Bertie's blog

St Alban's Head

noreply@blogger.com (Bertie..) — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:42:00 +0000

I've just spent a great afternoon out paddling with James Best, another local Weymouth paddler and long-time friend now living in Bournemouth. We launched from Kimmeridge Bay, and headed east along...

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Pyranha Theft

noreply@blogger.com (Bertie..) — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 16:26:00 +0000

Message from Pyranha: Hi threre, Some of you might have heard on the grapevine that Pyranha has suffered a robbery. Over the weekend of the 4-5th Aug the yard at Rivington Road was broken into and a...

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Ocean Paddler Magazine

noreply@blogger.com (Bertie..) — Tue, 29 May 2007 11:38:00 +0000

I've been a bit quiet lately. One of the reasons for this has been the huge amount of pondering and then hard work in setting up Masik Publishing, which from the middle of July this year will launch...

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Anyone who's anyone these days...

noreply@blogger.com (Bertie..) — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:37:00 +0000

...seems to be writing a blog about how they're getting on writing a guidebook about going kayaking. I guess Mark Rainsley was the first one that I came across doing this, and now it seems that...

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New Course Dates

noreply@blogger.com (Bertie..) — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:27:00 +0000

I've just published new course dates for the rest of the year, if you're interested have a look here. Mostly, these are sea kayaking courses throughout the summer, with some surf kayaking courses...

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Do we need to hear this?

noreply@blogger.com (Bertie..) — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 09:35:00 +0000

It would seem that the radio distress call made by Andrew McAuley has been released to the media, following a request through the NZ equivalent of a freedom of information-type piece of legislation. ...

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More bad news..

noreply@blogger.com (Bertie..) — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:06:00 +0000

Apparently the search for Andrew McAuley has been called off.. http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/default.aspx?id=70318

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Bad news..

noreply@blogger.com (Bertie..) — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:50:00 +0000

As many sea kayakers will have also heard, Andrew McAuley who was attempting to cross the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand by kayak has gone missing. It seems he made an emergency call on...

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Ten Minute Rule Bill - Public Access to Inland Waters Bill 2007

noreply@blogger.com (Bertie..) — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 09:55:00 +0000

I've just received the following email from the Rivers Access people.. Press Release 23 Jan 2007 BRITISH CANOE UNION PRESS RELEASE 23rd January, 2007 It has taken a lot of lobbying to get this...

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South West Sea Kayaking

noreply@blogger.com (Bertie..) — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 15:44:00 +0000

Back from Andorra (yes, snow was sh*t, but still managed 4 hours snowboarding a day) and just catching up on what's been happening on various blogs. Of real interest was a blog on PesdaPress that...

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Global warming

noreply@blogger.com (Bertie..) — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:40:00 +0000

I'm off to Arinsal, in Andorra, this coming Sunday for a week of snowboarding. Unfortunately, the snow conditions in Arinsal are not good, not good at all - 30cm or so deep, being maintained by snow...

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Surf Kayak Comp, Bigbury, Sat 6th Jan

noreply@blogger.com (Bertie..) — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:47:00 +0000

Around about 12 years ago I competed in a couple of waveski surfing competitions, and to be honest, I didn't really enjoy them so didn't continue to compete. I found that I didn't enjoy the...

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noreply@blogger.com (Bertie..) — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:32:00 +0000

I'm sure a number of you will have seen this already - it's certainly been on UKRGB, but this sort of thing needs as much promotion as possible. ==================================Roger L. Revell has...

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New Course Dates for 2007

noreply@blogger.com (Bertie..) — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 08:37:00 +0000

I'm in the process of updating the website with some new courses for 2007. In the mean time, I'll be running the following courses: Intermediate whitewater(2 days) - 27th & 28th Jan 2007, and 10th...

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In the Christmas drink

noreply@blogger.com (Bertie..) — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:21:00 +0000

Xmas day, each year in Weymouth Harbour, features a harbour swim, all in the name of charity (and an excuse to get out of the house in the morning for a number of people I suspect). Weymouth, for a...

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Snap

noreply@blogger.com (Bertie..) — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 10:37:00 +0000

Ollie Bray has put me onto "Snap Preview Anywhere", which I've installed on my blog page today. It's a great little utility which allows the viewer to hover over any hyperlink on the blog and get a...

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Dangerous Seas - Body Recovered

noreply@blogger.com (Bertie..) — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 08:48:00 +0000

Police have recovered the body of Kyle Moore, the 14yr old lost at sea in Portland Harbour.

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Dangerous Seas

noreply@blogger.com (Bertie..) — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:09:00 +0000

Portland Coastguard is co-ordinating it's third major search in as many weeks. All of the major rescue teams are involved: RNLI lifeboats, HMCG helicopters, HMCG search teams, Royal Navy vessels and...

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when I'm 64...

noreply@blogger.com (Bertie..) — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 13:10:00 +0000

I've just purchased a copy of this - these sorts of books intrigue me for all sorts of reasons, but what caught my eye in this one, was a section where Shaun Tomson talks about surfing at Jeffrey's...

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Phew!

noreply@blogger.com (Bertie..) — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 12:14:00 +0000

Just back at work, after a week's holiday in Scotland, and glad of the rest! A whistle-stop tour which saw us climbing in Southampton and Liverpool before arriving in Scotland. Once there, our...

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Perceived Risk

noreply@blogger.com (Bertie..) — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 11:59:00 +0000

Bruce Schneier has published some thoughts on perceived risk versus actual risk in his cryptogram newsletter. It's an interesting essay on why we over react to some risks, and under react to others....

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Portland Harbour

noreply@blogger.com (Bertie..) — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:22:00 +0000

Feeling somewhat lazy lately, and inspired by blogs of more active paddlers like Wenley, Derrick, and Douglas I headed out on Saturday morning for my first sea kayak paddle of the winter...

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Learning from others

noreply@blogger.com (Bertie..) — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 13:22:00 +0000

The BBC has been reporting on an sea kayaking incident that occurred over the weekend just off North & South Stacks on Anglesey. Thankfully, the incident ended with all safe and well, and the...

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River Access & the CroW Act

noreply@blogger.com (Bertie..) — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:57:00 +0000

I've just received a reply from the William Crookshank, of the Environment Agency, in response to my emails about the recent EA report into English & Welsh river access. It would seem that ...

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Solo Paddling

noreply@blogger.com (Bertie..) — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 13:00:00 +0000

Photo by Wayfarer . There's been a bit of debate and chat about the rights and wrongs of solo paddling lately on UKRGB. Some of it, surprisingly has been about whether or not it is the right thing to...

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