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 of my summer trip.
Anyway, a few snippets of news/trivia …
There is a detailed review of South West Sea Kayaking in the latest edition of Ocean Paddler Magazine. It focuses heavily on the lack of info about local transport in the book (here you go, OP) and also seems unaware that the book covers the entire south west coast (as opposed to selected highlights), but on the whole it’s generously positive – thanks OP!
Many thanks to Steve Beith who organised the ‘Blue Moon Paddle’ last weekend, a very civilised get-together of sea kayakers in Hampshire. Regrettably, I forgot to take my camera – so you’ll have to take my word for it, that we paddled in the only good weather of the entire summer. In the evening, the paddlers attending were polite enough to sit through a talk about my work on South West Sea Kayaking without yawning too loudly.
All good.
