Our weekend consisted of a two day paddle in the vicinity of the Isles of Portland and Purbeck. Even though this is our usual stomping ground, you can always create a new adventure, with a bit of imagination … On Saturday a couple of us paddled near Old Harry, but in the evening seven of us [...]
Archive for June 2009
Portland Fog Leave a comment
Guest Appearance Leave a comment
I’m somewhere else.
Elsewhere Leave a comment
Sometimes, all you want from life is just to be somewhere else. Right now, the Isles of Scilly would suit me fine.
SWSKM 2009 – Cheers All! 5 comments
The weekend was a great success, with plenty of paddlers showing up to enjoy the awesome coasts of south Devon. Many thanks to all who came along and helped, and thanks to the invited speakers, who were simply great! PH Kayaks supplied demo boats and helped out on the water, thanks as well to them. [...]
South West Sea Kayak Meet – update 9/6/09 2 comments
I’ve just sent the final bumf about the weekend out to all of our guests, check your email! The weather forecast is looking reasonably hopeful for the weekend, keep your fingers crossed. PH Kayaks are of course bringing their demo fleet down and will be running a demo session. If there is a particular model of [...]
Scilly (Isles of) Leave a comment
I’ve posted up a large gallery of my photos from last weeks’ amazing Isles of Scilly trip here. Beautiful places, great friends. Enjoy. Looking for information about the South West Sea Kayak Meet? Try here. Cheers, Mark
A Special Kind of Freedom Leave a comment
A few months back, I was asked by Canoe Kayak UK magazine to pen an article on how to plan and carry out a multi-day trip, for their special sea kayaking supplement. I’m not a coach these days and I don’t tend to write technique/nutsnbolts stuff too often, but I enjoyed putting this together and I [...]
Atlantic Dawn 3 comments
The alarm went at 4.30 am, and I found myself awaking on the tarmac of the car park of Sennen Cove. It was light, but the sun hadn’t risen yet. I’d enjoyed just a few hours of sleep. Indeed, due to some fairly full-on times at work, I hadn’t slept for more than 5-6 hours in [...]
South West Sea Kayak Meet – 12th-14th June – Update 1/6/09 1 comment
Much (but not all!) of the post below is repeated from previous postings; apologies for this, I just wanted to assemble all the information in one place, for clarity. All of you who have already contacted me saying that you plan to join us on this weekend – great, see you there! I will email [...]
