Monthly Archives: June 2012

Force 6 headwind. 12 nm covered. Maybe that can be the blog post? Really horrid stuff, from leaving the sanctuary of Shoreham harbour through till landing here at Littlehampton. I worked in bursts today. It’s impossible to sit in that … Continue reading →

The backpackers lodge overlooked Brighton beach and allowed me to keep a watchful ear (?) on the weather. The south westerly built through the night and howled like a dog in the morning. I settled on a shorter, more concerted … Continue reading →

Rightly enough, the forecast had predicted the best of the day to be the morning. A rare easterly wind offering a helpful push and glorious sunshine sharpening up those tan lines. Half 8 launch, again an hour earlier would have … Continue reading →

Rapid get on then a pretty odd morning. There was headwind from the word go and looking out toward Dungeoness there were banks of heavy fog loitering with intent. I planned to hug the coast as one does in fog … Continue reading →

Phone charger being held hostage by the campsite owners just another thing to hold up launch. I missed the tide by half an hour which would probably have been worth an hour in the afternoon. At Kingsdown I met a … Continue reading →

An interlude between pressure systems offered a fine day to cross the Thames, and a fine crossing it was. I staggered my launch to avoid the fading but still significant westerly winds and left the safety of the shore around … Continue reading →

It was a pretty rank morning of wet kit, gusting wind and intermittent rainstorms, between which I stole a nosey round Shingle Street. When it had all subsided sufficiently, I got moving, with a view to setting up the Thames … Continue reading →

My day off seeming like a distant memory, I pulled on my gear and got to work. Only a force or two lighter than yesterdays gales it was hard going against the headwind (despite the rosy looking photo) and it … Continue reading →

Huge congratulations to John Willacy who has now completed his. Circumnavigation of mainland Britain. http://www.clockwisekayak.com Congratulations also to Chantal Allen on the birth of her son. He looks like a right little dude. Get a paddle in his hands! Missing … Continue reading →

Checked the conditions around 9am and as predicted by the forecast it was gales. Headwind force 8 and although I deliberated for a while, it was clearly a non paddling day, the fourth so far. Definitely got more out of … Continue reading →