Whistler Bike Park

Whistler Bike Park Len Black getting set for a day in the park, beat him to the bar and he might just let you buy the first round. The bike park has been open for a few years now and offers huge potential for fun or injury. Whistler lies 2 hours north of Vancouver and …

Upper Tees 22.01.06

Upper Tees 22.01.06. Park at the High Force  car park and pay your 3 to paddle, this section has a year round paddling agreement in place and runs fron ditch low to spate conditions. Getting on Below High Force there are a number of features to keep you interested until you reach low Force where …

River Divas on the Kent

The Kent – 15.01.06. Den – you will do as I tell you Three of the ladies employed Dennis of Kayakojacko for the weekend to go through some river and boating skills, after spending day one on the Tees it was off to the Kent for more practice and coaching. Although it had been raining in …

Leh to Manali, India 2000

Leh to Manali, India 2000 This trip started like most things do over a couple of pints; a few weeks later Jack and I were booked on a plane to India The mountain  Kingdom of Ladakh lies in Northern Indian high in the Himalaya, the Leh to Manali traverse is a three week trip incorporating …

Austria 2005

Austria 2005 I found myself in a difficult position and one I was certainly not used to.There was a paddling trip in progress and for the first time in the last three years I was not on it. Three cars had left for Austria on the Friday and I was at Teesside, having fun, but …

Ottawa 2005

Ottawa River  – Canada – September 2005 The Ottawa in Eastern Canada provides some big, warm, white water action.A bunch of us headed over there at the beginning of September. Landing in the evening at Toronto airport we phoned our car rental company and they came along and picked us up in the 7-seater minivan we …

Spain Sierra Nevada

This is the second visit that Jack and I have made to Southern Spain, staying with Simon and Emma at http://www.freeridespain.com/ Flying into Malaga with the beach bum brigade on easyjet, we arrived within 20 minutes of each other, Paul arriving with Jack having been stung for £40 for his bike bag, but then again …