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About the Author

From bicycle touring to backpacking, watercolour painting to clay modelling, the exploration journal captures my journey through many different interests and travel adventures.

I love to find those out of the way places that whisk you away from the concerns of everyday life. Whether this is by wading through an overgrown river or trying new paint techniques is up to you!

Packrafting

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Shakespeare’s Avon

1. Bubbenhall to Warwick

12 mile paddle along the ‘unnavigable’ river Avon from Bubbenhall to Warwick. Clambering over fallen trees, spotting Kingfishers and a small road detour.

2. Warwick to Stratford-upon-Avon

16 mile paddle along the ‘unnavigable’ river Avon from Warwick to Stratford-upon-Avon. Grumpy landowners, river chains and wading through manure.

River Wye

1. Glasbury to Preston

20 mile/2 day paddle from Glasbury, commonly viewed as the start for casual paddlers, to Preston.

2. Preston to…