Anthony: Hello my dear Helen! After all these happy-new-year greeting it's time for a recap. Here is a bit of a pictorial review of my year (well holidays really) - interested?
Angela: Great to hear from you again and so soon. Sure I'm interested.
Anthony: Starting with kayaking in May, including Hetty, Ken, Joss (Hetty’s son) and Sarah on the team-sheet.
Anthony: 5 day’s kayaking, where we paddled from the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean, along the Caledonian Canal in Scotland. It is mainly Loch Ness and three smaller lochs, joined up by canal sections, and is about 65 miles long.
Angela: Ant the weather? Scottish?
Anthony: It was the most perfect weather ever (we have had that sort of a summer).
Anthony: <file_photo> and the most stunning countryside.
Anthony: <file_photo> The head of Loch Ness where we wild-camped in an idyllic bluebell glade. Yes this really is Scotland!
Anthony: <file_photo> Me being inert on Loch Lochy.
Anthony: <file_photo> And with Joss and Sarah.
Angela: Wait a sec!
Angela: I don't understand kayaking in these flimsy objects.
Anthony: They aren't flimsy having polyethylene hulls.
Anthony: And some photos from our sailing trip in The Hebrides:
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Anthony: So my sailing trip was back to the Hebrides, but this time to the northern part. Again the weather and scenery were perfect.
Angela: Can't believe it! Looks absolutely stunning.
Anthony: In August I spent 23 days along the Silk Road, from Kyrgyzstan, into western China, then Takikistan and Uzbekistan:
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Anthony: <file_photo> One night I woke up in my Yurt, to find this kitten snuggling up to me.
Angela: Looks as if you were about to take it along with you.
Angela: Did you sleep in yurts?!
Anthony: A marvellous trip through some amazing cities, and spectacular mountain scenery in hotels, guest houses, “home stays”, and camping in Yurts.
Anthony: <file_photo> And finally over Christmas in Morocco with Sarah and Zof.
Angela: Zof again? I wish you did!
Anthony: With Zof and her boyfriend plus Denis I had a week cycling on the Sahara side of the High Atlas mountains in Morocco. The cycling was a bit boring, but we went to some great places and had a great trip.
Angela: Very impressive. Thanks for sharing!!!
Last year Anthony did a lot of travelling all around the world. He did kayaking, camping, sailing and cycling.