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Full English and a warm send off from the guys at UKSA. That place is fighting the good fight, getting thousands of kids a year on the water, opportunities they may not otherwise have had. The mizzle was a common … Continue reading →

A day of hard graft and harder decisions. The weather almost identical to yesterday, the outcome much better. Winds like this seem only to push or pin (mostly pin) but for my first session of the day, the run up … Continue reading →

More headwind and more frustration. I’m being robbed. I took on a 1200kcal breakfast. I’m not suited to this high resistance stuff and it is draining me. Getting going in the morning is so hard when what lies ahead is … Continue reading →

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 →