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Lyme Bay – a model marine protected area.
It’s difficult to be optimistic when faced with endless reports of overfishing, pollution and rising sea temperatures. For a change, here is a success story: the Lyme Bay marine protected area. The problem Back in 1988 scientists identified that the marine life in Lyme Bay was of international importance – the reefs providing a habitat…
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Malaysia
After our adventures in Indonesia, my friend Charles and I decided to travel around the Malaysian peninsular, starting in Kula Lumpur. Arriving in KL, we stayed with Christine, who we met through workaway. Christine was a math teacher in her thirties who lived alone in an apartment on the 10th floor of a ditch-water-grey 14-story…
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Malaysia part 2
After our time at Positive Living Community, Charles and I decided to go for a cycling adventure around Malaysia. We bought a couple of bikes from Rawang for £60 each and set off with not much of a plan. Taken from the diary I wrote at the time, here are some anecdotes and highlights from…
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Day 53: Varazze to Genoa
Something happened in the hospital which I found quite amusing. It was 11 am and I hadn’t eaten apart from a bread roll and an oily broth the evening before. I injected some insulin thinking I’d get some food if my sugar levels were going down. When I asked the nurse for something to eat,…
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Update 19/10/21
Just a quick update to let everyone know I’m safe and out of the hospital. I spent the night there and was eventually released today at around 2.30 pm. I imagined the trip was over and thought about what I’d do next in life. It was a good opportunity. They picked up on the same…
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Day 52 – Noli to Varazze
I slept on the beach and had a slice of pizza for breakfast, which if I’m honest, was pretty average. It was a standard morning and I felt normal when I left just after 11, with the aim of getting to Genoa. I took a direct line, out past a container ship, so was about…
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Day 51: San Bartolomeo al Mare to Noli
San Bartolomeo was my first step onto Italian soil, since I didn’t leave the marina in Ventimiglia. I explored the town and went shopping, excited by the new choice of food, even if it was just a supermarket. Still, I’d never tried dried kiwi before today! I cooked up some gnocchi and camped next to…
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Day 50: Ventimiglia to San Bartolomeo al Mare
I slept in a cosy little cubbyhole in the middle of the boat. When I woke, there was a fresh breeze whistling over the mast, and the boat rocked gently. I sipped a coffee and listened to everyone talk. The Italian language is so beautiful, I could listen to it all day. There’s so much…
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Day 49: Nice to Ventimiglia
I had a day off paddling in Nice, mostly spent thinking things through. I met Virginie and the manager of the watersports centre who gave me coffee, food and a bed in the centre for the night. Also, a clean T-shirt, which I took as a hint that mine probably stinks! Many thanks for looking…
