SHARK BAY BLOG
Wildlife Filming – Costa Rica
Wildlife Filming...
Wildlife Filming is never predictable. They said we'd never get the shots! They said that it took the BBC a year to get their footage. We allowed ourselves a window of 10 days and didn't really hold out any hope. But on…
Filming Turtles in Guinea Bissau
Filming turtles on Poilão Island
Fionn and I have just got back from filming turtles in Guinea Bissau. It's probably the remotest place I've ever been - Poilau Island, way out in the Atlantic - 2 days on small open boats - it doesn't even…
PADDLE AGAINST PLASTIC POLLUTION – THE CROSSING!
Well a year in the planning and the Paddle Against Plastic Pollution finally happened. At dawn on a perfect July Monday morning the team set off from Porthcurno Beach at the very west of Cornwall to head for Scilly. We mentioned the plan in…
TO RUSSIA WITH LOVE – PART 5
The long road home...
When planning the trip, Finland's Archipelago Sea had intrigued me. Have a look for yourself on a map. The more you zoom in the more islands you discover. It reminded me of staring at the sky on a clear cloudless sky.…
TO RUSSIA WITH LOVE – PART 4
And now the best part of the trip...
So far the trip has had its ups and its downs. Particularly in the early stages! My fault - we left too early in the Baltic boating season to get the best out of it. As a result we encountered empty harbours,…
Barrel Jellyfish
Barrel Jellyfish
Every year they appear off our Cornish coast in swarms. As big as a dustbin lid these aliens have been drifting through our oceans for over 500 million years. Jellyfish - the very name strikes terror - and these are giants!
Yet…