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 sight was the birds you see in the shot. My hands were numb by the time I’d sorted out the tripod and clicked the shutter, and I dived straight back into my sleeping bag and went back to sleep afterwards!
I am using this picture here simply because I now can. Several months ago, I submitted a whole pile of photos for inclusion with the book; about a dozen for each of 50 routes, of which just a few will be used in the final book with each route. I have since been trying not to use photos that I short-listed for the book here on the blog. I have now previewed the publisher’s ‘pdf’ layouts for various routes, including the ‘Wight Channel Coast’ one. This picture wasn’t used, so now it’s fair game!
Seeing all the work I’ve done on this project rapidly transforming into a real book is quite exciting, to put it mildly. Franco and his team at Pesda Press are doing great things with it all, and I simply can’t wait to see the end product.
Incidentally; a route excerpted from the book will appear in the next Ocean Paddler Magazine.
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