“How do you bring the underwater world alive for young children?” That was the challenge we faced when Karen Goonewardene and I were planning a creative workshop for the children of St Paul’s Steiner School in Islington, North London, as part of the community outreach side of the Sail Britain Coastline Project. Karen is a… More How do you teach kids about marine noise pollution?

In a few weeks, I will be boarding an evening train out of London for a one hour journey to the edge of somewhere remote. Somewhere untouched by the fast pace of modern civilisation and at the same time a place which directly facilitates it. The creeks and backwaters of the Suffolk coast hold a… More Secret East Coast

A voyage like the Sail Britain Coastline Project places interesting demands on the boat which will make it all possible. My first principle is that SBCP should have a boat of its own, rather than relying on chartering or borrowing boats from other people or organisations. If people are going to sign up for something… More Musings on boats

Earlier in the year, my friend Elsa Hammond (author, editor and ocean rower) suggested I go the the Explore conference at the Royal Geographical Society. Explore brings together adventurers, environmentalists, scientists, those who love the great outdoors, and for the first time this year, artists, for an annual weekend of inspiration, expedition planning and networking,… More Inspiration and Encouragement – Explore Conference at the RGS

Norfolk is all about horizon, the line between the two hemispheres of the sky and the earth which, here, are almost equal in magnitude. The flatness of the land intensifies this horizontality and my images explore their relationship

Today we will set off for the Norfolk Broads on the first chapter of the Sail Britain Coastline Project. Up until now, it has been an idea which has been growing in my mind for several years, fed partly by dreams of just setting sail, and partly by my very tangible adventures as a skipper… More Imagining the Broads