This time tomorrow we will probably be nearing Milton Keynes on our trek to the Alps, and probably preying the levels will have fallen by the time we get there… woo!
Pic stolen from Adam Do-you-molo.
Posted in Alps 2008, tagged 5-star wine, adventure, Alps, Briancon, holiday, kayak, L'Argentiere, Val Sesia on June 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This time tomorrow we will probably be nearing Milton Keynes on our trek to the Alps, and probably preying the levels will have fallen by the time we get there… woo!
Pic stolen from Adam Do-you-molo.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged kayak, plastic welding, repair on May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A few weeks back, I carelessly let my boat slip down a rather steep incline onto some rather hard, sharp rocks. This caused a rather unfortunate “hull breach”:
Sizing up the split
Having recently read a very useful “how to” on welding boats, I figured I had better have a bash, as the thought of paddling [...]
Posted in Zanskar planning, tagged Canoe, expedition, Gorge, India, Jammu, Kasmir, kayak, kayaking, Leh, Tsarap, Zanskar on April 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’ve joined up to this blogging malarkey now to keep a tight reign over the young Mr Jackson. I’ve started revising my web 2.0 speak, so I should be ‘lol’-ing and ‘!!!1!’ -ing in no time. For now I’ll stick to our plans, with an overview for now.
As usual, with any river I plan to [...]
Posted in Zanskar planning, tagged adventure, expedition planning, kayak, Zanskar on April 11, 2008 | 4 Comments »
How to start a first blog post? Well, a picture speaks a thousand words and all that. Admittedly, the one above is not mine (it belongs to either Dan, Ben, Hugh or Tom from Cambridge Uni Canoe Club, sorry for the image theft guys…) but it represents everything I both eagerly and apprehensively [...]