To the top of the Deben….blog

I took the little dinghy as far up the deben as I could manage

I have flown a few kites in the structure of this film. Youtube will tell me when you give up watching.

This is about Sailing around Britain.

20 Responses to “To the top of the Deben….blog”

  1. 22 September, 2017 at 10:10 amStephen Mundane says:

    Can’t think of many better ways to spend a couple of hours every day.

  2. 22 September, 2017 at 11:14 amTed B. (Charging Rhino) says:

    What extraordinary clouds… your camera occasionally catches the most amazing contrasts in tone. A watercolourist’s sky. Makes me want to break-out my brushes…

  3. 22 September, 2017 at 2:24 pmjack says:

    Well that was different D ! I liked it Therefore I tap……….

  4. 22 September, 2017 at 2:42 pmJim Legere says:

    Thanks for that Dylan. You haven’t lost your touch…lovely!

  5. 22 September, 2017 at 8:06 pmHerman Verheij says:

    Now that’s how I like my action movies!

  6. 23 September, 2017 at 12:42 amBryanD says:

    Good one, like that guy’s idea to set the boom at 45 degree to prevent the wild life perching on it. That Fisher 25 keeps taunting you every time you’re on the river, I’ve noticed that its always in shot

  7. 23 September, 2017 at 12:48 amBryanD says:

    What are the rules about taking a boat to a river? Are there any? Who’s responsible, is it all the EA? Does the end of the navigation mean that you’re not allowed beyond or is quite simply the point where most boats cannot go further.
    The Great Ouse in Bedford is a licensed waterway, obviously through the EA but there are lots of other smaller rivers, what about them? For example the River Esk at Whitby.
    Are canoes allowed just about anywhere?

  8. 23 September, 2017 at 4:07 amTed B. (Charging Rhino) says:

    I just realized that you’re rowing past the famous Sutton Hoo ship-burial site on the Deben, just South of the Wilford Bridge you passed-under. You’re rowing on historic waters….

    https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/sutton-hoo

    **so jealous**

  9. 23 September, 2017 at 6:33 amdylan winter says:

    it was all owned by the vikings around here. Then they got kicked north. Their last toehold on the mainland was right up in southerland where the last film ended. I will do an item about them and their relationship with the McKays.

  10. 23 September, 2017 at 6:37 amdylan winter says:

    this is just the top of an estuary. We went as far up as the rowing would allow. Canoes can get a bit further but the waterway eventually turns into a shallow way through the reeds. You can trace the river on google earth. Jill and I are going back on foot to have a look at low tide

  11. 23 September, 2017 at 6:39 amdylan winter says:

    I had not noticed the boom…. and as for the fishers… there are three on my patch of the deben alone. Odin is right by the foreshore where I launch the dingy. I see it every time I go on the water …. which is at least once a day. I even see it when I take the dog for a walk. Maybe I could borrow it.

  12. 23 September, 2017 at 2:08 pmRonG says:

    You’re actually travelling quite a way in your “couple of hours”. I know you’re going with the tide when you can but you’re obviously getting so fit that you’re fitting in superhero missions too. I’m impressed.

  13. 23 September, 2017 at 9:13 pmdylan winter says:

    That morning I was on the boat for about five hours – rowing for maybe four. I am getting really fit.. the fat is going slowly. Might be time to start taking steroids or hormones.

  14. 24 September, 2017 at 1:30 pmRonG says:

    Well, if your body is getting used to using some blubber for fuel, then resist the beer and food for a bit after you finish your row to keep that blubber munching metabolism going for a few more hours. If however you go down the hormone route, then don’t buy them from China or I suspect you could possibly enter the fray as reborn boating babe flouncing your boobs and hair around the screen. You’ll have to get the girls to help you work on the pout.

  15. 24 September, 2017 at 2:19 pmdylan winter says:

    sadly I have not touched beer for about three months…. no bread…. no pasta… no rice…

    worst of all…. no shreddies for breakfast

    instead it is meat, salad, yoghurt, nuts.

    I continue to drink red wine. Some sacrifices are not worth the candle.

  16. 24 September, 2017 at 4:41 pmRonG says:

    No beer? But I was going to drop some off on your boat while passing…..
    Oh well………

  17. 24 September, 2017 at 5:03 pmdylan winter says:

    beer keeps brilliantly in the bilges – I plan to take a break from the no beer rule over Christmas so I could start building up a bit of a store for a massive binge

  18. 25 September, 2017 at 10:48 amTed B. Charging Rhino says:

    Before modern yacht refrigeration, long-distance cruisers would take cases of beer to a commercial flash-freezing plant, then used the frozen cans like we use “Blue Ice” packs in their ice chests. Apparently flash-freezing preserves the beer’s quality, and it stays colder longer since the water and alcohol doesn’t have time to separate first. It also is “colder” due to the lower freeze point due to the alcohol and the extra pressure. Now that beer has a flip top tab you can’t do this trick, it only works for old school cans that required a church key opener.

    And the beer cans on the top thawed faster, so you could drink them first. And your icebox stayed dry if you controlled the condensation.

  19. 28 September, 2017 at 10:26 amColin says:

    Lovely film Dylan, a bit different from some of your stuff but very watch able. Really liked your good deed with the rescue!
    Looking forward to you purchasing that Fisher 25.
    Good luck, keep safe.
    Colin

  20. 1 October, 2017 at 7:11 pmTim says:

    ‘Are canoes allowed just about anywhere?’

    Depends..
    On tidal rivers yes but once they become non-tidal then you need permission from who is responsible for the upkeep of that river (eg The EA) and either buy a licence or fee to use them.
    The same applies to canals.

    However…
    If you are a member of The BCU, a part of your membership fee goes to the EA so you don’t need to pay.
    Also if you are a member of a club, many have permits for members who are not BCU members to use rivers.

    But…
    Some river beds (but not the water above them) are owned by landowners who have riparian rights as to who can use they land.
    Anglers pay to fish and some canoeists pay to launch and paddle through.

    Finally…
    I think the law in Scotland may be different.

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