Lee Valley White Water Canoe Centre in Broxbourne

A group of 6 white water slalom canoeists had to be rescued from the swollen River Tees on Saturday.

The BBC website has a video about Lewis Gordon Pughs plans to kayak from Norway to the North Pole.  He believes that the Polar Ice cap has melted to such an extent that this trip will now be possible. The environmental activist more usually associated with marathon swimming challenges has now turned to Kayaking to [...]

Some pictures of my day in Portsmouth