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Sealife-adventures
www.sealife-adventures.com
Sealife Adventures Trip Schedule
Sealife-adventures is a Visit Scotland 4 star Wild Life Experience. We run wildlife, whirlpool and whale watching trips from our purpose-built easy access pontoon and private car park on Seil, a scenic 30 minute drive south of Oban. Our boat offers a unique combination of uncrowded comfort, stability and exceptional speed from silenced twin engines.
All trips are skippered by David, a marine biologist who has been an owner/ skipper in this area for 25 years. Our enthusiastic wildlife guide will provide commentary and an endless supply of hot drinks and biscuits - there is a washroom.
We've had some great trips this April with good sightings particularly of eagles and some dolphins, and are looking forward to the summer ahead! We have scheduled the following trips for the next few days, pre-booking is strongly advised. We can schedule in other trips to suit you.
Please phone us on 01852 300 203 (eve and weekend) or 01631 57 10 10 (office hours), if you wish to book or for more information or if you wish us to schedule in more trips.
3hr Corry wildlife cruise Sun April 29th, 2012 13:00
4hr Corry wildlife cruise Mon April 30th, 2012 13:45
3hr Corry wildlife cruise Tue May 1st, 2012 11:15
3hr Corry wildlife cruise Thu May 3rd, 2012 10:30
4hr Corry wildlife cruise Fri May 4th, 2012 12:30
4hr whirlpool special Sun May 6th, 2012 14:00
3hr Whirlpool special Mon May 7th, 2012 15:00
2.5hr Whirlpool special Tue May 8th, 2012 15:30
5h w'pool special/wildlife Wed May 9th, 2012 12:00
3hr Corry wildlife cruise Thu May 10th, 2012 10:00

Gone Swimming
www.goneswimming.co.uk
A (secret) special offer from Gone Swimming - Wild Swimming Holidays in North Wales
Firstly, welcome to the influx of new subscribers that we have seen - thank you for taking an interest in what we have to offer.
The open water swimming season is now in full swing, just last week we had our first brave souls venture out into the (not so) icy depths for their first open water coaching session - in preparation for a mile swim in Ullswater later this year. Both Debbie & Nik did really well, and we got some great feedback "I learnt more in those two hours, than I have in the last six months of swimming."
We are really looking forward to the H2Open Day down in Reading on the 28th. There is encouraging demand for our wet weekends, and there is still spaces available on trips - have a look at the dates & locations.
So - what is this special offer we are going on about. Very simple.
For this weekend only - we are offering you the chance to book four places on a wet weekend, and only pay for three. So for the ridiculous total price of £525 (£175 per person) you can bring four people away for a half-board weekend (breakfast & lunch included).
What is the reason for this? Simple, we want to encourage you to bring a friend, bring a colleague, bring your wife, husband, mistress or toyboy! We want to encourage more people to try open water swimming - and the best way to do that is through you encouraging your friends to give it a go.
To take advantage of this offer, speak to Gabby at the H2Open Day or send us an email this weekend. You don't have to have booked and paid, as long as we have received an e-mail from you before we switch on the computer on Monday, then you can take advantage of this - on any wet weekend trip that we have currently scheduled.
We look forward to receiving your e-mail.
Dan & Gabs
The Story of Swimming
Book Review: Our blog post last week was Gabby's review of the Story of Swimming by Susie Parr. Susie was even kind enough to drop us an email to say thanks!
Wild Swimming Underwater
Video: Both of us are interested in freediving, as we feel it gives us even more freedom to explore the aquatic world.

Pasty Adventures
www.pastyadventures.co.uk
Kite clinics with Pasty
Happy May Day
Well it doesn't seem like it but summers almost here and before we know it we'll be back in our 5 mill suits (even though i was in it with a hood yesterday)!
Crazy weather, but it has been windy although not much in the way of quality waves for myself, bar 2 days of south coast excitement.
Good riddance to the April showers and bring on sunny may!
