Month: March 2022
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Somerset to Scotland on a bicycle
Darkness fell and the suburbs faded from view, my window now a black mirror. A man was sitting across the table from me, wearing a brown corduroy jacket over a smart shirt and tie. I rested my forehead on the cold glass and watched his reflection out of the corner of my eye. He typed…
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Lyme Bay: The Road to Recovery
Award winning director Rupert Murray launched this documentary to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the Lyme Bay Marine Protected Area in 2020. It tells the success story of Lyme Bay and provides hope for the future.
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Indonesia
Summer of 2017. I was finally free from school and now the future lay before me, not like an open horizon as I’d envisaged, but like a maze with endless entrances. My illusion of freedom dissolved – infinite possibilities I may have had – but I felt stifled by choice, this liberty nothing but a…
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Safety at sea: equipment
Safety equipment is no substitute for preparation, planning, skills, fitness and experience. Having these keeps you out of trouble and lets you deal with tougher conditions when things change for the worse. Most safety equipment is about getting help, but of course, it’s better not to get into such a situation in the first place.…