Category: Places
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I’ve had a very nasty thought
Sunday 11th January 2026 Reading Time: 5 Minutes I’m not liking this thought that is rising inside my head. I need someone to bash some sense into me. This is what is happening. I have been thinking about setting up my satellite phone ready for my expedition to Greenland. To make it work as a…
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Scoresby Sund 2026
2nd January 2026 Reading Time: 6 minutes Most of my sailing voyages are just for fun and perhaps a lust for a little bit of adventure. Some sections of my trips haven’t ended up being fun, but they have certainly always been an adventure. This year will be my forth, and indeed my last, attempt…
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…and may I have a look in your bag Sir?
17th November 2025 Reading time: 10 Minutes I like making lists. If I can’t be bothered to do something at least I can make a list of all the things that I can’t be bothered to do. And there’s nothing more annoying than doing a job and discovering that it never even hit the job…
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A Walk from Sittingbourne to Coyner Creek – Saxon Shore Way
9th November 2025 Reading Time: 5 minutes I messed this walk up! By sheer fluke I put “Central Park – Sittingbourne” into the Google Maps machine and we set off from London in the camper van. When we arrived in Sittingbourne for some reason we decided it would be nice to have a stroll down…
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Inverness to Dunstaffnage -Gearbox Problem – Scoresby Sund Expedition Leg 3
6th August 2025 Reading Time: Fifteen minutes Storm Floris was due to pass over Scotland on Monday 4th August. I was keen to check on Sumara which was moored in Inverness, but all the sleeper train tickets were sold out. The trains on Monday were all cancelled, although Trainline declined to tell me that, so…
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An Arctic Walk along the Thames?
19th July 2026 Reading Time: 20 minutes I recently organized a short walk alongside the Thames for members of the Arctic Club. It was a wet day with an amber weather warning for thunderstorms. We stopped at various places where I endeavored to find as many Arctic links as possible, some of which were rather…
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Whitby to Inverness. Scoresby Sund Expedition. Leg Two.
24th June – 8th July 2025 Reading time: Oh dear, it’s rather long! Whitby to Blyth via Runswick Bay – 51 nm Grit and I had just attended a funeral in Market Drayton and had to leave the wake a bit early to meet up with Ray who was already waiting on the boat moored…
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Walton on the Naze to Whitby – Gently kicking off the Greenland Expedition. Leg One.
June 2025 Reading Time: 15 minutes This is the first leg of the “expedition” to Greenland. We had taken Sumara for a little test sail to Pin Mill on the River Orwell a couple of weeks earlier and managed to cover the entire boat, the dinghy and the dog in East Coast mud. Nevertheless, everything…
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A Little Walk from Chilham to Dover along the North Downs Way
28th – 30th March Category: Long Distance Walks Reading time: 10 minutes Although arranged in a bit of a hurry and with scant planning, this proved to be a very pleasant long distance walk. I like to plan to go on a long walk just before BST kicks in, everywhere is quiet and it is…
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Scoresby Sund 2026 – it’s on!
30th January 2025 Reading time: 5 minutes I am going to have just one more attempt to get to Scoresby Sund in my little 26 foot wooden yacht. This time will be my 4th try and it will definitely my last attempt! Before committing to the expedition I needed to secure a seafaring crew for…