in the championships. Instead of doing us proud, I spoke about weeing into a dry bag on the start line. Well, when a girls gotta go, a girls gotta go.

And after the rowing is finished there are islands to explore, beaches to comb, and pink champagne to be drunk.