Now we are back in Britain, my thoughts turn to friends & family, the work I have been neglecting and what is going on in the world!

Here is a round up of other interesting happenings over the last few weeks.

Many years ago my good friend Cheryl Frost persuaded me to buy a bike and cycle across the Pyrenees mountains with her from coast to coast (and back). It was a great adventure, and back then I could keep up with her! Since then she has led various trekking and bike trips all over the world and she’s recently started her own company, Rather be cycling! Cheryl and her partner offer inspirational bike trips all over the world. Check it out here!

In April, the friendly human dynamo Sarah Outen sets off on her 3 year journey around the globe by bike, rowing boat and kayak. I’m delighted to have been asked to join Sarah on the kayaking sections of her trip, kicking off with a paddle from London to France. We’ll leave Tower Bridge on 1st April. On this trip, Sarah will be rowing solo across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. She has already rowed solo across the Indian ocean, picking up 3 Guinness world records in the process. Sarah has just released her book about this amazing journey, called “A dip in the Ocean”. I’ve heard about a few of the more exciting moments and I can’t wait to read it. You can order it here at a reduced price, or check out Sarah’s website for more info about her big London2London trip.

On the subject of crossings, in case you misssed it, a 64 year old Polish man recently successfully kayaked across the Atlantic ocean. Read about it here.

Australian paddler Stu Trueman is more than half way around Australia at the moment, in a bid to be only the 3rd person to complete the amazing trip.You can follow his journey here.

Another Australian kayaker Sandy Robson is also embarking on an ambitious journey this year. Over a number of years, she is tracing the footsteps of Oskar Speck, who kayaked from Germany to Australia in 1932. She starts in May 2011 with a 6 month paddle from Germany to Cyprus. More info here.

Freya Hoffmeister has announced her next trip which will be to kayak around most of South America over 22 months.

Simon Osborne & Marin Medak are currently kayaking around South Korea.

Harry Wheelan, Jeff Allen & Chris Millington will attempt a speed record around Ireland this Spring in their Rockpool Tarans.

The latest issue of “Adventure Kayak” magazine contains an article about Marcus Demuth’s record breaking paddle around Britain last year, including a photo that Barry took of me filming Marcus. I like the caption they used: “This is Marcus”. There is also a technique article by my good friend Shawna Franklin of Body Boat Blade, with endorsement from other experienced coaches.

Last week, I spotted a recent review of one of my first DVDs, ‘This is the Sea 2’ by the popular and topical blog KayakYak. If you haven’t seen it… maybe it’s time you did!?

For anyone interested in other people’s take on our Tierra del Fuego trip, a few websites reported on the journey. The website Explorers Web interviewed me prior to our trip to Tierra del Fuego. You can read the article here.

They published an update when we came home!

Adventure Kayak magazine was following the trip with updates on their website, including this final one.

KANU magazine followed the trip with some reports in German. The start. Later on.

Gianfranco Liotta from Sicily translated all of our TDF blog posts into Italian and posted them as ‘notes’ in facebook. Here is the link, although maybe you have to be a friend of Gianfranco’s to read them?

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