On Sunday, Lindsay and I made a visit to Longleat Safari Park. Here are a selection of the photos we took. A hungry giraffe A football with legs and a head A Common Eland A posing Lioness More photos are available at http://photos.andywicks.com/LongleatSafariPark
Category: Photos
Simon’s Norway write-up…
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…
Festive paddling on the moor…
After a thoroughly enjoyable Christmas I managed to escape for the day on Tuesday and headed to Dartmoor. I had been watching the weather forecasts intently hoping that there would be enough water the bring the Dart up to an enjoyable level. On Monday afternoon the forecasts were looking very…
Long overdue…
Well, what can I say. It would appear that I have somewhat neglected this blog over the past few months – it has been three and half months since my last post! I am sure you will be glad to hear that this is not because I have fallen off…
Norway 2009
On 28th July 2009 12 paddlers made the journey from England to the whitewater mecca of Norway. 12 days and 3829 miles later we returned having managed 14 sections of river in 9 days. During the trip we paddled everything from very high volume on the Sjoa Playrun through to…
Getting some practice in…
In preparation for my upcoming trip to Norway – sixteen days and counting – I wanted to get some river-running practice in the boat I am going to be taking – my Jackson SuperHero. Despite all the rain we have experienced over the last couple of weeks, it has not…
Surfing a pancake…
For numerous reasons there was no traditional uni trip to the French Alps this year. However, we were still determined to have a trip to the sunshine to mark the end of the year. A couple of months ago we decided to run a trip to a beach in South…
It’s not all work, work, work…
It has been a few weeks since my last update, for I have been quite busy. Despite working full-time, in the last 4 weeks I have managed to go skiing once, snowboarding three times and paddling thirteen times!! Myself and a colleague have been frequenting the snowdome in Milton Keynes…
Big boat…little boat…. decisions!!
I am keeping up the frequency of my trips to Hambleden – at the moment I am averaging three visits per week! All my efforts are starting to pay off as I have now cracked how to catch the wave, meaning that the majority of attempts to catch and surf…
Glorious sunshine…
Following a couple of heavy nights and having to spend some time looking for a new car, I only managed one day’s paddling over the weekend just gone. As I was working in London on Monday, I was able to improve on this by getting out in my boat again…