South Devon, photo by Heather Rainsley.
I used to consider Facebook to be nothing short of Satan’s work; a vast and pointless timewaste designed purely to enable the emotionally insecure to seek rapid shallow self-affirmation from pseudo-’friends’.
My opinion hasn’t changed in the least over time, except that I’ve now accepted that,
a] Wasting time is as worthwhile a pastime as any I have.
b] I am emotionally insecure and in need of rapid shallow self-affirmation.
Hence, I’m now quite into the Facebook thing. It does actually perform one undeniably positive role; it’s great for storing, categorising and sharing photos. Last night I went through all of the photos that were submitted for South West Sea Kayaking and posted them on Facebook – all taken between 2006 and 2008. Some you will recognise from the book, but many more didn’t make the grade. Even so, it was pleasant to sift through them and be reminded of the awesome paddling experiences that produced them.
I hope that they are of general interest …
Chapter 3 – East and South Devon
Chapter 5 – The Isles of Scilly
Chapter 7 – North Devon, Somerset, Avon and Gloucestershire
Enjoy. I’m shortly off to Scotland for the SCA Paddle 09 Show, where (Heaven help me, and them) I’ll be doing a talk on club whitewater paddling expeditions. All good.
