Welsh Sea Kayaking - Second Edition
This is the volume that covers the paddling on our doorstep & beyond, come and visit soon. In a revised & updated Second Edition.
New in the updated and revised 2nd edition:
• 1 new inspirational route
• A selection of new photos
• Sat nav coordinates for access
A selection of fifty one great sea kayak voyages around the coast of Wales.
From the Dee Estuary to the Bristol Channel, the Welsh coastline in all its varied guises provides a fantastic playground for the sea kayaker. The fifty journeys selected cover all of the interesting parts of the coast and provide easy sheltered paddles, testing offshore trips for the adventurous and everything in between.
Illustrated with superb colour photographs and useful maps throughout, this book is a practical guide to help you select and plan trips. It will provide inspiration for future voyages and a souvenir of journeys undertaken.
As well as providing essential information on where to start and finish, distances, times and tidal information, the book does much to stimulate and inform our interest in the environment we are passing through. It is full of facts and anecdotes about local history, geology, scenery, seabirds and sea mammals.
A fascinating read and an inspirational book.
About the authors:
Jim Krawiecki
Jim’s involvement in the outdoors and in particular the Welsh coastline started on family holidays spent at the unique Polish ex-servicemen’s home near Pwllheli. Beachcombing, investigating the sea life in rock pools and walks along the dramatic headlands of the Lleyn developed an interest in the outdoors. An introduction to canoes and kayaks at school led Jim to join a local canoe club in the mid 90’s, predominately a white water club, as members suggested that sea kayaking was both dangerous and boring! Undeterred and finding better-informed company through North West Sea Kayakers, a passion for the sea was rekindled and encouraged. In return Jim is now a prominent member of that group and regularly organises meets and sea trips.
Sea kayaking in Brittany, the Greek Isles, Scotland and numerous excursions to Wales have prompted him to share his enthusiasm for sea touring by putting pen to paper and hopefully opening up opportunities for others to enjoy the delights of this region.
Jim is also a passionate mountaineer, which in turn has led to his current employment at the offices of the British Mountaineering Council.
Andy Biggs
Andy has always had a strong affinity with the sea. Those who have paddled with him comment on, and benefit from, his understanding and analysis of tidal movements and anomalies, often ensuring the most efficient and enjoyable trips with the tide and wind being allies rather than obstacles.
Fascinated by the journeying nature of sea kayaking, Andy has completed many memorable trips around the UK including trips in Ireland, Scotland and extensively in Wales. He has circumnavigated the islands of Skye and Mull and recently paddled multiday trips in Alaska and New Zealand.
Andy loves remote places and has completed many challenging trips, either as a solo traveller or with his long-suffering college friend, Simon. These adventures have included trekking in the Himalayas, alpine climbing, cycling across Iceland and also crossingEastern Europe soon after the collapse of the Eastern Bloc.
Andy has been a free-lance photographer and more recently, has enjoyed inspiring students in his position as a teacher.