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Spontaneous Downwind Training Camp in Sweden

Re-Selected for World Championships (2024)

WA Race Week and ICF World Championships, Perth, Western Australia

Moray Firth Challenge and Scottish Championships 2024

This page is organised chronologically, with the oldest articles shown first. Do scroll down, however, there’s lots of interesting stuff there. Why not check out how my very first paddle went? Or how I started competing? Or what I love about the every-day messing about in boats that happens spontaneously before, after or instead of training sessions?

My main aim was to collect all these in one place. Sometimes they’re lovely, detailed texts, sometimes they’re mostly photos. They vary in length and style. I hope it’s fun to browse anyway!
I’ve dated them as closely as I could to when what I’m writing about happened. Until November 2020, they’re all written in retrospect, though.


All Articles in Chronological Order

  1. How it all Started

  2. My First White Water Paddle

  3. Snowy White Water Paddle, Wadrill, Germany

  4. German Nationals Slalom, Markkleeberg, 2008

  5. Quali Augsburg 2009

  6. New Boat Day

  7. German Nationals 2009, Oker

  8. Camel Hasler

  9. My First DW

  10. Dalsland Canoe Marathon, Sweden (Mit langer Version auf Deutsch)

  11. Quali Augsburg, Germany

  12. Enz, Germany

  13. Paddelfestival Markkleeberg, Germany

  14. New Boat Day! (Wavesport Diesel)

  15. D-Cup Lofer, Austria

  16. Bregiablass, Bregenzer Ache

  17. Guiding with ‘Art of Outdoor’, Germany

  18. Jølster, Norway

  19. Guiding Geiranger Fjord, Norway

  20. Rossåa and Voldafjord (How to Meet Paddlers in a New Country)

  21. Jølster (Rafting)

  22. Jølster and Storelva, Norwegian hospitality and Zimbabwean food

  23. Voldafjord, Norway

  24. Gene17 Next Generation Training Course, Soča, Slovenia

  25. Swiftwater Rescue Course, Augsburg, Germany

  26. Ardèche and Baume, France

  27. Guadalquivir, Sevilla, Spain

  28. Alte Elz - Guiding for Intersport, Freiburg, Germany

  29. More guiding with Art of Outdoor: Messing about in Boats, Sleeping in Snowy Yurts and … Misbehaving on the Via Ferrata.

  30. Slalom in Baden, Switzerland

  31. Saarschleife, Saar, Germany — If we’re friends, you've either been on the water with me or I’m planning to take you paddling.

  32. Waterside A: 13 Miles, 19 portages (and one nicely refreshing swim)

  33. Waterside B K1

  34. Dulverton Slalom, Barle, My First UK Slalom

  35. Waterside C, 23 Miles, 35 portages

  36. Done It : O

  37. River Dart - The Loop (Devon, UK)

  38. Waterside D, 34 Miles, 35 portages.

  39. Devizes to Westminster Canoe Race - 125 Miles, 77 Portages

  40. Just Messing About on the Water

  41. Rheinraft Raftguide Training

  42. First Boater Cross (Slalom Cross)

  43. Altrhein, Germany

  44. Me Too (Content Warning)

  45. Evening Light at Malpas (Cornwall)

  46. Rae’s Birthday Weekend: Paddling, parkrun and Mountainbiking

  47. English Open White Water Race

  48. Waterside B K2

  49. Exeter Hasler Race

  50. German Championships Canoe Marathon

  51. Off Topic: Canyoning in Peru River Chili

  52. Off Topic: Colca Canyon, Peru

  53. Off Topic: Chachani, Peru 6057m

  54. Amazon, Peru

  55. Paddling, Family Time and Foraging Combined (Germany)

  56. Two Competitions at One Weekend

  57. First Time in a Surfski — Scottish Winter Series Race 4

  58. Scottish Surfski Winter Series and parkrun 50

  59. First Paddle after Lockdown — Dolphins!!

  60. Trying a Wobbly Ski — Carbonology Pulse

  61. Surfski Time Trial

  62. Bikes instead of Boats

  63. Surfski Paddling in Devon — Epic V8

  64. Diekirch Slalom Course (Luxembourg) Whitewater Coaching and Slalom

  65. One of my Highlights of 2020 — DKV 30 Jahre Deutsche Einheit Challenge

  66. Podcast with UK Coaching

  67. My DW Virtual DW Challenge

  68. James Harriot Country Trail Run

  69. Oban Sea Kayak Race — New Course Record in the Triple

  70. Back to Marathon after Injury (and Lockdown)

  71. Oban Sea Kayak Race 22

  72. Hooley 5k 22

  73. Winter Paddling in Scotland

  74. Eurochallenge 23, Villajoyosa, Spain

  75. Glen Shiel Ridge — Seven Munros in a Day

  76. Scottish K1 Championships (Marathon)

  77. Epic Bay Race 2023

  78. Dolphins!!!

  79. Sussex Classic 2023

  80. Slalom in Grandtully

  81. Joining Dougal’s Epic Adventure for a Tiny Bit

  82. Moray Firth Challenge and Scottish Ocean Racing Championships 2023

  83. Nithraid (Tidal) River Race

  84. Oban Sea Kayak Race 2023

  85. I’m Going to Worlds!

  86. Scottish K2 Championships (Marathon)

  87. Weekday Solo Downwind

  88. WA Race Week and World Championships 2023, Perth, Australia

  89. Don’t Forget to Rest

  90. Training Week in Scotland

  91. Visit from Sweden

  92. Eurochallenge 24

  93. Epic Bay Race 24

  94. Sussex Classic

  95. Training Week in Cornwall

  96. Fishguard Bay Ocean Race

  97. Re-Selected for World Championships 2024

  98. Moray Firth Challenge and Scottish Championships 2024

  99. Spontaneous Downwind Training Camp in Sweden

 
 

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