“No pressure, no diamonds” : Buccaneer Down…

“no pressure, no diamonds” – a quote discovered on the long drive home yesterday, and although it’s origins were subsequently discovered to be slightly less honourable, I think I will keep it all the same…. As Beaujolais has already blogged our DW2017 hasn’t quite finished as we’d hoped, it was more of a DR – […]

Pulled off at Runnymede – not the way we wished to finish DW2017

Having spent the last few years paddling with Diane Sharp, and in that time been through some highs and lows, I believe it probable that she is currently feeling a little down after having had to pull out of DW2017 due to a damaged shoulder at Runnymede ie after 90 miles and 70 odd portages. […]

Day 3…

Oh my giddy aunt, fingers are a mess… Onwards!

Day 2

Heading to Newbury…. smelling faintly of Vaseline and zinc oxide….. Onwards….

Here we go…

En route to Devizes, tummy is full of evil porridge, banana and pain au chocolate… no wafer thin mint for this buccaneer!! Onwards and good luck to all…

History Repeating – Kinda

My phone cheerfully reminding me that it’s a mere 2 days to go till I paddle under the bridge at Devizes and into another unknown… The unknown 4 days Devizes to Westminster Singles. Right now the straight through Senior K2 event seems like a good option, purely and simply for the fact it gets it […]

Checking the weather be like…