I took a break from trip planning today. SarcoidosisUK run a Patient Day every six months where they arrange for experts in the field of sarcoidosis to present, share, and…

From google maps and streetview I’d been unable to work out how I was going to get from the canal to the Clyde at the end of the canal at…

Over the last few months I have joined a group of paddlers on regular morning paddles at Portobello. Today, however, none of the others were available. An opportunity for me…

Finding campsites when paddling around the Scottish coast is generally not a big problem. Canals through heavily populated central Scotland could be a different matter. I’ve also never paddled (or…

I’ll be starting my journey on May 5th, a Monday bank holiday. As today is also a bank holiday it seemed like a good day to test out the portage…