All at sea

I have spent the last 3 days at sea on the good ship Opus Two, with little brother Alistair (provider of a space to stay during the duration of DW) and his friend Mike (a heavy weight boxer). Given the lifestyle of my two guests, allied with the fact that they were in the Holiday/ […]

The Teenagers Progress…only 300 days to go to DW2011

With Jack now being the most likely paddling partner for DW2011 (subject to good prelim results in his exams in November), the focus currently is teaching Jack to paddle. Since Jack started paddling on the 8th May 2010, reasonable progress has been made. He can now keep the Ranger K1 upright with a low seat. […]

South Africa calling…

Received a telephone call from Louis, the mad South African I met during the DW2010. Contrary to the song performed on “Not the 9 O’Clock News” (many years ago)…Louis is a very nice South African. One of the highlights of this years DW was meeting Louis and his support…Ben, another charming chap- who is not […]

Cortisone apologises and Beaujolais is left red faced

For the first time ever Cortisone has apologised. It was amazing. At first I thought he was winding/ building me up for a fall, and was wondering when the killer “put down” line would be delivered. Cortisone is a master of both irony and sarcasm. The reason for his apology…his non attendance at the Saturday […]

You cannot make Beaujolais out of raisins

Its been hot…very hot…Beaujolais probably over did the sun worshiping yesterday and now is suffering. It does not help if the first item to hand on the rehydration front was a bottle of rose, promptly followed by a bottle of red. This weekend the programme has been paddling before 9am and sailing after 9am. Windy […]

All work and no play leaves Beaujolais feeling corked

Its been a very busy week on the work front. Therefore little positive has been achieved. Tenacious D has returned from Norway….unfortunately he is looking slimmer (and might I say smugger) than ever. There is absolutely no chance of me beating him on the scales at this rate. Unless I get the opportunity to lock […]

A good weekend was had by all

At 05:30 on Saturday the peace and tranquility of Loch Lomond was shattered as in the most significant demonstration of brotherly love since Cain and Abel, Jack and Henry took to the waters for their first K2 outing. The tempo was upped at the end of the outing when Henry managed to tip Jack in. […]

Tenacious D steps up to the plate

Tenacious D as has previously been reported is on a booze cruise in Norway. As I am hoping to beat him in the weigh off when he gets back this is good news. Further I am pleased to report that Tenacious D on his first evening in Norway was spotted downing copious amounts of Alcohol […]

The TCP Allstars

Today the blog is celebrating the perfomance of GB (“I will never ever do the Devizes Westminster”) in his trusty Greenlander Sea Kayak and his fellow TCP Allstars;  Peter Gorrie on the bike and Graeme Reid on foot. Whilst not quite the line up to equal Motorhead these guys managed 2nd in the team event […]

The Generation Gap

Teenagers..don’t you love them! Currently the most probable k2 combination for DW2011 will be Beaujolais and No1 son Jack. For those of you who remember Harry Enfield, think “Kevin the Teenager”.  Lazy, disorganised, unpunctual, disinterested, monosyllabic…all terms I remember from my own youth, it is good to get the opportunity to pass them on to the next generation. However […]