Back in march, I qualified as a BKSA coach and as such I can now run more focused clinics both here in Cornwall, around the UK and all over the World.
I have some exciting ones coming up, so check out below wether you haven't ridden for ages or are looking at ripping up tropical waves?
There is something for you!
After a poor winter fishing and a slow start to the season, I am in great need of some sponsorship to help towards travel costs on this years KSP World Championship Wave Tour which kicks off in Guincho, Portugal on 1st June. If you or anyone you know may be able to help, it would be amazing and you would be part of putting Cornwall and the UK on the kitesurfing wave map.
Please contact me through my website www.leepasty.co.uk or email lee@leepasty.co.uk for further details.
Take care and I hope to see you soon.
Pasty.
Refresher Clinic- Saturday 5th May 2012, Sandy Acres, Gwithian. - £50pp
Kitesurfing refresher clinic Saturday 5th may 2012 at Sandy Acres, Gwithian, Cornwall.
Run by BKSA Coach & Kite Surf Pro World Tour rider, Lee 'Pasty' Harvey.
3 Hours for only £50 per person.
This is for all the kitesurfers out there who haven't been out for the winter and want to have a recap of everything to get their confidence back for the spring.
We will cover-
Kite set up as well as kit maintenance
Self launching and landing
Water relaunch
Getting going
Upwind and stance
Transitions
The forecast is looking perfect - NE 18mph sunny, no swell, so sign up quick as limited space to keep it all nice and personal-
Email lee@pastyadventures.co.uk
Meet 10 am sat 5th may in Sandy Acres car park, I will give directions in your confirmation email.
Spring Wave Clinics 2012 - £60 per person, Sat 12th May- currently full but email if interested
Intermediate Clinic- Saturday 19th May at The Bluff or Marazion- £60pp
Intermediate Kitesurfing Clinic with BKSA Coach & World Tour rider- Lee 'Pasty' Harvey
We will run at either Marazion or The Bluff (you will need a pass) depending on wind direction.
Price only £60 per person for 4 hours!
This clinic is for Twin Tip riders who can stay upwind and perform transitions (turn around without falling), who want to improve their riding and give themselves plenty to work on for the summer.
We will look at-
Basic jumps
Pop
Toeside riding
Back rolls
Front rolls
And other things as per group requirements, such as- Unhooking, 1 footers, Board offs etc
Space strictly limited to keep a good level of personal coaching.
Video feedback will be used.
Email- lee@pastyadventures.co.uk to register
You must be a member of the BKSA to come on this clinic!
Mauritius Coaching Holiday . Freeride and Wave Paradise 31st Aug 10th Sept 2012 - £1799
Mauritius, being a long time favourite for Windsurf coaching camps, Lee noticed the potential for a Kitesurf Wave coaching camp during his visit for the 2011 KSP World Tour.
The Lagoon at Le Mourne offers perfect flat water for perfecting your freeride skills and getting to grips with surf board skills, while the surrounding reef houses 3 perfect intermediate kitesurfing waves.
More details on the website www.pastyadventures.co.uk
Remember to Follow Us on Twitter @PastyAdventures and Like us on Facebook to stay up to date with all the latest news, wind reports and surf checks.

Surf's Up! Polzeath
www.surfsupsurfschool.com
03/05/2012
Okay, we've got a lot to get through, grab yourself a Latte, hobnob and chair and we'll crack on. In no particular order...If you're coming down this weekend for the Bank Holiday and you're one of the first five people to go up to the trailer and ask the following question to the person on bookings, "Have Ginsters been repairing all the pot holes in this village?" (If they're going to be repaired how about making them nice and flat, rather than crimped along the edges! Grrrr - no good for my bike.).... we'll throw in some free board hire for you (as long as you've either booked or are booking a lesson). And if you go to the shop and tell Sarah, "My pockets are lined with the hair of a Camels Hump", she'll give you a 10% discount off Surf's Up! stock. (Don't forget we now have a full compliment of Finisterre gear in store).
