Gin and Nakedness: A weekend with Imperial College CC.

Sunday Morning on the Lledr

“Dave, have some more gin”
“Where are my clothes? I’m going to stand here naked until I get my clothes back”

Well Travelled?

On Saturday morning I met a stange looking man with an ancient bike loaded up with all kinds of tat in Manchester. It turns out he is Heinz Stücke, a German chap who has been cycling around the world (on the same bike) for the past 40 odd years, paying for it by selling brochures [...]

North West Paddle Fest

The start of the boatercross

This weekend I popped up to The Burrs section of the Irwell for the North West Paddlefest, an event run by Salford Uni Canoe Club and Brookbank Canoes, where I gave a short talk on the Saturday and then entered a boatercross competition on the Sunday. The boater cross was great [...]

BCU Student Safety Symposium

This weekend I had the pleasure of helping out on the 489th annual Student Safety Symposium at Plas-Y-Brennin. It was great. The effect of the weekened for me is that it has really rekindled my enthusiasm for working on gaining further coaching qualifications. Coaching paddlesport is something that i enjoy immensley and will continue to [...]

A short trip to Slovenia

Ljubljana Castle: Scenic
I have just got back from a short visit to Slovenia, although the intended purpose of the visit was research, whilst there I managed to successfully combine work with a little bit of paddling and some sightseeing. I was in Maribor visiting a researcher at the university for a week before heading into [...]