South East England & Channel Islands Sea Kayaking is the latest kayaking guide from specialist publishers Pesda Press and like its predecessors, it doesn’t disappoint.
From the tidal creeks of Southampton to the ‘barrier coast’ of north Norfolk, the guide takes us around the coastline of south east England, exploring remote wildernesses, spectacular cliffs and the often overlooked tidal Thames.
With half the book dedicated to south east England, the other half takes us out to the Channel Islands and the myriad isles that can be explored by sea kayak. Whilst the reader might prefer a little more emphasis on the rather more accessible English coast, the second half of the book is still an exciting reading, and if you’ve not already kayaked in the Channel Islands this will definitely whet your appetite.
The guide contains 25 trips around south east England and 21 suggested trips in the Channel Islands, packed into 270 pages. Each suggested trip comes with good navigational and tidal information, comprehensive descriptions, planning maps and useful tips and advice.
The book doesn’t provide a complete description of the south eastern coastline, simply a compilation of some of the best bits – and the authors happily acknowledge that there are other sea kayaking adventures to be had. But hopefully South East England & Channel Islands Sea Kayaking will encourage readers to explore new shores and unique wildernesses that can only be explored by boat, and preferably in a sea kayak!
South East England & Channel Islands Sea Kayaking
Contents:
The south east of England
- Southampton Creeks
- Portsmouth
- Hayling Island
- Chichester Harbour
- Tidal River Arun
- Shoreham to Seaford
- Sussex Ouse
- Seven Sisters
- Hastings to Cliff End
- Folkestone to Kingsdown
- Stour Estuary and Pegwell Bay
- Isle of Thanet
- Isle of Sheppey
- Lower Medway Estuary
- The Thames Forts
- Thames Tideway
- East Thames Tideway
- Walton Backwaters
- Stour
- Orford Ness
- Norfolk Broads Circuit
- Sheringham to Mundesley
- Blakeney Point
- Brancaster Staithe to Wells
- Hunstanton to Brancaster Staithe
- The Channel Crossing
The Channel Islands
- St Helier to Gorey
- Gorey to Bonne Nuit
- St Catherine to Les Écréhous
- Les Écréhous to Carteret (Normandy)
- Anneport (Jersey) to Le Sénéquet light (near Gouville sur Mer, Normandy)
- Le Sénéquet light (near Gouville sur Mer, Normandy) to Les Écréhous
- La Grève de Lecq to Bonne Nuit Bay
- La Grève de Lecq to Les Pierres de Lecq
- La Grève de Lecq to La Corbière
- Belcroute to La Corbière
- Le Ouaisné to Les Minquiers
- Les Minquiers to Chausey (Normandy)
- Jersey to Chausey (Normandy)
- Chausey to Granville (Normandy)
- Jersey to Sark
- Sark
- Jersey to Guernsey
- Havelet to Petit Bôt Bay
- Portelet to Petit Bôt Bay
- Portelet to L’Ancresse Bay
- Guernsey to Sark
- Guernsey to Herm and Jethou
- Herm
- Jethou
- Guernsey to Alderney
- Alderney to Baie d’Écalgrain (Normandy)
- Alderney
- Sea Kayaking in France
Main image: Red Sands Fort, a committing 15km paddle out from Sheerness. Image by Mark Rainsley www.southwestseakayaking.co.uk
South East England & Channel Islands Sea Kayaking
Authors: Derek Hairon, Andy Levick, Mark Rainsley, Mark Gawler, Annie Davis, Guy Smith, John Brett and Kurt Finch
ISBN: 978-1-906095-50-5
Published by Pesda Pess
