I flew with Scandinavian last year and they only allowed one bag, but it could be a sports bag. So I borrowed a snow board bag off a friend that took two pairs of splits and all my camping and paddling gear that I needed.

I've registered interest, I'm keen to get back to Norway with my own kit!

Ravenglass Seaquest: From the Copeland Canoe Club website....... (http://www.copelandcanoe.org.uk/seaquest.html) SeaQuest 2015! We have set Sunday 17 May 2015 with a start time of 1000 the date for SeaQuest. (The tides are not wonderful in either May or June, this is about the best on offer..) Make ...

Flights are quite cheap (~£200 return to Tromso!!!), but it's a pain getting kit over and renting boats, so I'd love to be able to take a car. Keep us informed please Erling!

"kayak" can mean anything from inflatable kayak, sit on top through to decked varieties, so it's difficult to know what happened and how quickly the swimmer was parted from their boat.

It was very hard work... took about 15 minutes to go a few hundred metres. Wind was on my beam, so I was continually paddling on the lee side to try and hold a route slightly into the wind. Kitesurfer was a fairly large chap, and my boat is an Xplore S with relatively low volume stern, so I didn't f...

I towed a kitesurfer back to the Olympic centre in Portland Harbour yesterday... kite line(s) broke, then his board leash also broke, so he lost his board. He was optimistically trying to swim back with his part inflated kite, but wouldn't have got back without assistance.

Well, that was my first go at the Cheshire Ring... will it be my last?.... I went round in a team of 4 doing a K1 relay, changing paddler at each of the recognised "changeover" points. I paddled 5 legs, about 25 miles, portaged 4 tunnels and loads of locks. our combined time was 18 hours 22 minutes....

Perhaps I need to look at some of these map based Garmins... don't worry, I'll still have a compass and paper (laminated) maps too!

Thanks for the responses.... keep the suggestions coming!

Couldn't find a recent post on this topic, so... My Garmin Etrex is giving up the ghost after years of faithful service. What do people use for a GPS nowadays? I don't particularly need a detailed map, I mainly use a GPS for checking groundspeed, getting occasional accurate position fix and checking...

You guys are talking crap.

Funny, I was planning of camping near there this weekend, but bailed out because of the weather forecast.

I'd like a "sea" sub-forum on events - symposiums, races etc. I've always thought discussion on great events like the Ravenglass Seaquest or the Eddystone Challenge get missed because they are buried in the general competition forum.

Nice pub the Cove House Inn, hope they manage to get it back into business soon.

i think the premier league football clubs will also be offering such a service soon....

Great event today, thanks to Liverpool canoe club, Dee sailing club, and whoever is in charge of the weather.
The longer course is a good distance, and the new venue is a great place to hold the event.

.... And of course his singing deer head!

Thanks for raising this, I'd forgotten to tell DL about a tow bar I'd had fitted to carry a bike rack. I asked about roof racks and she said she'd put it on the policy at no charge and it means it is then covered by the policy. Didn't sound as though it invalidated anything by not registering it, bu...

Hmmm... Evo-stik is a massive brand now covering a range of products. Which one is the bog standard glue we are talking about here?

On the same topic - I've rigged up a deck mounted tow on my rear deck but the velcro pads that the towline bag sticks to have peeled off the deck. What should I glue them back on with?

I presume they are paddling back?.. :)

I think they can smell the beer. Should be on dry land before closing!

Final sprint?....
http://www.kayaksonshetlandbus.org/Pages/tracking.html

Halfway!... no point turning back now!
http://www.kayaksonshetlandbus.org/Pages/tracking.html

Looks like they are on their way?....
http://www.kayaksonshetlandbus.org/Pages/tracking.html

I don't think the RNLI was actually involved, just the coastguard and the Lulworth range safety boat (see corrected post on FB). Comparing the 90% figure to normal extreme events is a bit unfair... I would have thought that non finishers/injuries etc in extreme events are expected and well drilled s...

We are not worthy!

The film of Olga on the pour over is pretty amazing.

Surprised the army ranges were in use on a saturday in June???

Hi Mia - great fan of your blog (made even more amusing by some of the Google translations). I have a Tiderace Xplore S and really like the fit and performance of it. It is slightly "twitchy" when still, so not as stable as say an Alaw when stopped, but great once going and in waves. I've packed it ...

Scary, I walked that section of the path on Easter Sunday along with the many hordes form Lulworth. Could have been very nasty on a busy day. As the article says, there was evidence of other slips on the White Nothe cliffs, so there must be some general instability at the moment.