Expedition Rowing

After so many adventures lost the the pandemic, at long last it was time to plan a proper on-water, Jelly Baby-fuelled, Ooievaar-accompanied...

During the coronavirus pandemic, rowers are staying home (protecting our national health services and saving lives), but that doesn't...

Even though us skiffers can't get out on the water because of coronavirus self-isolation, we can still go on our usual springtime mean...

Once upon a time there were five little scullers and their names were Coxy, Hipsy, JV, Mandy and Rachel. They lived in sand banks undernea...

Rowing tourism is definitely a thing. Exploring new and gorgeous scenery while doing the sport you love is a a win-win wherever you are, but...

Skiffing from Lechlade to Teddington (the navigable, non-tidal bit of the Thames) is known in the jargon as a "Meander". If this...

One of the many reasons why this 160km race round Lake Geneva is totally, utterly my favourite rowing event (and why I keep going back) is...

Lake Geneva is mostly calm as well as enchantingly beautiful at the end of September when the 160km Tour du Leman a l'Aviron takes pla...

The Netherlands - basically Xanadu for expedition rowers with its circular routes, respect for this form of rowing, and friendliness to ...

We all like going on holiday. Fact. And we all love rowing. Fact. So rowing on holiday would be like chocolate chip ice cream in a chocola...

As far as I'm concerned, the Netherlands is marathon rowing heaven. I mean, they have an actual marathon CALENDAR, so many are the...

For those of us for whom rowing means heading forwards while going backwards, hanging off our blade handles and - above all - sitting DOWN,...

Let's start with some definitions. "I-Spy" books were much loved by those of us who were kids in the 1970s - and probably...

Ten years ago, I was a cox who could scull. Competently, but not fast enough to win any races. And after 20 year in the sport, I still ha...

In a fine example of that "six degrees of separation" thing, I got an email last Thursday evening from, let's call her A, wh...

I have no idea whether Sir Edmund Hillary thought "I HAVE to do that," when he first realised that Mount Everest had yet to be cli...

If Disney were setting out to create the perfect river, they would surely use the Severn and its dainty sister the Avon, as a model. On...

"What year was that?", you may ask. Was it back in 1948 when women first competed in canoe racing over 500m? No. Maybe in the ...

Read these words: "Rowing club". What did you just think of? A building? Maybe with a bar? And changing rooms? Lots of boats on ...

"Do the Hart van Holland," my Dutch marathon rowing buddies told me. "It's in the Green Heart area and it's really ...