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Category: Boating

Mucking about in boats.

On the Ashby Canal

Monday, 30th April 2012

As a special treat for my parents, my sister and I organised a trip on a barge for the day on the Ashby Canal. My Mum had always fancied a canal boat holiday and was therefore keen to try it out. We hired the boat from Stoke Golding, which is only a 13 mile run …

Abel Tasman coastal track

Monday, 2nd April 2012

Exploring the coast of Abel Tasman

The Journey Continues; Iceberg Ahoy!

Friday, 10th December 2010

Today we had our fist iceberg sighting at 49 degrees south (which Iâ€™m told is quite a way north). We have to get to 75 degrees south, so thereâ€™s quite a way to go yet...

What we’re doing in the middle of the Atlantic

Thursday, 1st October 2009

The cruise plan. We've already changed almost everything about it!

All the boring technical stuff about Autosub and how I get to be on a research ship in the middle of the Atlantic...

Sending Autosub for a swim

Tuesday, 29th September 2009

Autosub just after launch. The writing reads 'Harmless Scientific Instrument' in case you were wondering.

Day two of the cruise saw us launch Autosub, meet some dolphins, and have a small adventure retrieving the sub.

First Day on RSS Discovery

Monday, 28th September 2009

RSS Discovery: My home for the next three weeks

Three weeks on a research ship certainly feels like an adventure to me...even if today was pretty uneventful.

Rainforest meets Reef

Thursday, 4th December 2008

I had dreamed of visiting Daintree for years. It looked so idyllic, with tropical rainforest right next to the Great Barrier Reef...

A life on the ocean wave…

Sunday, 24th August 2008

After doing trains we turned to boats

A Day in Cambridge

Wednesday, 2nd July 2008

Amy and Terry take a trip down the Cam......