Jurassic Paddle Sports set up. Sidmouth beach, Devon.
Early morning setting up.
Song is not my own.
Mackerel chasing white bait at Seaton Beach August 2016 filmed from a SUP board
Mackerel running through the white bait at Seaton, Devon. The mackerel go into a feeding frenzy and chase the white bait who hug the shoreline for safety. Amazing nature in Seaton. Filmed from a Stand Up Paddle board August 2016. sbwatersports.co.uk
Budleigh Salterton to Exmouth (via Sandy Bay) Jurassic Coast Walk - Photos
Photos from a walk from Budleigh Salterton to Exmouth (and back!)
A rarely breaking Lyme Bay point break!
Oakdown Holiday Park receives prestigious AA Award
Judges reveal secrets of campsite success
You’ve met the Hotel Inspectors – now meet the Campsite Inspectors! The judges from the AA’s prestigious Caravan and Camping Awards are coming to stay at Britain’s top site.
Oakdown Touring and Holiday Park near Sidmouth is the reigning Campsite of the Year after beating more than 900 other entrants from across England, Scotland and Wales. And now the judges are back – this time to check out the competition for the 2016 awards.
David Hancock, co-ordinator of the AA Caravan and Camping Scheme, said: “Today’s campers expect so much more than previous generations. Just because we’re away from home doesn’t mean we don’t want home comforts like privacy, clean and warm bathrooms and good access to the internet.
“Top campsites should be a real home from home, just like Oakdown.”
Great customer care, he added, was also vital: “This is one thing that all our award winners have paid attention to. How well guests are looked after from the moment they arrive can make or break any holiday.
“Location also plays a significant part in the choice of our winners ¬– the park must be in a place people want to visit. In addition, we look closely at the way pitches are set out in terms of size and layout. They need to be nicely landscaped and with good privacy.
“Improvements to facilities can also score highly, especially if they have enhanced that all-important customer experience. For instance, spacious bathrooms for families are becoming more important, and they should be warm and very clean too. If there is more than one bathroom block, they should all be to the same standard.
“Indeed, all the park’s facilities must be clean and well appointed.”
Now Oakdown, which has been owned, developed and run by the Franks family for 43 years, is to host the judges for next year’s awards. Alastair Franks said: “We are continually investing in Oakdown to improve our facilities across the board to make our guests as comfortable as possible, and we are thrilled that the commitment shown by us and our staff has been recognised by the judges of this prestigious awards scheme.
“Now as the judges are visiting other sites in the area, it’s a great honour for us to have them stay here – but where could be better?
“This is the latest feather in our cap, coming on top of recent awards from the Jurassic Coast Quality Business scheme, Practical Caravan, Alan Rogers’ Good Camps Guide and Visit England, to name but a few.”
Oakdown has its own nine-hole golf course, a shop and cafe and internet kiosk, as well as wifi via a dedicated satellite.
The AA judges said: “Oakdown, situated on the Jurassic Coast just a few miles from Sidmouth, is the perfect holiday base, with spacious pitches, very comfortable facilities and a warm welcome from the Franks family and their attentive team. A worthy winner of the Best in England and Overall Campsite of the Year Award!”
The recipe for success ¬– eight steps to a top AA award:
1: Improved facilities meaning improved customer experience
2: Excellent pitch layout, size and landscaping
3: Spacious, warm and clean bathrooms
4: Services such as water and sanitation being conveniently located
5: Pleasant, natural surroundings
6: Good reception facilities and parking
7: Customer care from the moment of arrival
8: Being in a popular location.
For further information or interviews please contact KOR Communications on 01392 466733 or email beth.may@korcommunications.co.uk
World of Nathan. Sidmouth EX10 8RU
World of Nathan. Sidmouth EX10 8RU
About Sidmouth
Where is Sidmouth?
Sidmouth is in the county of Devon in the Southwest of England, an area of outstanding natural beauty. The town is on the beautiful Jurassic coast, a World Heritage site.
What is Sidmouth like?
Sidmouth is a small, safe and friendly seaside town with excellent leisure facilities. It is quintessentially English, with traditional architecture, shops, restaurants and cafes for you to enjoy and the opportunity for many sports such as horse riding, golf, walking and water sports. There are numerous places to visit - see Social and Cultural Programme
Where is the school?
The main school is in the centre of town, 5 minutes from the sea. There are 11 classrooms for adults in the main building and separate teenage and junior departments nearby (15 classrooms).
When is the best time to come to Sidmouth?
It depends on you, Sidmouth is a town for all seasons.
