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Scilly people 2 comments

Just returned from a wonderful week in the Isles of Scilly; my fourth visit, and it won’t be my last. I enjoyed revisiting old favourite spots, and discovering quite a few new ones. This trip was particularly enjoyable as we were joined by plenty of good friends who were ‘Scilly virgins’and it was great to see [...]

Posted May 31, 2009 by MRY in Flora, Islands, Isles of Scilly

South West Sea Kayak Meet – 12th-14th June – Update 1 comment

Just a quick update … the event is certainly going ahead and I have now heard from a very healthy number of paddlers who will be joining us for the weekend. There is still space for more, please let me know by email if you are joining us, as outlined here. I’ll be replying in [...]

Posted May 20, 2009 by MRY in South West Sea Kayaking Meet, Talks

South West (Wales) Sea Kayaking 5 7 comments

We returned to the mainland on Sunday evening having paddled relatively few miles, we’d kept on stopping to say hello to the puffins! On Monday morning, deteriorating weather and work commitments had driven away most of the folk pictured above, just leaving Chris Wheeler, Heather and I. We were keen to visit Skokholm Island; via a [...]

Posted May 10, 2009 by MRY in Islands, Open crossings, Pembrokeshire, Puffins

South West (Wales) Sea Kayaking 4 Leave a comment

There’s always one … Elegug Stacks, south Pembrokeshire. Home to many, many, many guillemots.

Posted May 7, 2009 by MRY in Birds, Pembrokeshire

Halichoerus Grypus Leave a comment

This lassie is a Grey Seal. She lives in Newquay harbour, Cornwall. Her Latin name means, ‘hooked-nosed sea pig’.

Posted May 6, 2009 by MRY in North Cornwall, Seals

Fratercula Arctica Leave a comment

A resident of Skomer Island Marine Nature Reserve, Pembrokeshire. Planning, research and photography for the book continues … more information to follow, watch this space!

Posted May 6, 2009 by MRY in Birds, Pembrokeshire, Puffins

South West (Wales) Sea Kayaking 3 6 comments

Puffin day! Sunday saw us paddling across the tide races of Jack Sound to visit Skomer Island. Skomer is home to phenomenal birdlife; 128 000 pairs of Manx Shearwaters, 20 000 pairs of guillemots, 10 000 pairs of razorbills, and 6000 pairs of puffins. All of these birds were out and about, filling the skies. [...]

Posted May 6, 2009 by MRY in Birds, Islands, Pembrokeshire, Puffins, Wales

South West (Wales) Sea Kayaking 2 Leave a comment

We escaped across the Severn Bridge into Wales on the Friday night, keen to make the best of a good forecast for the Bank Holiday weekend. As it happened, the weather wasn’t what we were hoping for (often too much wind) but we still enjoyed a wonderful weekend in Pembrokeshire, our favourite part of Wales. [...]

Posted May 5, 2009 by MRY in Chris, Paddling, Pembrokeshire, Wales