Crash Diet

2 pounds lost. I have decided to stop eating. I went on a short bike ride yesterday that nearly finished me. A 20km ride that usually takes just under an hour took me 1 hour 30 minutes plus- this extra weight is a killer. Finished ride and crashed immediately into a deep sleep. This could […]

Back to weight loss

16 stone 4 lbs this am. This was my first weigh in since last Easter. Yes I have put on weight- funny that.. when do I ever manage to lose it? I am great at losing virtually everything else! So once again the pressure to burn fat is on. I have the small matter of […]

It’s a bizarre world

Tonight I paddled again. It was good to escape from the house, the television and the news programmes which are currently featuring huge amounts of conflict, pain and death.. Indiscriminate death and death which is reaping a lot of young lives. So it was particularly peaceful to return to my home “turf” so to speak.. […]

May be.. Just may be DW 2015 is a possibility for Beaujolais

Last week was a good week. 16 weeks after quitting on the Thames at 3am in the Morning at Windsor, Beaujolais got back in a kayak. A Marsport Macros K1 to be precise. The venue Helensburgh Sailing Club on the Firth of Clyde. It was fitting that my last 2 DW partners; Morgan and Dirty […]

Can’t Live With Him, Can’t Portage Without Him?

After a winter spent practising portaging again, and again and again…. there is a heavy hint of irony that the first one I attempt solo ended up with me face planting into the canal… At least I waited to July, and the sun was shining…. So discreet was my wet entrance that the rescue boat didn’t […]

Bichette… She’s a Lively Lady

Introducing “Bichette” FB 554 a Varne built Folkboat. Bichette is proof that clouds do have silver linings. So the shoulder is still stuffed. Recovery seems to have plateaued well short of any significant improvements. The jury is still out as to whether an operation is required, possibly because Beaujolais has reached the point of total […]