Rides bikes, paddles sea kayaks, takes pictures. Life on the road & my home in Cornwall.
While the rest of the nation apparently froze it’s collective nuts off yesterday, west Cornwall was, at +4C merely a bit nippy. With light winds and just a lazy groundswell running paddling conditions out along the west coast of the Lizard between Poldhu and Kynance were particularly mellow… although later in the day the tide, in spots, was running at between 2 and 3 knots and kicking up some impressive overfalls, adding a frisson of excitement to an otherwise very lazy session.
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A few bicycle-flavoured snaps as the season rolls from autumn to winter.read more »
Closing the loop, via the beach, for Kyrgyzstan, and some street photography from Bishkek and Balykchy.read more »
Most folk are familiar with the Peru described by evocative Inca ruins, traditional Quechua & Aymara cultures and so...read more »
Last Sunday I piled into a van with a couple of other friends for the long drive north to...read more »
For the last couple of bicycle journeys I’ve travelled really light so just used a 7″ Android tablet as...read more »
If used to the fall colours of the eastern US and Canada then autumn in the UK might, possibly, seem...read more »
So, your back is better now. We fly to the sun of Portugal on Tue from what has been the coldest spell here in the Baltic. You would be walking here – the sea is frozen for miles and ice breakers keeping harbours open. AS you say – god bless the gulf stream.
yes, just a little ache. Back in the surf this morning… there were dolphins :-)
I’m looking forward to reading about Portugal, I’ve wanted to tour the Atlantic coast for a while but haven’t got around to it yet..