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…
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…
So what are the Solent Forts and why are they included in the Yodare Islands challenge? Well the definition of an island for the challenge is permanently visible at high…
Suffolk's only island, Havergate Island is a haunting island surrounded by mysterious relics of the cold war. Encircled by the River Ore the island consists of salt water lagoons, salt marsh,…
Located in the estuary of the Blackwater River in Essex, Osea Island is probably the most musical of the Yodare islands having links with the Sugababes, Amy Whitehouse and the…
So this week's "Island Friday" takes us over to the Essex coastline and one of the many low lying islands that bring on the challenge of "mud banking" - not…
