I’ve been back in Wales for 6 weeks already. Time has flown by, yet I can measure it by events – I became an auntie, I’ve had some fun days out in my favourite tidal races and paddled over to my friends on Bardsey island. My Alaskan photos have been sorted – look out for some in the November edition of Canoe & Kayak magazine as they’re running an article about the trip. They already ran a story on their website which you can read here. I’ve trawled through dozens of hours of Alaskan video footage and cut the 101 day journey down  to the best 150 minutes. There is some great stuff in there and I have the beginnings of a first edit. Simon Willis recorded a 30 minute audio interview with me about the trip that you can hear here.

I’m expanding the CackleTV webshop. I’ve made a sea kayaking calendar which should be on sale next week, and started stocking reflective tape  to make your kayaks, paddles or vehicles more visible in the dark.

On 25th and 26th October, I’ll be at the Scottish Canoe Show in Perth. I’m giving a talk on Saturday at 3.30pm about ‘Paddling the world’ and one on Sunday at 2pm about paddling in Alaska, including the first preview of video from the trip. I also have a stand at the show with Carol from Gael-8. Carol will have t-shirts and hoodies for sale, I’ll have good deals on DVDs, as well as a range of Pesda Press and Rivers Publishing books, reflective tape, Sea kayak calendars and cards and some of my favourite healthy and tasty snacks. The Scottish canoe show is in the Dewars Centre in Perth for the first time, there are demonstrations in the pool and a chance to have a go yourself and entry is FREE to the show and all the talks. Why not come along?

For Dreamteam TV, I filmed on the Sandman and Snowman triathlons in Wales, and I’ve been testing out a ‘slow motion’ feature on my camera in the surf at Rhosneigr – see the video above. I’m excited to play around with that some more if we get better surf!

I’ll be releasing the Alaskan film on DVD and download in the not too distant future – although it will probably be March 2015. I hope to go on a bit of a tour with the film after that.

Meanwhile, there are some great deals on DVDs in my webshop – you can buy both ‘This is the Sea 3’ and ‘This is the Sea 4’ for just £14.99 or $29.95, and buy one, get one free on ‘This is Canoeing’.