Just a few dates left for the Beach House (sleeps ten right on the sand), as follows - 20th May - 25th May, 25th May - 1st June, 24th June - 27th June, 8th July - 13th July (that last one's just this minute become available). If any of those dates work for you, then please give Rach a shout (07760 126225). The Duke of Edinburgh residential courses are proving very popular this year - staying in our flat with loads of surfing. Sweet - only a few dates left for those.
If you're 17 or under then you can go for Gold with the Junior Surfing Scheme logbooks. Keeping with the theme of Olympic year, there are three awards - Gold, Silver and Bronze - log your surfing progress, a great guide as to where you are with your surfing and what's next to work on. Free when enrolled onto either the Weekender or the Developer Courses.
The fast track booking system is working a treat. Book your lessons in advance, complete all the paperwork and payment before you head down and you won't be hanging on waiting for others to complete their's. That's working really well.

Poole Windsurfing
www.poolewindsurfing.co.uk
How To Windsurf Guide - Part 1
This is the first part of our how to windsurf guide that will give you the basic steps necessary to enjoy windsurfing. So, summer is just around the corner (we all hope!) and its time to get out there and learn something new that will be good exercise, sociable and fun! Part 1 of our guide talks you through the preparation required before you even get out there on the water. There are several steps, that if taken, will make your first windsurfing experience much smoother & more enjoyable.
1. Physical Preparation - Now a days it is fairly common knowledge in the sporting world that you need to prepare your body for the physical actions it is going to have to perform. The more physically prepared your body is the easier you will find the core actions required to learn to windsurf. For example, if you include some basic squats (no weights, just the action itself will be enough) in your pre-windsurf lesson training schedule, you will automatically find the action of pulling the windsurf sail out of the water (uphauling) much easier to perform.
2. Mental Preparation - You may have heard of the term visualisation and understand what it means but do you actually ever put it into practice? In sports, visualisation can really make ALL the difference when learning a new skill or move. The process is very straight forward, you just have to calm your mind and picture yourself going through the movement/skill you are trying to learn. This process literally programs the muscles in your body to do what they need to do and before you know it you will be completing the task at hand, windsurfing off into the sunset! Seriously, by utilising the above visualisation techniques you WILL learn how to windsurf sooner and more effectively than without!
3. Take Windsurfing Lessons - taking lessons to be shown the actual step by step skills required to learn the basics of windsurfing, including uphauling, static 180 turns, sailing position, steering and if you are going to take a full beginners windsurfing course, how to windsurf upwind/tack & how to windsurf downwind/gybe. All these skills are very specific and detailed but if shown by an experienced instructor, you can learn them easily within the scope of a beginners windsurfing course. The money spent on taking proper windsurfing lessons is so worth it! We so often see well meaning family members or friends trying to help others learn the basics of windsurfing, where the poor learner is making the same mistakes over and over again when all it would take is one small adjustment to get them windsurfing off across the bay!
4. Focused training with muscle memory - By breaking a skill/move down into its component parts and repeating them over and over at slow speed in a controlled environment is an amazing way to condition your body into achieving results. When you are actually out windsurfing there are a lot of factors at play (the wind, balancing on the board, holding onto the sail) and it can take much trial and error to eventually figure out what is going. With some muscle memory training, once you actually get out on the water your body will just go into auto pilot mode thanks to the repeated slow motion training you have been practicing over and over again on dry land. At the Poole Windsurfing School we use a full motion on land windsurf simulator to get students practicing the exact same physical actions they will need to repeat once out on the water. Muscle memory training is an essential part of learning how to windsurf that everyone should practice if they want fast progression.
5. Set goals - As cheesy as it may be, setting achievable goals is a really good way to push your learning forwards to the next level. The goals you set have to be achievable otherwise the fun of learning just isn't there anymore.
