http://www.cackletv.com snippets of life from an adventure filmmaker Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:31:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 http://www.cackletv.com/2010/03/14/canoecopia-closes/ http://www.cackletv.com/2010/03/14/canoecopia-closes/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:26:16 +0000 Justine http://www.cackletv.com/?p=1770  I’m in a kind of daze from 3 busy days at Canoecopia, the biggest canoe & kayak trade show in North America with around 20,000 people usually coming through the doors, excited about the start of the paddling season, wanting to spend hard earned cash on new goodies and to listen to a range [...]]]> http://www.cackletv.com/2010/03/14/canoecopia-closes/feed/ 1 http://www.cackletv.com/2010/03/10/wisconsin-llanberis-queensferry-london/ http://www.cackletv.com/2010/03/10/wisconsin-llanberis-queensferry-london/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:03:44 +0000 Justine http://www.cackletv.com/?p=1762 “This is Canoeing” is coming to a place near you …. if you live near Madison in Wisconsin, Llanberis, Queensferry or London anyway. Today I’m putting together last minute preparations for my presentation about ‘behind the scenes of “This Canoeing”‘ at the huge trade show that is Canoecopia, which takes place in Madison this weekend. I [...]]]> http://www.cackletv.com/2010/03/10/wisconsin-llanberis-queensferry-london/feed/ 1 http://www.cackletv.com/2010/03/09/reviews-of-this-is-canoeing/ http://www.cackletv.com/2010/03/09/reviews-of-this-is-canoeing/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:38:16 +0000 Justine http://www.cackletv.com/?p=1741 I’ve been impatiently waiting to see reviews of “This is Canoeing” start to appear on the internet. While the DVD isn’t ‘out’ until Friday, I sent review copies to magazines and websites and sent copies to the people featured in the DVD. These reviews have started to appear. Here is a review from the current [...]]]> http://www.cackletv.com/2010/03/09/reviews-of-this-is-canoeing/feed/ 0 http://www.cackletv.com/2010/03/08/all-work-and-no-play-2/ http://www.cackletv.com/2010/03/08/all-work-and-no-play-2/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:21:44 +0000 Justine http://www.cackletv.com/?p=1746 … I’ve been doing my best not to be dull recently and have enjoying the fine weather of the  last week. I’ve been mixing my days between work and pleasure. It’s weeks like this where I really appreciate living in North Wales and being so close to fantastic playgrounds for many different disciplines. On Friday [...]]]> http://www.cackletv.com/2010/03/08/all-work-and-no-play-2/feed/ 0 http://www.cackletv.com/2010/03/05/unfinished-business/ http://www.cackletv.com/2010/03/05/unfinished-business/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:40:55 +0000 Justine http://www.cackletv.com/?p=1717 2 weeks ago, John Domoney and I tried to climb up Wales’ highest mountain via the Trinity Gully on the North Face, a lovely looking grade 1/2 winter route. We were both very excited by the adventure up Snowdon but due to an unexpected white out, a bitter cold wind and the [...]]]> http://www.cackletv.com/2010/03/05/unfinished-business/feed/ 2 http://www.cackletv.com/2010/03/03/best-professional-documentary-for-dougie-down-the-pet/ http://www.cackletv.com/2010/03/03/best-professional-documentary-for-dougie-down-the-pet/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:40:51 +0000 Justine http://www.cackletv.com/?p=1708 “Dougie Down the Pet”, one of the 12 films in “This is Canoeing” has won the best professional documentary film at the American National Paddling Film Festival. I’m very excited to win this award, especially as it’s a film festival that I keep missing the deadline to enter. I entered “This is the Sea” [...]]]> http://www.cackletv.com/2010/03/03/best-professional-documentary-for-dougie-down-the-pet/feed/ 0 http://www.cackletv.com/2010/03/01/1689/ http://www.cackletv.com/2010/03/01/1689/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:18:40 +0000 Justine http://www.cackletv.com/?p=1689 It was a beautiful, warm, sunny Spring day today with a HUGE tide. Barry, Roger Chandler and I decided it was a fine day to paddle 22 nautical miles around Holy island. I’m sure many people don’t know that the town and harbour of Holyhead is actually on an island, to the west of the island of [...]]]> http://www.cackletv.com/2010/03/01/1689/feed/ 1 http://www.cackletv.com/2010/02/27/myths-of-the-mountain-river/ http://www.cackletv.com/2010/02/27/myths-of-the-mountain-river/#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:33:03 +0000 Justine http://www.cackletv.com/?p=1682 The latest edition of “Canoe & Kayak UK” magazine featured an article I wrote giving 10 reasons why you should make a trip to the Mountain River in Canada’s Northwest Territories. I had an amazing 2 weeks travelling 370km down this wild river last August with the guiding company Blackfeather. It’s an expensive place to [...]]]> http://www.cackletv.com/2010/02/27/myths-of-the-mountain-river/feed/ 0 http://www.cackletv.com/2010/02/24/i-spy-this-is-canoeing/ http://www.cackletv.com/2010/02/24/i-spy-this-is-canoeing/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:44:36 +0000 Justine http://www.cackletv.com/?p=1668 There are lots of website and forums anticipating the release of “This is Canoeing” in just over 2 weeks. It’s been fun for me to read some of people’s comments and impressions of the preview clip. If you haven’t seen it, click here. I am looking forward to people being able to watch the whole [...]]]> http://www.cackletv.com/2010/02/24/i-spy-this-is-canoeing/feed/ 1 http://www.cackletv.com/2010/02/15/1653/ http://www.cackletv.com/2010/02/15/1653/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:21:46 +0000 Justine http://www.cackletv.com/?p=1653 I had an unusual phone call on Thursday asking if I’d help film a crazy young man who wanted to cycle off the end of Bangor Pier! I decided that anyone who would consider doing that in February in Wales, with snow on the mountains behind him should be supported! Plus it gave me the chance to work [...]]]> http://www.cackletv.com/2010/02/15/1653/feed/ 0