Justine’s Blog

I enjoyed discovering ski touring ( back country skiing) last winter. My friend Mike Austin is half way through his training to become a ski guide and he kept me safe on a multi-day trip in the Ortler Alps. In return, I recently helped him to make a short film about his passion for skiing, which will hopefully help him to win an award towards his guide training. I didn’t film that much on my ski trips but there are some of my shots in the film.

On a separate note, it’s the last day of the special offer in the Cackle TV store – buy 1 DVD and get one half price. Any 2 DVDs for £30 or $45. Visit our webshop and scroll down to the offer.

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On  Sunday we paddled to & around Puffin island. The seals were as friendly as usual – this one spent about a minute howling at my stern toggle. I don’t know if she was frustrated by the toggle on the ‘Atlantic LV’ being on top of the kayak, rather than dangling down like on most kayaks. I enjoyed the attention, whatever the reason. Another seal ( or perhaps the same one) took a real interest in my paddle – maybe she liked the colour blue?

We also saw 5 puffins so hopefully they are making a comeback on the island since the rats were exterminated. And 2 black guillemots which we don’t see very often around this way.

Canoe & Kayak mag in the States recently published an article about “This is Canoeing” and another canoeing film which is coming out next month called “The Canoe Movie”. I guess open canoeing films are like busses – there isn’t one for ages and then 2 come along at the same time. The article interviewed me and the maker of “The Canoe movie” and says we couldn’t be more different! Will Lyon’s film is about whitewater canoeing and the people involved in whitewater canoeing, whereas “This is Canoeing” explores all different aspects of the sport from whitewater to canoe slalom to canoe ballet, and of course wilderness trips. You can read more about “The Canoe Movie” here.

If you haven’t seen the preview clip of “This is Canoeing” yet then here it is. The double DVD has won 3 awards and had rave reviews. If you buy “This is Canoeing” from Cackle TV during July then you get 50% off any other DVD from our store. Visit our shop here.

For one month only, you can fill the gaps in your DVD collection for a whooping 25% off with free postage. Buy any DVD from Cackle TV in July and get 50% off your second DVD, with free packing and postage. That’s £30 or US $45 for any 2 DVDs.

This applies to you where-ever you live in the world. Payment is by paypal and you can easily pay using your Euros, Canadian dollars or any other currency. So if you haven’t quite got round to buying any of the DVDs or if you have a friend who you’d really like to show the DVDs to, then now is your chance.

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Here’s a very cute video of manatees in Florida to get you in the mood for padding! I filmed it a couple of years ago while on tour with “This is the Sea 4”. Russell from Sweetwater Kayaks took us to the Weeki Wachee river for the day. I’d been there before while filming for “This is the Sea” but this time we were much luckier with manatee sightings and saw 5 different manatees. they are amazing creatures.