It’s becoming increasingly common for for us to see seals on our paddles from Kew Bridge.  So far this year we have seen seals 3 times.  Last week whilst near to the entrance of the Grand Union canal a young seal surfaced and spent about 20 minutes looking around our kayaks.  When we then headed back to Kew Bridge it followed us occasionally getting within a few feet of our kayaks.

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