Following such generous donations beyond all expectation,
we have created an Instagram page where we will post pictures as we go along:

https://www.instagram.com/londonlandsend/



London to Lands End by kayak

This summer, Raf and I are planning to go by kayak from London to Lands End in Cornwall. We will be doing the 400 mile trip over two weeks from Friday 15^th June. The route we will take is from Hammersmith along the Thames to Weybridge, then along the canal to Pulborough to join the Arun river, joining the sea at Littlehampton and following the south coast past the Isle of Wight, Bournemouth, Weymouth, Exeter, Plymouth and into Cornwall. We will camp each night and hope to cover 30 to 40 miles a day, depending on weather and tides.

The main challenges will be fighting very strong tides of up to 6mph at headlands, particularly in Devon and Cornwall, passing the very exposed Lizard peninsula, the southernmost point in England, potential storms coming up from the Atlantic, navigating a half built canal between Guildford and Pulborough and keeping warm for such a long amount of time. As this particular journey hasn’t often been done before, it should be an exciting challenge and a good way to see English countryside and coast in a unique way.

Having decided to do this trip, I then thought of raising some sponsorship for my colleague and good friend at work Liz.
Liz has Multiple Schlerosis a muscle disease that restricts one’s ability to enjoy sport and hearty exercise and weakens the immune system, particularly during the winter. Currently there is not yet a cure for this disease. It seemed sporting to raise funds for the Multiple Sclerosis Society support people with this disease and engage in research to
help end MS in the future.

If you would like to sponsor our attempt at this trip to raise money for the MS association, that would be very much appreciated.

If you happen to be free and would like to meet us anywhere along the way, the progress we would hope to make each day would be:

Saturday 16^th – Guildford
Sunday 17^th – Pulborough
Monday 18^th – West Wittering
Tuesday 19^th – Yarmouth, Isle of Wight
Wednesday 20^th – Swanage
Thursday 21^st – Weymouth
Friday 22^nd – West Bay, Bridport

Saturday and Sunday 23^rd/24^th –
Dawlish Warren, nr. Exeter Devon – Weekend of camping and BBQs on the sand dunes

Monday 25^th – Salcombe
Tuesday 26^th – Portwrinkle, Cornwall
Wednesday 27^th – St Mawes/Falmouth
Thursday 28^th – Lizard Peninsula
Friday 29^th – Mousehole
Saturday 30^th – Lands End