Monday 29th July – Gloucester-Sharpness canal to Portishead – Distance – (10 miles) + 20 miles The chance to join the summer cruise with Lydney Yacht Club was an opportunity I wasn’t going to miss. For a couple of years … Continue reading
The Christmas holiday of 2012 had been fairly dark and wet. Most days were short, dark when waking and dark by tea time, made worse by heavy cloud and much rain. Plans had been made for a New Year’s Day … Continue reading
A year ago Ian and I made a trip from Purton, on the Gloucester – Sharpness canal, via Sharpness Docks down the Severn Estuary to Uphill, near Weston Super Mare and back again. After making this successful trip we decided … Continue reading
Canoe Sailing to Gloucester or (Playing in the Waves video) Did this little video for a bit of fun, sailed on the spring tide to Gloucester. The waves were not that big but fun all the same. Steve C
It had been a while since Ian and I had ventured out in the canoe together, family commitments and the bustle of daily life had seen to that. So once we had finally secured a date in our diaries to … Continue reading
Saturday 4th July, a blistering hot day on the Severn Estuary with only a breath of wind. The scene was set for a lazy sail (but sometimes a drift) ‘down channel’ to Portishead. Phil and I launched ‘Green Bean’ from … Continue reading
Canoe Sailing in Wellhouse Bay, River Severn Saturday was a beautiful day, a February gem, made for boating and perfect for exploring Wellhouse Bay on the Severn. Two sailing canoes and three canoe sailors arrived at Lydney harbour ready to … Continue reading
After having undertaken many canoe trips on the tidal Severn, I felt that the time had come to try something a little different on this river and I thought it would be interesting to see just how much use of … Continue reading