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2017
GREEK PELOPONNESE JOURNEY
Here
are simply eight photos of this trip. There are two thousand more
and ten hours of video and from these I must choose the best to
put here. I will also write a story to accompany these. Obviously
this is going to take a very long time because it is not the only
thing that I am doing in my life. One thing I am doing is to
continue my search for land for ICAN. You can help too by letting
me know if you spot any land for sale in the South Devon area.
Unseasonably
high winds for three months created dangerously big waves
too often. |
A
large uninhabited island near Methonie. |
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I
paddled from that distant cloud in the background and back in
four hours to try and beat the wind. |
After
high seas a tranquil bay at last |
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A
postcard arial view of the bay in the next picture. |
When
I visited this bay near Pylos in 1986 my canoe was the only
thing on the beach. Now many people have discovered it. |
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A
thirty metre arch on the massive three km rock of Sphacteria.
This was my fourth attempt to get there having been forced
back by strong winds three times. |
This
beach in various forms is about one hundred miles long and
mostly backed by forests and trees with very few roads. This
photo is near Koligria. |
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HERE
FOLLOWS PART OF AN EARLY LETTER FROM WWF AND AN EARLY PAPER
CUTTING CONCERNING THE SEALS, ALSO LATEST PAPER CUTTINGS
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HERE
FOLLOWS A TEDIOUS RECORD OF MY HITHERTO FAILED ATTEMPTS TO DO THIS
YEARS PLANNED CANOE VENTURE.
PROPOSED
SEA MARATHON FOR I.C.A.N.Please
could you sponsor or film this?
2015
- 2016
£250
reward to help find land for I.C.A.N. Details follow here.
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September
2016
Last
April I was within four days of setting off on my latest
attempt to repeat my 1986 marathon Greek canoe journey when I
developed Torticollis. Basically this is a paralysed neck but
in fact very much more. If you look up a website about
Torticollis you can find out exactly what it is. I could
hardly walk across the road or sleep. It was probably due to a
whiplash car crash. So therefore I had to cancel the trip for
the seventh successive year. I do not intend to give up and
hope to try again in 2017 to promote I.C.A.N. I will keep you
posted.
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Local
BBC tv featured me preparing for my Greek journey. Totnes,
April 2015. |
I.C.A.N
display in the background. December
2015 - told BBC I would contact them about latest details
when they happen. |
Canoe in Totnes in
October 2015. I'm not young but trying to keep fit for my
seemingly eternally delayed attempt to repeat my 1986 canoe
journey, this time to promote I.C.A.N. |
VW T4 van purchased
especially to drive to Greece, two canoes on top. I am
humiliating myself by repeatedly failing to do this venture
despite tremendous efforts. Therefore I'll say no more until
it is done. Hopefully 2016. |
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"THUMBS
UP" for a successful future.
Please
help find our land that is what this is all about. You could
be the one to win £250. Also support the canoe venture, see
the following newspaper cutting. |
TOTNES
TIMES 13th October 2015
£250
Reward
Some
of the facts are a bit muddled here with more talk about martial
arts and my canoe than about our supporters and camp activities. I
can't dictate what papers choose to print, I did my best.
£250
to anybody if we buy land as a result of them telling us about it
because this search has gone on for too long, it has become
ridiculous. Please can you help? We need land which has at
least a small flat area with access to water in some way. No
electric pylons or public footpaths over it. Reasonable vehicle
access. Not on a flood plain. Preferably not next to a habitation as
the occupants may be disturbed and object to our activities.
The
land should be agricultural, not building land in the South Devon
area between Exeter and Dartmouth. Preferably in the Newton Abbot,
Totnes, Dartmouth triangle. East Devon near Sidmouth could
also be considered. Some flexibility could be shown in any of
the above as this land for I.C.A.N. must be purchased soon. Good
luck and thank you. Friar.
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