Rides bikes, paddles sea kayaks, takes pictures. Life on the road & my home in Cornwall.
While the rest of the nation apparently froze it’s collective nuts off yesterday, west Cornwall was, at +4C merely a bit nippy. With light winds and just a lazy groundswell running paddling conditions out along the west coast of the Lizard between Poldhu and Kynance were particularly mellow… although later in the day the tide, in spots, was running at between 2 and 3 knots and kicking up some impressive overfalls, adding a frisson of excitement to an otherwise very lazy session.
A brief respite from the relentless wind and rain, with spells of actual sunshine, afloat amongst the granite of...read more »
Something of an ode to the fixed wheel bicycle and why I still love to ride them.read more »
Just enough time to squeeze one more out before the year rolls over....read more »
Ramblings and a few snaps from early winter.read more »
The ninth severe storm of the season barrelled into the cliffs of Cornwall yesterday. It was the most savage so...read more »
Typically just as I was getting some good form on my bike, and enjoying a new surf boat, injury...read more »
Just another random selection, no particular story behind it. Just like it. I could spend hours trying to decide...read more »
I’m back on the Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides for a bit, visiting friends and renewing my...read more »
So, your back is better now. We fly to the sun of Portugal on Tue from what has been the coldest spell here in the Baltic. You would be walking here – the sea is frozen for miles and ice breakers keeping harbours open. AS you say – god bless the gulf stream.
yes, just a little ache. Back in the surf this morning… there were dolphins :-)
I’m looking forward to reading about Portugal, I’ve wanted to tour the Atlantic coast for a while but haven’t got around to it yet..