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A strained muscle in my back has been giving me gip for a few too many days. So whilst it’s improved some, it really isn’t good enough for a play on the tidal rapids on a nice spring tide. Instead … Continue reading →

The Scorf in flood …

Unable to paddle due to bad weather meant a portage of some 5k with all our kit, while leaving our boats to paddle round when the weather improved having a C Tug trolley each raised the idea of building a … Continue reading →

Last Thusday saw us launch from Coutainville in Normandy at the start of our crossing to Jersey, the wind picked up to a good force four on the nose creating A lively passage. An update for the Jersey coastguard proved … Continue reading →

For some years I have been using the French online mapping portal  www.geoportail.fr As a French government site it is full of Map related information and cartography. Principally there are the online IGN maps all with adjustable scales. Not only … Continue reading →

Pornichet is situated at the Eastern end of the Bay of La Baule, it is my local beach for a bit of surfing.  It can get quite crowded with sufers of every description, but even on very busy days I’ve … Continue reading →

The weather forecast last Sunday was bad for the Brittany coast,     2 to 5  meter swell and Bf 6-7 winds. The location and situation of the Golfe du Morbihan often means it is possible to get on the sea for … Continue reading →

We set off from the sheltered harbour of Penn Enez situated on the North Brittany coast. The harbour dries at low water, but has several slips alongside a small beach and offers easy access. Just after sunrise the sky looked … Continue reading →

This immediately demands explanation … The litoral translation of Pouce-pieds is ‘Thumb-foots’ ….   but the actual translation  is ‘Goose Barnacle’.     A couple of years ago I remember Bill Odie wandering along a British beach and coming across a log encrusted … Continue reading →

With the current unseasonally mild weather, an opportunity was seized to paddle along the Côte Sauvage at Le Croisic. We left from Le Pouliguen situated at the western end of the Bay of La Baule. It was a fine paddle … Continue reading →