Archive for March, 2007
Hurray, it’s only one day until I jet off for two weeks on the equator; big water kayaking on the White Nile in Uganda. Picked up my dollars, sorted my travel insurance and took my first malaria tablet today. All set to go, with battle scars? already… I face planted off my bike yesterday lunchtime [...]
Access to rivers is a big issue in England and Wales. In Scotland, they have the Scottish Land Reform Act, which? encourages “co-operative use of the outdoors for healthy, low impact recreation”. In short, this means that in Scotland kayakers are free to use the waterways; whereas in Wales and England we often run the [...]
Today was a lovely sunny (if a little chilly) day, so myself and two of the guys in my team at work went for a lunchtime bike ride. Otterbourne woods, about 5 miles from our office in Hursley, have lots of little tracks, jumps and picnic spots which make much better entertainment than grumpy canteen [...]
Mid-March every year is a time that those on the freestyle scene look forward to, in a strange kind of way.? The International Canoe Exhibition as part of the Outdoor Show at? the NEC? is the first event of the year (other than Student Rodeo); so our first real chance to catch up with one [...]
This month’s Canoe and Kayak UK? Magazine has a full page “Top Gear” interview with me: ? I’m also in? a Peak advert, which is appearing in all the paddling mags at the moment The 2007 Peak Catalog has some pictures of Lynsey Evans and myself at the Europeans: Next month’s CKUK will have a? [...]
The National Student Rodeo is always a weekend to look forward to, with over 500 competitors and a HUGE party!? NSR 2007? was an awesome weekend and the best NSR ever I reckon. ? ? ? ? ? ? To top it off, I won the Expert Ladies category; earning myself an Alp Kit down [...]
A tooth related update Since my little “Werners? – harder than Teeth?” experiment, I have been to the dentist 3 times, spent £204.50 and my tooth is currently exactly as broken, my smile just as gappy, as when I did it – 9 days ago! Last Monday, I paid £15.50 for an emergency appointment (after [...]
? What a weekend! Saturday started relatively early? with the sun shining in Southampton. I have recently started playing Ultimate (frisbee) with some guys at work (see? The HUC Website? for info) and this was to be our first practice tournament, against Southampton Skunks (the University team). We had two teams each and we played [...]
