Monthly Archives: January 2011

Kokatat

These guys make awesome paddlesport clothing. I’ve used some of it for a while. Its a rare thing, made in a factory in California which is partially powered by PV solar panels, not in a chinese factory powered by coal. … Read the rest of this entry

Filed in Uncategorized | Comment Now

Lessons in Persistence

There were many many lessons today. In fact I am learning more stuff than I could’ve imagined. You can’t just contact organisations, like the press for example, through contact forms. You have to keep trying and get phone numbers and … Read the rest of this entry

Filed in Uncategorized | Comment Now

What a great day!

Today has been a great day. First things first though; Donations hit £2000 today! I am totally stoked. Special thanks to everyone who has donated, some pals I haven’t seen in a long time and some people I don’t even know … Read the rest of this entry

Filed in Uncategorized | 1 Comment

drip… drip… drip…

A closer inspection of the mothership has revealed that the water in the rear hatch that has been slowly ingressing during the last few outings is indeed coming through the poorly laid up skeg cable port in the skeg box. … Read the rest of this entry

Filed in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Two satsumas and a wee flask of juice

Yesterday at 6am I woke up. Like ‘ping’ super awake. My head was swimming with ideas. I couldn’t get back to sleep so as it approached 7am I caved in and hit the shed to get my kit together. I … Read the rest of this entry

Filed in Uncategorized | Comment Now

New Year, New Toys….

My old 7 megapixel shock and waterproof camera has served me well but its already been away to get repaired once and hasn’t been 100% reliable since. After missing those two porpoise the other week I thought if I’m going … Read the rest of this entry

Filed in Uncategorized | Comment Now

Mapping Solutions

I’ve been out of training much of the last week due to one ‘thing’ and another. That ‘thing’ being a wee human with a runny nose spreading diseases in my house. My daughter. However, there are no such things as … Read the rest of this entry

Filed in Uncategorized | Comment Now

Happy New Year

As I said above, Happy New Year all. X X

Filed in Uncategorized | Comment Now