We just took a short excursion to the muddy Bristol Channel. Liz G, Heather and myself launched from Clevedon Pier for a bit of island-hopping. It was a pretty impromptu trip, with Liz only joining at the 11th hour after some music festival that she was attending got rained out. Anyway, a dozen or so [...]
Archive for May 2008
No Place Like Holm 7 comments
The Sea Kayaker’s Trident 2 comments
The following article was published in ‘Paddles‘ magazine a few months back, for their ‘Sea Kayaker’s Trident’ column. The column is used as a ‘sounding off’ point for sea paddlers. The article is in part adapted from text in South West Sea Kayaking. Three of us on the very edge of Britain. The [...]
South East (Scotland) Sea Kayaking 2 comments
Well, the plan was good. Heather, John G and myself trekked to the North Sea coast and across the border into Scotland. The plan was to spend the week paddling south from the Firth of Forth, into England’s Northumberland coast. It wasn’t going to happen – it was clear from the start that the weather wasn’t going to [...]
A Scottish Cliff 2 comments
Just returned from a brief foray north of the border …
Boot Camp 1 comment
Heather has been out paddling regularly with Maria, a work colleague who is totally new to the sport. Maria is joining Heather on a trip out to St Kilda this summer, so is undergoing a sea kayaking crash course to be ready in time, courtesy of Heather and also Poole Harbour CC. ‘Boot Camp’ takes [...]
Home on the Range 4 comments
Some months ago I bought a ‘decent’ camera. Too late for the book, though! To my shame, so far I haven’t so much as glanced at the manual and have no idea what all the (dauntingly numerous) buttons do. This weekend was a chance to try and figure out how the darned thing works. We [...]
Landslide Leave a comment
This will be a brief post as I’ve just moved house (stressorama) and don’t have much of an internet connection yet in the new place, but … A large part of Dorset just fell off. The media is making out that this is a big deal, but actually there are major landslips thereabouts every decade [...]
Amazon 3 comments
Why have I not been out paddling, on such a fine Bank Holiday weekend? The answer lies with the woman pictured above, Claire. She’s a work colleague who is scarily fit, spending her free time running marathons and Adventure Racing. She persuaded me to make up a team with her for the Purbeck Adventure Race, [...]
