For myself, and I think most of the class, this was our first time kayaking in Norway. We met by kayaking club by the river in Kristiansand around 9:30 am and we were given a quick crash course on the different strokes and techniques used in a kayak before we got in the water. Although we had already been canoeing at this point in the Fjords, a kayak required different techniques and it was also a lot less stable and so more likely to capsize. After putting on my spray deck and getting in the water, I spent the next couple of minutes trying to get used to how the kayak felt and how to control it with my hips. After I gained a good level of stability, we then spent the next 15 minutes in the water, learning how to turn the kayak using the different strokes that we had just been taught. After the basics had been learnt we then made our way along the river, staying close to the side in case someone capsized as it was very cold in the water that day and we did not want to have to swim far to get out of the water. After a short while we moved off the main river and into this little river bed that was shallow. Then Len proceeded to show us what to do in the case of a capsize when the person does not want to get out of the kayak and how another person would need to quickly get on to a 90 degree angle to the kayak that has turned so they are able to use the other kayak to push themselves both up above the water and the correct way round.  Then when we were all in a raft together in 2 groups, the 2 people at the end which happened to be myself and Jonas, had to get out of the kayak that we were in as fast as possible and then crawl across the others to get in the kayak at the other end. Obviously now we were sat in the wrong size kayak, so we had to repeat the process which did end up in me getting slight wet. This was to highlight the fact that when someone is being saved from the water that they should keep their body low and weight across as many kayaks as possible. I then volunteering to get out my kayak and lay across other people’s so my kayak could be flipped and then demonstrated how you empty the kayak of water and flip it back to normal. I then got back inside my kayak after this was done and we began to paddle back to where we had started. Just before the end was a bridge with pillars going into the water and this was the perfect setting for a slalom race which was a lot of fun as we found ourselves racing against each other using the techniques that we had learnt today. Afterwards we all lined up next to the dock and then one by one, we all had to capsize our kayaks, tap the bottom of the kayak 3 times to signal to the others that we capsized, then proceed to pull our spray decks off and then grabbing our paddle and climbing out of the water which turned out to be very cold! We then changed into our dry clothes which is essential on a kayaking trip and left.