Penrhyn Mawr
On the evening of the second day of our pootle around the island of Anglesey, we approached the headland of Penrhyn Mawr. Not all of our group were wildly enthused by this prospect, as the Penrhyn...
View ArticleThe Skerries
The plan was for an evening jaunt around Carmel Head and along the north coast of Anglesey, utilising the extremely strong local tides. We knew that several miles offshore of Carmel Head were The...
View ArticlePorth Wen
[Click on the photomontage to see the full detail] The sun was low in the sky as we left The Skerries and picked up the tide which we hoped would carry us along Anglesey’s north coast. We had no idea...
View ArticlePoint Lynas
Point Lynas is effectively the top right corner of the island of Anglesey. Having launched early from Porth Wen into Anglesey’s raging tide flows, it was no time as all before we were being carried...
View ArticleAn hour at the races
The dynamic Czech duo, the Maderas (Maderovas?) were in town on Saturday, so I escaped the exciting spreadsheet I was working on and nipped out for a quick paddle at the Peveril Point tide race with...
View ArticleHolyhead Mountain
It’s a mountain. It’s near Holyhead. Filed under: Anglesey, Islands, Tide races, Walking
View ArticleYnys Môn
The following article was published some while back in the rather splendid publication Canoe Kayak UK… Ynys Môn An overdue pootle around the island of Anglesey This trip was meant to have happened...
View ArticleP&H Delphin 155 Surf
I owe P&H Kayaks an enormous apology; a few years back, they loaned me a PH Delphin and asked me to review it. I never did, I simply never got around to it, and I (regrettably) had to give the...
View ArticleRough ride at Portland Bill
Apologies for the over-exposed photos! Guess who forgot to check his camera settings… Gave myself a proper dry-mouthed scare, this morning. Portland Bill is a headland at the most southerly point on...
View ArticleGrassholm!
Grassholm from the north – click on the picture to see the full size photo-montage. Grassholm is a tiny (0.09 km2) island located about eleven miles offshore of south-west Wales, guarded by some...
View ArticleWight Win
I failed to get around the Isle of Wight non-stop a few months ago. Today wasn’t Spring tides and the forecast was so-so, but I was free and wanted to make the best of my remaining half term. This...
View ArticleWorst Best Man
Amongst my many and varied talents and skill sets, I do the occasional wedding appearance; I was Best Man at the wedding of my two friends shown above. In fact, it was actually their second wedding...
View ArticleMont Saint-Michel
After arriving in France last week, we quickly realised that the wind was too strong for our first planned open crossing, to the Iles Chausey. Plan #B was to drink coffee and eat cheese in Saint Malo,...
View ArticleAlone in Ramsey Sound
Ramsey Sound is one of my favourite spots on the planet. It separates the far west tip of Pembrokeshire in Wales from Ramsey Island, with phenomenally strong tidal flows ripping though. Anyway, last...
View ArticleHard Landing on Steep Holm
The tiny landing beach of Steep Holm Island, this past weekend. We had a fairly rough crossing down the wind from the mainland, with stronger than expected tide flows…which might have been something...
View ArticleThe Alderney Race – Raz Blanchard
After island-hopping through all of the Channel Islands last summer, we had one open crossing left…from the island of Alderney back to the French mainland. The distance looked about 7-8 miles on the...
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