Sardinia has over 2,000km of coastline. During October 2016 I circumnavigated the entire island, covering around 800km in 23 paddling days. I was accompanied for parts of the journey by Ingrid Kvale and Leanne Dyke. Battling winds of up to 50km/h and 3m swell, this journey was not the idyllic flat seas and sunny weather we expected from the Med.
Whilst on a caving expedition earlier in the year I managed to talk my good friend Emily into joining me on the GR20 in Corsica. "Europe's toughest long distance trail" promised us 180km of sharp granite peaks, picteresque rivers and dense pine forests. 11,000m of ascent, a broken tent and several stomach bugs later we had finished!
I was in Corsica for a white water kayaking trip but arrived a couple of days ahead of the main party and so decided to attempt a mountain near Corte (I'm not sure which it was!). The sunny trail soon gave way to snowy terrain and with very limited equipment (I'd flown out with only hand luggage) I decided to turn round after a cold bivvy.
My post university gap year culminated in a role as an adventure leader on the British Schools Exploring Society's Pacaya-Samiria expedition. Over the course of 6 weeks I helped set up the logistics for the expedition before leading groups in the canoe phase, spotting river dolphins, caiman and plenty of pyranha along the way.My post university gap year culminated in a role as an adventure leader on the British Schools Exploring Society's Pacaya-Samiria expedition. Over the course of 6 weeks I helped set up the logistics for the expedition before leading groups in the canoe phase, spotting river dolphins, caiman and plenty of pyranha along the way.
