I have been lucky enough to paddle to the glorious island of Lundy twice. However, both of my trips have seen the weather turn bad when I’ve arrived; meaning that it wasn’t safe to cross the tides back to the mainland of north Devon. Both times I’ve had to return – rather ignominiously - with my [...]
Archive for September 2008
Breaking the Curse of Lundy (1) Leave a comment
Stormy Studland 1 comment
A few of us escaped work early for a paddle at Studland Bay last night. The sunny weather we’d enjoyed all week abruptly vanished as soon as we arrived; strong winds whipped up choppy surf and made the ride out to see the tide races at Old Harry Rocks fairly lively. We all retreated to [...]
Boy’s Toys – PH Capella 167 7 comments
I tested two shiney toys out, early this morning. The silly photos should give you a clue as to what the first toy was; I just spent a sum equivalent to the economy of a small Latin American nation on a fisheye lens for my camera. Expect to see lots of these gimmicky pictures, until the [...]
Lethargy 1 comment
On the final morning before I left the Scottish coast, I woke before dawn for a call of nature. Having done my business, I took this photo from my tent flap. These chaps had kept me awake with their mournful wailing over three nights, indeed managing to drown out the noise of more than one storm. That was [...]
Hairy Angus Leave a comment
This hirsute chappie lives on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula, up in Scotland. The lighthouse behind denotes the most westerly point on Britain’s mainland, just a few miles further west than Cornwall’s ineffable Land’s End. Arriving at the lighthouse at a glorious sunset after a headbanging 30 mile slog into a headwind was certainly one of the highlights [...]
