Anglesey - Penryn Mawr

A challenging but wonderful day being lead by 5 Star candidates on assessment. Really nice to get back out in this environment and catch up with some old friends..

Anglesey - Point Lynas

Feeling broken.. Moelfre to Point Lynas with a visit to The island of Ynys Dulas - this was just the warm up for our trip tomorrow where we will be lead by several 5 Star paddlers

Yorkshire Derwent

Really nice to be back in a canoe and doing what we do best. A simple journey from Howsham to Kirkham and back..

Dacre Lake with Ant

We where tasked with erecting a polo pitch but always time to have a mess about on the boards..

SUP Calvi, Corsica

Our last day on this wonderful Mediterranean play ground and it would have been very easy to sit on our back sides and be lazy prepping for our flight out tomorrow, the weather was a little dull with a very strong breeze from the south-west. But nope, adventuring to the end, we headed north away from the west coast and found a little shelter from the elements on a fascinating headland called Punta Bianca which shelters Calvi from the predominant westerly weather. Time to pump the SUPs up...

The Remote Village of Girolata, Corsica by SUP

Girolata is a remote and isolated village on the west coast of Corsica. There is no road to the village, just a mule track suitable for only quads and the odd dirt bike - all provisions are brought in by sea. It was my ambition before even getting to Corsica to SUP to this village, today we did just that... The huge swells had died down but there was still good gusts and a sea state of F5.

I think if this had been in the UK we wouldn't have taken the trip on but the warm air temperatures, sunshine, and lovely sea temps allowed us to push a little harder. Stand Up Paddle Boarding? No this was definitely a kneel down job - but who cares, the boards allowed us to pursue our love of paddle sport in a foreign location and fulfil our spirit of adventure..

Launching from the closest accessible point which was a half hour trundle down a dirt track and then a hike through woods we still had to cross the Gulf De Girolata.. Strong winds and following seas soon had us making good progress... Getting back took an extra 60 horse powers and just a little bit of diesel - thank goodness for the local water taxi

L'lle Rousse Corsica SUP

Images from a couple of SUP trips straight out from our Hotel. Today we paddled right around the L'ile Rousse headland which joins the mainland by a causeway. Straight onto the water after breakfast we made our way to a couple of lovely white beaches.. Coming back we took the shortcut through the arch... Off the water by 2pm before the strong sea breezes kick in..

Corsica Stand Up Paddle Boarding

Our first paddle trip on Corsica and it didn't disappoint.. St Florent to Loto beach, one of the most highly acclaimed beaches on the island and only accessible by foot or by boat. Today's distance was about 15km in total, a push into a sea breeze but then a pleasant and quick downwind run on the way back, and yes we had a close encounter with dolphins

Flamborough Head on the Stand Up Paddle Boards

A classic trip which we never get tired of. A little lumpy early on but we soon got our sea legs..

Weel to Frodingham in the Fast Boat

A blast up the river in the Taran. 18km in just over two hours..

Canoe Lessons at Dacre for Dave

It was a pleasure to deliver a canoe session with Dave today. Who says you cannot teach an old dog new tricks :)

River Hull Wilfholme - Hempholme

A wonderful day with family and friends. To me paddling doesn't get much better than than this, old friends, family, new friends, accomplished paddlers, new paddlers.... all enjoying a day on the river. A simple run up the river allowing new paddlers to learn skills and gain confidence. The return required a little tactical logistics due to the strong head winds, a bit of a slog back but everyone did brilliantly.

Sandsend to Scarborough in the Sea Kayaks

A Lovely journey with Dave. Wind, tide and swell all in our favour. A little lumpy but it kept

us on our toes. 33km in roughly 5 hours

KKC Triathlon Safety Support

Today it was a privilege to be part of the KKC safety team for the Hull Triathlon - swim section

KKC at Dacre Lake

I'd organised a simple day for club members to get out and experience a little fun and skills training at this local venue. Many of our junior members only receive training in a pool environment which I believe, although good, does not allow them to attain their best potential. Add to this the environmental factors and I think is an all round better learning environment.

We had much weather but everybody had fun and maybe even learnt a thing or two, definitely a productive day.