There you have it, a simple step by step process to follow, from preparing physically then mentally before taking windsurfing lessons with focused muscle memory training and finally pushing your progress by setting some achievable goals. If you follow the above steps, in order, then your introduction to the sport of windsurfing will be so much smother and your learning curve WILL go through the roof!

Edith May Trading Company
www.edithmay.com
Latest News - Wed 25/04/2012
Edith May wins National Flagship Award!
It is with great pride that we can announce the Edith May has been selected as the National Historic Ships Flagship for 2012. We will be flying the Flagship pennant throughout the summer in this special year of celebration. More details can be found here - http://www.edithmaybargecharter.co.uk/edith-may-national-flagship-2012/.
Edith May Tea Room
This weekend is the final one for the 2011/12 season. The Tea Room will be open on occasion during the summer, including:
5th, 6th and 7th May - Sweeps Festival: moored at Rochester Pier, by the bridge, open 10-1700hrs.
18th and 19th August - Open days in the dock at Lower Halstow.
Sweeps Festival, May 5th-7th 2012
Apart from the ticket only (available through Medway Council's Box Office) evening gigs with Rory Mcleod on Saturday and Sally Ironmonger on Sunday, we have some great musicians playing aboard the tea room throughout the day.
Saturday -
12.15-1pm: Louise Jordan (young signer/songwriter, very accomplished).
1.30-2.15pm: Border Crossing - duo who perform mostly Scottish traditional songs.
2.45-3.30pm: Hog Eye Men. Four piece shanty men.
4-5pm: The Jones Boys - Three piece Irish traditional.
Sunday -
11-11.45am: The Beards Folk Band - V. young outfit playing traditional tunes.
12.15-1pm: Thanet Big Sing Community Choir. 40 man choir who will sing a mix of folk and popular songs.
1.30-2.30pm: The Hartley Singers. Morris side singing group.
4-5pm: Rosie Eade. Singer/songwriter from Devon.
Monday -
1.30-2.15pm: Stew Simpson. Singer who won the Folk competition for best Royal Wedding Song last year.
4-5pm: The Old Country Crows. Country folk band.
Sailing Charters
There are still a few spaces available for the first trips of the season. If you are an individual or small group, please consider the following dates:
Wed 9th May - Cream Tea Cruise from Halstow - 3 spaces available (1345-1645)
Thurs 10th May - CTC Halstow - 8 spaces (1430-1730)
Sat 12th May - Fully catered day, Halstow - 3 spaces (0630-1700)
Monday 14th May - Fully Catered, Halstow - 2 spaces (0800-1900)
Wed 16th May - Fully catered, Chatham - 7 spaces (0900-1700)
24th May, CTC Halstow, 7 spaces (1345-1645)
Also, we have a special trip available on the Queens Jubilee Pageant weekend. The Edith May will be in the Avenue of Sail on the Sunday and will be returning back to the Medway on Monday 4th June.
Whilst the Sunday is fully booked, we would like to invite you to join us for a trip from London Bridge to Gravesend on Monday. This trip will include passing through Tower Bridge - a very special experience, and heading down river with many boats included in the parade. The atmosphere is sure to still be buzzing following the previous days historic event.
Embarkation is at 1400hrs and we hope to be at Gravesend for 1800hrs. We are moored right by London Bridge station and would recommend catching the train in.
The trip includes drinks and nibbles and is priced at £125 per person.
Spring News
Edith May Tea Room
The Tea Room will be open Thursday 5th, Good Friday and Easter Saturday, but closed Easter Sunday.
The final weekend of this season's Tea Room will be 26th-29th April.
There will be open days during the year at various locations around the coast, details to be announced.
Edith May at Rochester Sweeps Festival
We are delighted to be attending this year's Sweeps Festival for the first time. The barge will be moored in front of the castle, on Rochester Pier, where she will be open from 1100-1700hrs on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, serving cream teas and cakes. Various artists will be performing during the day, including a 40 man choir!
