Captain JP's log

On Sunday went exploring the Wandle Trail, covering the first (or last, depending which way you look at it) third of the river from the Tha...

The 2008 Oxford Cambridge Boat Race was a bit of a wash out. Firstly it was cold, wet and windy - just look at the umbrellas above. Then of ...

While walking along the South Bank saw this boat sailing through the City. It went by St Pauls and then under the Millennium, London and Tow...

By the South Bank there is a tiny strip of beach. If you look down you will see something the picture above - mud, rocks and rubbish. Of the...

Was in the City around lunch time and popped over to the South Bank to see the completion of, well, not sure what to call it. But it was whe...

There hasn't been an election like it. Not just two but three candidates battle it out for the world's most powerful position. They ...

As the competition for the America's Cup becomes ever more a battle of lawyers rather than boats its well worth reading this , an open l...

These are disposable lighters, designed to work for at most a few weeks and then be thrown away. The phrase "thrown away" makes it...

In The Rime of the Ancient Mariner a ship sailing in the deep south is cursed after the narrator kills a Albatross with his cross bow. But ...

Fancy a life at sea - and getting paid for it? Then get ready to sign up as the world's shipping companies are waiting for you. There...

You couldn't make it up. Stewart Hill got the nick-name " Captain Calamity " after a disastrous round Britain started badly, g...

After lunch today at the National Portrait gallery (extremely pleasant and lovely views) went round the corner to pop into the neighbouring ...

The snow was quickly blown away by the north-westerlies leaving these clouds that look a bit Turner-esque. Though that association could be ...

I was thinking of going sailing over Easter - even emailing one sailing company asking about the options for the Red Funnel series, but they...

Story this week in the soar-away current bun about the commuter who forgoes the dubious pleasure of bus travel by paddling his canoe down th...

Commuting in London can be a bit of a pain. There is much grumbling about the long delays, random halts, packed carriages, and over-running ...

I've recently finished reading Sally Kettle's " Sally's Odd as Sea ", which I very much enjoyed. In it Sally explains ...

Traffic jam on the Thames as the last remaining eights of the Head of River Race jostle for position to get in to the Putney Embankment. The...

On the afternoon of the 2nd day in Dublin took the DART line train south to Bray. This is one of those lovely railway lines that for much of...