My Rubbish Cornish Paddle

Back in July 2021 I did my first training paddle. I was already going around telling everyone I was going to circumnavigate Great Britain but in truth I hadn't camped in a small tent for 15 years, had minimal experience of paddling in the sea and was not used to paddling on my lonesome. Thirteen days after I had started out on the river Tamar I reached the North Devon border, it was a sublime experience thanks in part to the best spell of calm and sunny weather Cornwall had experienced for a couple of decades. Below are some of the photos I took on my way. See Facebook for more pictures

Mileage Summary

Setting off from Calstock on the Tamar

My First Campsite around the corner from Plymouth

Campsite the other side of Falmouth

Camping at Abandoned Life Boat Station near Penzance

Looking West from Sennen

Godrevy Lighthouse just past St Ives

Approaching St Agnes

My Last Camping Beach

Final Morning

Tintagel Island and the new Bridge

Getting Near Bude

Me and my son William at the end of the last day

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The Learning Curve

The Big Day Approaches Time has a habit of creeping up on you, the ABBAthePaddle launch date is perilously close. I have been rather busy with DIY of late and updating this blog has been a very low priority. Here is a recap of some of the preparation I have done over the Autumn, Winter and Spring. 14th September First trip to the Eddy Stone Lighthouse 20th September Advanced Sea Kayaking Course with SeaKayakingCornwall 11th October Paddled around the Isle of Wight over 2 days 16th January - Bought an Ocean Ski - Morwenna 21st Jan _ Eddy Stone Again 23rd Jan - Open Water Navigation Course 12 February - VHF Radio Course 9th April - Greenland Rolling Course 14th April - Eddy Stone Again 18th April - Paddled 100km in a Day on the Tamar Estuary and Finally I went to the Anglesea Sea Kayaking Symposium where I paddled 123km around the Island in 19 hours and I got to meet John Willacy to pick up my Performance Sea Kayak Cup so its not been all DIY

Shamrock Loop Map

For a fully interactive map with links to videos and Facebook Posts use this link: Link to Shamrock Loop Map User Guide Desktop Not needed Android This assumes that the link has opened in the Google Maps App not a browser! The map is much quicker, more responsive in the app! To close map select View map legend Then select close Note: There are three types of layer you can select as few or as many as you like with the tick boxes To open map again: Select Saved Scroll down to the very bottom and select Maps

Dances with Seals

This was just great. Click for video

Mikey's Sea Kayaking Adventures

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