Cribnau Island and St Cyfan's Church, Anglesey With 2020 at last behind us it's time to look forward with hope and optimism that the island adventure called Yodare can once…
The Big and The Small. The Old and The New. So after all the frustrations of abandonned plans in 2020 due to the Coronavirus it was great to at last…
Well that was a weird summer like no other. All my plans for rounding 86 islands in 2020 were blown out of the water as coronavirus swept everything before it.…
After a long winter of planning, fund raising talks and winter maintenance I was really looking forward to 2020. With over a 100 islands planned for the year, including the…
Aerial View of Derwent Water Three miles long and over a mile wide at its widest, Derwent Water is one of the most beautiful of the lakes of the Lakes…
Sailing Round Gwineas Sometimes the islands in this challenge don't have too much history just because of the nature of their topology. This week on our island blog we are…
Coniston Water in the Lake District has a history linked with water speed records and the literary tales of young adventuring children in wooden sailing boats. Coniston is also home…
Hilbre Island from the air An archipelago of three islands located on the river Dee estuary, they are believed to be named after a small chapel to St Hildeburgh which…
Thirlmere sits in the heart of the Lake District Cumbria . Originally a natural lake which had a narrow fordable "waist" Thirlmere was transformed in the 1890s by the construction…
Lake Windermere is the largest natural lake in England and is located in the Lake District, Cumbria. Measuring approximately 10 miles in length . The lake contains nineteen islands but…
