… I’ll be in India. Pesda have sent the book off for printing and it should come back next month. I’ve put expedition white-water paddling on hold in the past eighteen months, so now that the book work is all done, I’m really looking forward to this trip. I was last there in 2006, and [...]
Archive for March 2008
If anybody needs me … 1 comment
Hello Campers 7 comments
I’ve just sorted out the camping arrangements for the Book Launch Weekend. Camping will be available at Higher Farm in East Prawle, located (I’m quoting the owners here) 50 metres past the telephone box on the same side, heading towards the sea. It’s a farmer’s field with limited facilities, so please don’t expect Butlins! The [...]
Sean in the USA 1 comment
In 1997, I phoned Exeter Canoe Club to arrange leaving a boat there; I was planning to paddle around the South West for the first time. The fellow I spoke to turned out to have completed this himself just a week previously, in an amazingly fast time. His name was Sean Morley. Sean may well [...]
Never Say Never Again 4 comments
The sun went down, sinking into the ocean to the west of England’s most westerly point. We were there. It was wonderful. I’ve now confidently and definitively announced that I’ve finished working on South West Sea Kayaking at least half a dozen times! Every time I dare to stick my head above the parapet and say [...]
Mind the Gap Leave a comment
The South West has been lashed by exceptional Atlantic storms this week, breaching flood defences all along the coast and cutting off the power supply to 30 000 houses (including this one, for most of yesterday). It’s seemingly a media regulation that after major storms, pictures and film must be shown of waves breaking over either the harbour [...]
A first Scilly crossing, 2005 Leave a comment
“Mark, I just bought a second hand Nordkapp and fancy giving sea kayaking a try this weekend.” “This Shell garage should stock everything we need.” “I left the map at home. No worries, I can figure out a compass bearing from the road atlas.” “Um … the GPS is saying that the Isles of Scilly [...]
Fresh Catch 3 comments
I recommend the skate.
Shallows 3 comments
Poole Harbour in Dorset is an enormous natural harbour. Despite being used by gigantic cross-channel ferries, the harbour has an average depth of 48cm. I have no idea who works these things out.
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The above photo was taken around dawn on a chilly morning last October, during my last visit to the Isle of Wight. It was taken from Grange Chine campsite, which is right beside the water’s edge. I didn’t need to walk three steps from the tent to take it. The only other living thing in [...]
