A little excitement whilst rockhopping the South Hams coast, during the South West Sea Kayaking Meet earlier this month. The great pics were supplied by Glenn and Anne. No kayakers were harmed in the making of these pics. Much.
Archive for September 2010
It’s all fun and games, until someone gets hurt… Leave a comment
South East Sea Kayaking… Leave a comment
Blakeney Point, Norfolk. Plans have been underway for some time to produce a Pesda Press guidebook to the best paddling in SE England (Humber to the Solent) and also the Channel Islands, in one volume. The Channel Islands are a well known UK paddling highlight. Obviously SE England is less well known among paddlers, but [...]
South West Canoe Show – Talks Leave a comment
Coming to the SW Canoe Show in Exeter this weekend? Heather and I will be doing a couple of talks on the Saturday… in the bar of the Canoe Club, just along the road from AS Watersports on Haven Bank Quay. 1 pm Mark Rainsley – Thuli Bheri Adventures (Expedition WW paddling in Nepal) 2 pm [...]
South West Sea Kayaking Meet 2010 – monies raised Leave a comment
After taking out the camping fees, the final total of money raised was just slightly less than £1000, but we’ve rounded it up to a neat £1000 and donated … £500 to Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team (Ashburton) – these are the guys who cover the River Dart area, much beloved of kayakers. They also [...]
Channel Hopping 1 comment
The following article was originally published in Canoe Kayak UK magazine. It describes our splendid Whitsun trip to the Channel Islands. Enjoy… ——————————————————- Channel Hopping Exploring the Channel Islands of Guernsey, Harm, Sark and Alderney by sea kayak Gannets! Thousands of ‘em! The sky is crowded full by our largest seabirds. Tidal rapids drag us [...]
Thuli Madly Deeply 3 comments
The following article was first published in Canoe Kayak UK magazine some months back. It describes a great expedition whitewater paddling trip we made in Easter 2010. Yes, I know that this is normally a blog about the sea and coast; please forgive me on this occasion, I keep getting enquiries about the Thuli Bheri [...]
So anyway… 1 comment
…there we were, having a chocolate break, chatting about how amazing it was to see hundreds of porpoises continually surfacing around us…when 9000 kilos of Minke Whale surfaced, full length, directly in front of us. Which was nice. Actually the fellow in the picture above was not the same whale; this is another fellow whom [...]
South West Sea Kayaking Meet 2010 – thanks all! 3 comments
Thanks to all who came along this weekend and participated – we had around eighty paddlers on the water. Thanks most of all to the numerous volunteers who helped run trips; the event hangs together by the thread of your generous assistance. Everyone I spoke to (and I’ve spoken to a lot of people this [...]
See you all at the weekend… Leave a comment
Just a note to say that all is ready for the weekend. A reminder that the general information bumf is here. Some friends are already down at the campsite; apparently the sun is shining. Tomorrow I take delivery of a large half-barrel barbeque; this will be available for use on Saturday evening, bring your own [...]
