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Escape from Britain!
This article was originally published in Canoe Kayak UK magazine… Escape from Britain! Eight great offshore adventures Everyone who has tried sea kayaking knows that it takes you to special places....
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‘East is East…
…and west is west, and never the twain shall meet’. Kipling. This month’s issue of Canoe Kayak UK magazine includes a feature I wrote on sea kayaking in East Anglia. In the article I basically I try...
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East is East
The following article originally appeared in Canoe Kayak UK magazine… —————————————————— East is East Sea kayaking in the East Anglian flatlands I’ve been lucky enough to paddle rivers and coastlines...
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New Year, new stuff
A waterfall in north Wales, somewhere in the Berwyn Mountains. We spent New Year with friends; paddling steep ditches, walking and getting soaked by constant rain. All good. In other news… …my New...
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Eight Minutes
Just found this magazine article in an old folder. It dates from 2005 and was published in the now defunct ‘Playboating’ magazine. It describes an unpleasant incident whilst exploratory river running...
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The End – A paddler’s guide to Lands End
Below is an article of mine published in ‘Canoe Kayak UK’ magazine a few months ago. Hope it’s of interest… —————————————————————————————– The End A paddler’s guide to Lands End It’s autumn 2007, and...
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Ego trip
This month’s edition of Canoe Kayak UK magazine includes their annual sea kayaking supplement. Some of my photos feature in the article on sea birds, and there is also an interview with…um, me. Their...
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A Different View – an interview with sea kayaker Mark Rainsley
Earlier in the year, the Editor of Canoe & Kayak UK Magazine suggested interviewing me for their annual sea kayaking supplement. I pointed out that the last thing anyone needs or wants is any more...
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Ynys Môn
The latest edition of Canoe Kayak UK magazine includes a feature by myself on our fantastic summer pootle around the Isle of Anglesey. Hope it’s of interest… Filed under: Anglesey, Islands, Kayaking,...
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Ynys Môn
The following article was published some while back in the rather splendid publication Canoe Kayak UK… Ynys Môn An overdue pootle around the island of Anglesey This trip was meant to have happened...
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CKUK Ego Boost
This double-page spread is in this month’s Canoe Kayak UK mag, and it took me by surprise. I took the photo and knew that they were going to publish it, but what was surprising was the rather kind...
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The Shetland Isles – Scotland’s far northern archipelago
I was just sorting through some old files and found this magazine article, which I wrote for Paddle World Magazine. It was inspired by a fantastic summer spent paddling in the Shetland Isles a few...
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Going with the Flow – a Kayak Descent of the River Spey
Just dug this old magazine article out – I was reading through a new guidebook to the River Spey, and was reminded of my wife’s February 2006 descent of this stunning river… Going with the Flow – a...
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Magpie River Diary
Recently came across this article from 2006, about a 115 mile paddle in Quebec; down the West Magpie River, along Lac Magpie and then down the Magpie River to the sea. Friday 28th July The alarm went...
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Don’t do the Zara Chu
Nostalgia time…the article below was written in the mid-90s, for the now defunct ‘Canoeist’ magazine. It describes the first (and probably only) descent of the Zara Chu, a river in Ladakh, a high...
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