Furzey, Green, Round, Long « South West Sea Kayaking

Furzey, Green, Round, Long

Published March 10, 2007 Uncategorized 3 Comments

Launching near South Haven Point

This morning was spent exploring islands and creeks along the southern side of Poole Harbour. Stiff winds were a bit of a chore on the way out, but the surf back was pretty exhilarating! I was joined on the water by John Gilmour and Heather. Richard Parkin (editor of Paddles Magazine) also tried to join us, but couldn’t find us out on the water … it is a big place!

About 140000 people live in Poole and the Harbour handles large volumes of leisure and commercial shipping, including cross-channel ferries. You wouldn’t know it, where we were.

Heather with today's dinner...apparently...

Poole Harbour, Purbeck Hills behind

Myself, Brownsea Island behind. Photo from Heather

Ferry across the Harbour Entrance

3 Responses to “Furzey, Green, Round, Long”

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1 John Gilmour March 10, 2007 at 7:32 pm

Like the photos Mark…..the jury is still out on the ‘Chav Kag’

John

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2 John Gilmour March 13, 2007 at 4:38 pm

Did you eat the clams?

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3 seakayaksouthwest March 13, 2007 at 7:17 pm

No…most of them turned out to be full of mud. Even I won’t eat mud in garlic butter…

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During 2006-8 I researched, photographed and wrote 'South West Sea Kayaking', a detailed guide to the coasts and islands of South West England; from the Bristol Channel to the Isle of Wight.

'Savage Shores: Britain's Coastal Environment' is the working title of the book currently being researched and written by my wife Heather and myself for Pesda Press. The book aims to explain the climate, geology, landforms, natural history and human history of the coastal environment to walkers, sea kayakers and others enjoying this wonderful part of Britain's natural heritage.

This blog is intended to keep you up to date with our progress and adventures in working on the book.