On Saturday and Sunday evenings, we will welcome two of the headline acts from this year's Festival:
Saturday 5th May, 2000hrs - Rory Mcleod - "A one man soul band, poet and storyteller, singing his own unique upbeat dance stories. A modern travelling troubadour using tap shoes, acappella, harmonica, guitar, spoons and trombone to great effect."
Tickets £12 (available through Medway Council's box office @ http://tickets.medway.gov.uk/application/event.aspx?eventid=1700)
Sunday 6th May - An Evening with Sally Ironmonger - "Medway's response to Victoria Wood provides an evening of poignant songs - many with a local insight into the magnificence and uniqueness of Medway - delivered with passion, aggression, compassion and a nod to sentimentality."
Tickets £6 - http://tickets.medway.gov.uk/application/event.aspx?eventid=1699
Television Appearances
Tonight, (April 3rd) @ 8pm - 'Pub Dig', Rory Mcgrath digs up the garden of the Command House pub and enjoys a trip on a sailing barge.
Sunday 3rd June - The 'Edith May' will be attending the Queen's Jubilee Pageant, being the first boat in the Parade of Sail, moored by London Bridge. She will be flying all her winner's pennants, dating back to the Queen's Coronation Match of 1953, so should be quite noticeable to the 250 million television viewers!
Coming Soon - A new programme on the BBC, detailing the history of Britain's food. One episode features the sailing barge 'Lady of the Lea', with a special guest appearance from the Edith May.
Summer Charters
The sailing charters are fast booking up. If you are an individual, couple or small group and are thinking of joining us for a sail this year, please consider some of the following days:
Fully catered day, Chatham - Wed 16th May (9 places available).
Fully catered day Halstow - Monday 11th June (10 places available).
Uncatered day Halstow - Monday 24th September (10 places available).
Cream Tea Cruise, Halstow - Thursday 24th May (10 places available).
Cream Tea Cruise, Halstow - Thursday 21st June (10 places available).
Cream Tea Cruise, Halstow - Saturday 4th August (10 places available).
Lunch Cruise, Halstow - Sunday 20th May (8 places available).
Barge Matches - Passage Match (Gravesend-Harwich) - 3 places available.
Barge Matches - Blackwater Match - 4 places available.
Barge Matches - Thames Match - 1 place available.
Barge Matches - Southend Match - 2 places available.
Barge Matches - Colne - 4 places available.
Gift Vouchers
Vouchers are now on sale for both sailing trips and Tea Room visits. Vouchers come with a presentation card and description of what the day entails.
Tea Room gifts are available for £5, £10, £15 and £20. They are also valid for merchandise.
Sailing trip vouchers are as follows:
Cream Tea Cruise: £40
Lunch Cruise: £45
Fully Catered Day Sail: £100
Barge Matches: £125
Sailing vouchers come without a date attached, to enable the recipient to book a day convenient for them.
If you would like any further information on the above events and offers, please do get in touch by email or by calling 01634 365343 or 07814950442.

Hobie Cat Centre
www.hobiecatcentre.co.uk
Hobie Exclusive Sailing Gym. Unlimited cat sailing/kayaking for only £69 per month
Hobie Exclusive is a new club where members are entitled to unlimited sailing on a range of Hobie Cats and Pedal Kayaks including the new Tandem Island. For only £69 per month for an individual membership, boats can be reserved on our new website not just for a few hours but for a full day as many times as you like throughout the year. For more details see the new website http://www.hobieexclusive.co.uk where you can download the application forms.
Membership to Hobie Exclusive is limited to only 50 members to ensure that our customers get the best experience. We have just told 5000+ of you about the scheme so be quick if you don't want to miss out.
JOIN NOW AT http://WWW.HOBIEEXCLUSIVE.CO.UK download the forms by clicking at the bottom of the home page, fill out and post back to us as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. Strictly first come first served.
If you have any queries we would be happy to talk to you on 01202 671661.
Best regards
The Hobie Team