2021 not much to do and not much money, so decided to drive up to Scotland and admire the NC500 route. Bought myself a £2.99 map of the route and started plotting where to stay and what to see. Using paper maps and google maps really worked well. Plotting where to stay and visualising how …
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Paddling career.
One of the things most often asked by other kayakers or canoers is how long have you been paddling? Simple enough question but it got me thinking, how long have I actually been paddling? My earliest memories of any sort of structured kayaking was when I was 10 and I got lessons in a swimming …
Nine years in Norfolk
I came here with grand plans of exploring a new part of the UK – being close enough to London to pop in for the day was now an option. Even a stepping stone away from France or many of the large airports where I could jet off to a European country for the weekend. …
My Quest to visit UK National Parks
My target at the start of 2020 was quite simple – to try and visit as many if not all of the UK National Parks. There are only 15 and some are quite close together so I figured if I try and organise a trip per month somewhere it should tick them off nicely through …
So 10 weeks!
For some this is a long time for others a short time. If you are a baby 10 weeks is a huge amount of time, for someone less than 2 years old 10 weeks is more than 10% of their life. So it is a significant amount of time. Learning new words each week as …
When the s*#t hits the fan.
When the sh*t hits the fan there are a number of places you could be In front of the fan getting a full covering of the brown stuff.Other people behind the fan tipping it on and making things worse for those in frontThe person who initiated the fan and started this whether intentionally or not.The …
Cooking and me
Not my usual topic but I have been enjoying the extra time in the kitchen recently. I always used to think eating food fell into 2 categories – fuel and social. We all know we need food to sustain us and most of my meals were simply that, fuel to keep me going. Then there …
A brighter reflection
Here is a lighter side to March Has isolation brought us closer together? Not sure about you but I have made a more conscious effort to check in on people via messages, emails or video conference. Even though I am the last person normally to initiate conversations. I have had contact with people I have …
A month of reflection
The plan for March was to try and socialise in new circles, think of topics to discuss with people and generally do some stuff which I can then later talk about with people. As I am sure most of you are aware the advice across many countries is now to reduce social interaction to slow …
How do you move forward when everything stops…
When the world around you collapses, do you work to rebuild it how it was? Do you spend your time sorting through the rubble to determine what is actually useful and worthwhile? Do you simple stand and stare at the ruins wondering who is going to fix it? Do you look around and see who …
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