Lindsay and I were looking for a hotel for a long weekend break with Mike and Rach (my brother and his girlfriend). Location-wise we weren’t particularly fussy. We had spent a long time looking for somewhere without success. Then I received an email from Rach about a Travelzoo offer she had seen for the Borrowdale
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My recent trip down the Magpie in Quebec, Canada, was my first self-supported multi-day kayaking trip. When I was preparing for the trip I spent some time chatting with other paddlers and researching on-line about what kit I needed to take. I struggled to find a list online of recommended items so, having completed the
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This trip had been a long time in the planning. Some time towards the end of 2010, Simon Knox somehow persuaded Martyn Read, Doug Johnson and myself that we wanted to travel to Quebec to paddle the Magpie river. Despite Simon mentioning the 26 miles we would have to paddle down a lake, it still
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This trip had been a long time in the planning. Some time towards the end of 2010, Simon Knox somehow persuaded Martyn Read, Doug Johnson and myself that we wanted to travel to Quebec to paddle the Magpie river. Despite Simon mentioning the 26 miles we would have to paddle down a lake, it still
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Well, maybe that is a bit of an understatement. It has been 8 months since my last post on my blog and a lot has happened during that time. A quick summary…. 22nd December I had laser eye surgery with Ultralase in St Albans. I have gone from a -6 prescription in both eyes to
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Days 1 and 2 – Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th October 2010 Flying with kayaks is always an interesting experience and this starts from the moment of arrival at the airport. We can really use public transport due to the kayaks so I drove. I dropped Jethro off at the terminal with our boats and
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It turned out that we needn’t have worried about getting all of our kit under the 32kg weight limit for the flights after all…. My kit bag weighed in at 13.2 kg, Jethro’s at 9.7kg and our paddle bag weighed in at 6.2 kg. In order to proceed onto the flight without incurring further cost
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As we returned from our Norway trip last year talk turned to the destination of our paddling adventure in 2010. It didn’t take long before a decision was made, Nepal. Martyn, due to other commitments, would not be able to join us this year so it would just be Jethro and myself. Many, many discussions
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The weekend of Thursday 25th to Monday 29th March saw Tim and I make our now annual visit to a friend in Geneva for a spot of skiing. This year Steve was our host, and a very good host he was. Arriving on Thursday evening, Tim and I realised our frequent mistake of arriving in
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Following on from our trip to Norway during the summer of 2009, Simon has written an article on his blog, during which he talks about how you don’t have to be a crazy-hardcore whitewater paddler for a trip there to be worthwhile… Norway: Trolls, fjords, a-Ha and big scary grade 5 rivers. Having never been
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