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The UK magazine “Outdoor Photography” are giving away a free supplement in their current issue called “Your Essential Adventure Photography Guide”. It contains 78 tips for taking “awesome adventure photography” images. There are 17 tips for taking shots in water, plus a tip from me! The whole magazine contains some great information and ideas, aswell as amazing shots. You can find out more info about the magazine here. It’s in the November 2011 issue, in shops now!
I recently received a copy of “Mushing“, the magazine of dog powered adventure. The publishers, Greg & Jane Sellentin, are not only into dog mushing, they are also keen paddlers. They told me they are “really big fans” of my DVDs and found out about Erik Simlua’s incredible 1,000 mile birchbark canoe journey when they bought a copy of “This is Canoeing“. Since Erik took his sled dog, Kitigan, with him on his voyage, they asked Erik to write a story for them about the journey.
I think most people who enjoy activities like kayaking, canoeing, walking, climbing, biking, dog sledding etc share a love of the outdoors. I really enjoy hearing about other people’s adventures – whatever unmechanical means of transport they use! Thanks to Mushing for the magazine. Go to their website to read some of their online articles or buy a copy of the magazine. Visit Erik’s website to read more about the journey. Or if you want to see the birchbark canoe adventure on film, then you can buy a copy of ‘This is Canoeing” from you local outdoor shop, or from the Cackle TV webstore.
Winter is definitely on it’s way! Last weekend was mostly quite sunny and warm, but as soon as the sun slipped behind a cloud there was a definite nip in the air! On Saturday, Barry and I headed around the Stacks and enjoyed a play in a messy but fun South Stack Outer race. We headed to Parliament house cave for lunch but spotted the white fur of a baby seal resting on the stoney beach so we went around the corner and landed on some rocks so we didn’t disturb it.
On Sunday I put my toasty Kokatat drysuit on for the first time this autumn and we headed to another favourite location, the Skerries. We landed as far away as we could from a couple more baby seals. This one on the beach didn’t even notice us as we quietly climbed up the rocks for our lunch.
Today we had the privilege of helping Francesco’s family with their annual grape harvest. Paola, his mother, has a hectare of land full of grape vines, olive trees and apple trees. About 20 family and friends gathered to help pick the grapes, including Barry, Cheri, Turner, Roger & Sonja & me. The grapes were poured into a machine which separated the stalks, and the resulting juice and grapes were poured into 2 huge vats. They’ll sit there for 4 days, being stirred lovingly by Paola, then the liquid will be drained off and stored in stainless steel VATS. By January, the wine will be ready to drink. There are no additives in it and if it’s anything like this years wine, it will be delicious! In traditional style, once the work was done, we all sat down to a HUGE feast of delicious food, which Paola and others had been preparing for several days. oh, and some of this years wine, of course. It’s not hard to see why they have a siesta in Italy!
It was a fantastic end to a great stay in Sicily.
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