Last weekend was the first venture out on the kayak. We got wet, we broke stuff, bobbed on the water a bit, and had a thoroughly great time. Back in my teens I canoed a fair bit, and even achieved a basic canoeing instructors qualification – likely expired. My old canoe – appropriately named Green [...]
The BBC recently ran a series of programmes under the title “Sea Fever”, which, as you can guess, were all focused on the sea and the British relationship with it. One gem in this great series was “Wrecking Season“, programme about Cornwall-based playwright and beachcomber Nick Darke (now deceased – and sadly, the programme is [...]
It’s a Saturday. Saturdays require dragging ourselves out and about for a little adventure. Today is a visit to nearby Strangles beach. Strangles is not the beach to expect floods of holiday lobsters soaking up the sun. The nearest parking – little more than a country lane lay-by – is perhaps a rugged half mile [...]
There’s nothing like a severe time and geographical restraint when one has a camera to hand, to force some creative thinking. Yesterday’s day trip near Cardiff was primarily focused around a family visit, so the notion of wandering around with a camera for a few hours was out of the question. However, a few minutes [...]
UPDATE May 2008: The PodShow discount offers in this post are no longer available – buy from Amazon. UPDATE March 2008: Amazon have reduced their price on the N810 to match the PodShow offer. Yes, I want a Nokia N810 Internet Tablet. Having played with the one spare unit floating around the office over the [...]
