This is an unpretentious personal account by Jasper Winn of his solo sea kayaking journey
around Ireland .
Spurred on sometimes by the goal of completing
the trip, and sometimes by the goad of realizing how dumb he'd appear if he
gave up after proudly announcing to someone in a pub what he aimed to do, Winn
pushed his way all around the Irish coast in one of the wettest summers in history.
I enjoyed Winn's stream-of-consciousness delivery. It's
exactly how things pass through your mind on a long solo trip: the anxieties
about landing, the possibility of running into something alive and big with teeth, a
lusting for food, or company, or uncertainty about what that flashing light
means. It's also how things materialize, like flotsam on a beach, sorted by
size and type by the waves, or how people appear out of the mist when you
think yourself alone, or take you into their home and feed you when you're trying to pin down your tent in a gale.
He sets out to complete his trip planning to find guitars
to play and friends to meet in the local pubs, a roof over his head when he
gets tired of being storm-bound in a tent and the possibility of a hot shower
and a restaurant meal when fancy takes. He's not out to break a record set by anyone else, or win any race, instead it's a personal challenge.
If like me you enjoy sea kayaking, or think you might, and
you'd like to know what it takes to launch from your home town to take what
comes day by day, or if you'd simply like to know more about Ireland, then
you'll find Jasper Winn's book a pleasing read.
Published by "A Sort of Books" in UK
ISBN 978-0-95600-388-1
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