Sleepless night!

I had a fairly restless night last night after reading Blazing Paddles.

One thing I’ve always disliked about kayaking is capsizing...well there’s a surprise!! What unsettled me most is that as I’m doing this pretty much solo (already had a few people saying they’d join me for a couple of days), the thought of righting a laden kayak, in heavy seas and getting back into it doesn’t fill me with confidence.




I wondered what anyone’s thought are on this sit-on-top kayak from RTM. Ok, it's probably not going to cut through the water as easily, but it dawned on me that the ability to move your legs around a bit more and not be so confined may be a bonus and stop blisters and presure sores.

That coupled with the fact that bailing it out and getting back in it will be easier.





Any comments would be greatly appreciated.

Started reading Blazing Paddles

by Brian Wilson....got me thinking I've a helluv a lot to do in the next 15 months. Not least is not to worry about seas like this, and be able to survive in them.

He did and 1800 miles odyssey around all of the Scotish Islands battling with whirlpools, hypothermia killer whales..

but then I saw a picture like this one and thought "this is me"

Day 2

Seen a NDK Kayak on eBay...I think I'll have a bid.

I've finally decided

This is me, and this is the first time I've Blogged...so here goes.

I've talked about it for some time, but I've decided today to go for my ultimate challege. 3000 miles around the coast of Britain in a kayak.

I don't know what I need (well a kayak would be good) but I'm going for it. Apart from the 3000 miles which I hope to do in 100 days, I also want to raise £1000 per day for charity.

So Day 1 of planning starts and I'm already on eBay looking for a Nigel Dennis Kayak as I've used one of his in the past and I have huge brand loyalty.

So...I guess I need a list of equipment, sponsors, plan of route and loads of support.

Any help or suggesting would be welcome. I've got till June 2010 to get everything ready, and then I'm off