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Return from the Western Rocks
Riding a swell back from the Western Rocks of Scilly, about 8 am last Friday morning. A few of us had launched at dawn to visit this chain of reefs which make up Britain’s outlying Atlantic limi… more →
South West Sea Kayaking - Savage Shores
Return from the Western Rocks
wrote 1 week ago: Riding a swell back from the Western Rocks of Scilly, about 8 am last Friday morning. A few of us ha … more →
Escape from Britain!
wrote 8 months ago: This article was originally published in Canoe Kayak UK magazine… Escape from Britain! Eight g … more →
The Lundy Crossing
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wrote 10 months ago: Full size Lundy panorama here. The 21 mile paddle to Lundy Island is not as bad as it sounds…s … more →
Ynys Elen
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wrote 10 months ago: The Old Welsh name for Lundy Island is Ynys Elen, St Elen’s Island. Surely a great place for m … more →
Weather watching for Lundy
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wrote 10 months ago: We have booked to camp on Lundy, this coming weekend and beyond. My favourite island! I’m so e … more →
Offshore of West Wales - Bishops, Clerks and Ramsey Island
wrote 11 months ago: I’d volunteered to lead a trip at Mike Mayberry’s West Wales Sea Kayak Meet, perhaps unw … more →
Tide races of far west Wales
wrote 11 months ago: Several miles west of St David’s Head, the westernmost point of the Welsh mainland. We’d … more →
Return from Flannan
wrote 11 months ago: Last summer I tried to paddle out to the extremely remote Flannan Isles, but had to abort the trip s … more →
Distant Wight
wrote 1 year ago: Looking across Poole Bay from Swanage to the Isle of Wight. It seemed close enough to touch…bu … more →
Shipwrecked on Muckle Green Holm
wrote 1 year ago: Heather and I had been stuck on the island of Rousay for three nights straight, waiting for the wind … more →
Traffic Separation Scheme
wrote 1 year ago: Crossing between the mainland and the Isles of Scilly… The Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) wil … more →
Sark Lighthouse
wrote 1 year ago: Passing Sark’s lighthouse early one morning; if I remember rightly, we were due to be a … more →
An ill-advised open crossing
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wrote 1 year ago: Here’s an account of my crossing to the island of Islay this summer, which was previously post … more →
Casquets
wrote 1 year ago: An island too far … we had crossed 26+ miles from Sark to the island of Alderney, negotiating … more →
Alderney crossing
wrote 1 year ago: Claire and Heather finally closing on the Channel Island of Alderney, towards the end of a long (26+ … more →
Flannan Isle
wrote 1 year ago: This photo was taken on our last night in the Western Isles. We were stood on the cliffs looking out … more →
Bishops and Clerks
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wrote 2 years ago: We launched at dawn from Whitesands Bay in Pembrokeshire, ferrygliding west past St David’s He … more →
Mingulay and the Bishop's Isles
wrote 2 years ago: I’ve just been sorting through old files and have found a large pile of old magazine articles … more →
Ailsa Craig
wrote 2 years ago: Photos from an Easter day trip to Ailsa Craig, in the Firth of Clyde. Heather and I launched from Le … more →
