As a child growing up in a city, getting a glimpse of a bat was a real bonus, especially as I was one of those kids who lifted stones looking for slow worms and constantly had my head in ponds and rivers looking for anything moving!
Teaching SUP on the river that is 10-feet deep and a little murky can have a few downsides, and the main one is, that if someone drops something in to the river on a lesson, its very unlikely that it will ever been seen again…although, not impossible as […]
When my 4 year old son asked to come fishing with me, I wasn’t going to turn down the opportunity. Although Pike fishing isn’t the ideal way for introduce a little one to fishing, I knew of a spot on the river Avon where I had caught plenty […]
Dragon boat racing is one of the most popular water sports in the world, and although still a minority sport in the UK at the moment is another growing paddle sport. The brightly painted boats sporting Dragons heads being paddled by up to 20 paddlers always turn heads. […]
Stand Up Paddleboarding or SUP, is a very fast growing sport in the UK, and as it grows so do the SUP clubs. A growing number of paddlers in the Bristol area decided it was time for Bristol to get its own club. A few of the new […]
Whist watching a truly amazing freediving video starring Guillaume Nery, I found myself actually holding my breath with him. How did he do it? How do people hold their breath for so long? I thought it was about time to find out, so I headed down to Kingswood […]
After hearing reports of grayling being caught from my local stretch on the river Avon and having never caught one before I just had to give it a go. This was not the first time I had attempted to catch one of these illusive fish, but with good […]
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