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Easter Tour   Leave a comment

The Easter hols have arrived and instead of getting stuck in Asia by ash clouds, this year we’ve decided to stay in the UK for a ‘working’ holiday and tour around lugging sea kayaks, cameras, textbooks and laptops. First stop: Pembrokeshire. Splendid.  

Posted April 8, 2011 by MRY in Birds, Pembrokeshire, Wales, Writing

London Kayakathon 2011   Leave a comment

The picture above shows Chris Wheeler paddling in Pembrokeshire. Good times and treasured memories. Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team Ashburton are a volunteer Mountain Rescue team, part of the Dartmoor Rescue Group. On the night of 21st November 2009, the DartmoorSearch and Rescue Team Ashburton were called out to the River Dart valley, after the [...]

Posted March 30, 2011 by MRY in Chris, Pembrokeshire, River Thames

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

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, Kayaking, Pembrokeshire, Wales

South West (Wales) Sea Kayaking 1   Leave a comment

Just returned from a wonderful Bank Holiday weekend, over the border in south Pembrokeshire. More photos and a full report to follow soon …

Posted May 4, 2009 by MRY in Birds, Pembrokeshire, Puffins, Wales

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