The Hypothesis
Rumour has it that, here in the Northern Hemisphere, water vortices down a plug hole anti-clockwise owing the Coriolis Effect of the earths spin. Using the same principal I will always favour taking the right line through the gnarl. Of course, paddling in the Southern Hemisphere going left seemed to work for me, and [...]
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It is said that the only way to tell the seasons apart in Ireland is by the temperature of the rain. And how true that proved. But the images here lie – they tell a story of sunshine, calm seas and settled highs. In reality, these were in short supply but who [...]
I can’t believe more than a year has passed since I posted anything on this much neglected blog. I guess a little ‘catch-up’ is called for – and it needs to take in the purchase of a new set of wheels. Swanky camper wheels to be clear – not some rusty under-powered [...]
It’s about time I made a trip around the Isle of Wight. It’s on the doorstep and it has been on the agenda for a long time, but, somehow I had always found an excuse to enjoy some of the more scenic paddles along the local coast instead.
And so I joined Rich H, Chas and [...]
Exploring the mellow side of kayaking in Nepal
The Plan
Back to one of my favourite places – Nepal. It was another Rainsley tour – this time with a large group of 15. The intention – to split into two teams. Team Thuli were the hardcore group intending to spend 5 days on the continuous 4+/5 [...]
If you have to shop – let it be in the souks of Marrakech
The narrow winding derbs
Tasty tajines
the riot of colours
textures
and tack
are all good
Isn’t the internet a wonderful thing! – Up in Yorkshire for a week, with a boat, but no paddling buddies. Thanks to the Durham Uni CC web forum I was able to find a few lads to go boating with. (Rory, above, and Paul)
A Mild day, adequate water and the Upper Tees proved a fun [...]
Strong winds – but summer rain. Trading down from a Sea boat to a River boat and the rare privilege of paddling our rivers in a warm green English July
Rain is Liquid Sunshine (Los Burritos)
On the flight home, Frances turned to me and asked “can we do this again next May?” – this was the result I was looking for, I have found a formula for sharing paddlesport with my better half – sun, gentle paddling, deserted beaches and chilled days in foreign waters.
There were a few moments during [...]
Strange as it seems, there is a long boat beached at Long Island, Poole Harbour.
Long Island, owned by the Rempstone Estate, was put on the market back in 2007 and big forbidding ‘PRIVATE KEEP OFF’ signs have since adorned its shores. Before this we had often landed to enjoy a picnic and short stretch here [...]
