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by Mike Conroy – The Trip A loop starting on the North Cornish Coast via Lundy, Bristol, London, Dover, Isle of Wight and returning to Newquay. This was an unsupported solo trip, generally taking it easy, with many lazy mornings. It was an unusually hot and dry summer, I was generally very lucky with the …
In July 2022 I paddled a single-day, 116 km lap of the isle of Islay, Scotland. Here’s the story: The Challenge I like doing these things, paddling laps of islands. It’s partly the test of making it around under your own steam, the physical and mental challenge, but I also like solving the tidal-puzzle, getting …
Off to the Skerries once again, and why not? The sun is out after all. The norm is for a left turn out of Cemlyn Bay, and go with the flow until you hit something. Hopefully before Ireland. But today we want a little more from the day. We are going to practice a little …
Originally this was part of the ‘Things To Do’ series of posts added during the early Covid-19 lockdown. However I think it still has a few useful ideas to consider as we now paddle post-restrictions. Some sea-kayakers can be a little ‘sniffy’ about inland paddling, unhappy to be away from the stomping grounds (and selfie-spots) …
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by John Willacy – Skye Circumnav 2021 — Attempt 2 – The Reprise In 2017 I set out on an attempt to circumnavigate the Isle of Skye, however I was unsuccessful. So there was unfinished business to attend to of course, it’s taken until 2021 to have another go. Waiting For this attempt we travelled …
by Penelope Goodber A Circumnavigation of Wales in times of Covid Start: Llangedwyn Mill Bridge, N Powys 13th March 2019 End: The Anglesey Arms, Caernarfon, 18th March 2022 Inland section: Going south: Rivers Tanat, Vyrnwy, Severn, Gloucestershire Ship Canal, Severn Estuary, Going north: Montgomeryshire Canal, Ellesmere Canal, River Dee, Dee Estuary Outland section: The …
by Mike Conroy Background A couple of weeks earlier I had clocked up a 100km paddle on the Tamar Estuary, amounting to 13.5 hours in the saddle. Afterwards I was a bit achy but I felt that I could have done more. Later I messaged John Willacy and mentioned I was going to the Anglesey …
Day 2 – Llandudno to Llanfairfechan – 17 km Today was to be a shorter day and so afforded us more of a luxury to look around. The aim was to arrive at the county boundary line at around high-water slack and then reverse direction to tootle back to the get out at Llanfairfechan. As …
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For the Easter weekend we returned out attention to the Coastal Counties Challenge. Part of the aim of the challenge is to stretch paddler’s outlook (including our own) to sections of coastline that don’t always get so much attention. And so it was with this trip – Rhyl to Llanfairfechan. At first look it seems …
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Day 7 – Morfa Dinlle – Llanfairfechan(ish) – 37 km We start our final day under a glorious sky, 0900 OTW and it’s a nice warm day – thin-cag time! There is a gentle, clean swell running in on the beach and we partake of a couple of easy runs up by South Sands, before …
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