Spring - new life, new friends, new skills
Summer - bright sun, blue sea, vacation courses for the family
Autumn - changing colours, carnivals, exams courses
Winter - log fires, bright lights, festivities
Exmouth to Sidmouth boat
Speed boat 140 Suzuki exmouth to Sidmouth
Kayaking 2015 Final Cut
kayaking edit of various places in Dorset
kayaker - Michael Sadler
filmed and edited by - Michael Sadler
song - M83 Midnight City
i do not own this song, all credits go to the Artist
Flooding And Erosion Damage Across The UK
Cliffs have been left crumbling, beaches and sand dunes eroded, defences breached, and shorelines and harbours damaged by up to 80mph gales and tidal surges.
The National Trust has warned with more extreme weather predicted, the rate of change on the coasts will speed up.
Sky News presenter Jeremy Thompson spent Friday flying over some of the worst affected areas in Dorset and Hampshire, as well as the flood-hit parts of Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire and the Thames Valley that have been left saturated by more than six weeks of heavy rainfall.
Over the coast of Hampshire between Boscombe and Bournemouth, he saw evidence of a landslide.
Parts of the coastline have suffered seven years of erosion in two months
He said: It's very fresh, 20m of the cliff-face has literally fallen away and there's a lot of activity round the base of it at the moment.
Studland Bay has lost up to 10m of its beach this winter. Trees have been left strewn across the beach, footpaths have vanished and beach huts left teetering on the brink.
Speaking to Sky News on the beach, Elli MacDonald from the National Trust said: We've seen up to 10m of erosion just in the last two weeks.
We've had big chunks of chalk come off onto the beach, we've had a fairly significant landslide to the south of the bay, which we've had to cordon off, and some concrete steps are kind of floating in mid-air because of the erosion.
Flooded fields in Longford, Gloucestershire, seen from the Skycopter
Nearby Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour, recently voted Britain's favourite nature reserve, has also lost several metres of coast.
Head ranger Reuben Hawkwood said: Our shoreline has been ravaged by the high tides and record-breaking winds.
We've lost several metres of coast in some areas, our cliffs are crumbling at an incredible rate and it has broken through some of our remaining sea wall below the castle which has required a very quick fix to prevent it threatening buildings.
The weather has destroyed some of our beach access, washing out steps and eroding cliffs which are frighteningly close to paths.
The speed of erosion at Birling Gap on the East Sussex coast - which marks the start of the white chalk cliffs of the Seven Sisters - has been breathtaking, according to Jane Cecil, National Trust general manager for the South Downs.
Abereiddi in Pembrokeshire, where the sea has been advancing
We've had about seven years of erosion in just two months. As a result of this loss of coastline, we are having to act now and take down the sun lounge and ice cream parlour, safeguarding the integrity of the rest of the building. We have to think long-term, she said.
In Longford, Gloucestershire, which has suffered from weeks of flooding, residents are concerned by plans for 570 new homes to be built near land that has been underwater for weeks.
Phil Awford from Gloucestershire County Council told Sky News: The misery we saw this morning at Sandhurst in particular, where people are sacrificing their homes saying they don't want to go back there, that's a terrible situation to be in - and it's very difficult to say to people, 'We're going to build these houses above you', when they know there are no offers potentially going to go in for their homes.
In Datchet, Berkshire, businesses have suffered enormous financial loss as a result of the flooding.
Restaurateur Domenico Bosa-Whyte, who has been out of business for two weeks, told Sky News: For us the financial costs have been enormous. We cannot carry on seeing these kind of things happening. This has dragged on for two weeks and the costs are enormous.
Everyone has now pulled together but before the floods things were not in place.
You can make cutbacks in life but sometimes you have to look at what you're cutting back on because you end up paying more money out.
Other sites affected by the winter storms include Mullion Harbour in Cornwall, Rhossili on the Gower Peninsula, important wildlife sites at Blakeney, Norfolk, and Orford Ness, Suffolk, Murlough national nature reserve in Northern Ireland and Formby in Merseyside.
The National Trust, which owns more than 740 miles of coastline around England, Wales and Northern Ireland, has called for more long-term planning to minimise the impact of the changing climate.
We're expecting more extremes, less predictability, more stormy events, combined with an underlying issue of rising sea levels, he said.
Waves Attempted Surfing And Grey Waters - South Coast England
Walk to Sandy Bay
A walk along the south coast path from Exmouth to Sandy Bay
UBKC Devon Surf Trip 2012
UBKC goes Surf kayaking!
Created By William Hoad
shot on a contour HD, & goPro
Power Boat Racing In Exmouth
This was filmed with a Gopro 3+ Black on a Phantom Vision at 720p and 100 fps. This was interesting filming racing boats over the sea, all of the time you are thinking please do not fall into the water. I just managed to catch the end of some local races on the “duck pond” in Exmouth.
AIT Kayaking Journey
Paddled from Studland to Swanage Bay and finished with a bit of surfing.
Filmed on GoPro Hero 3+
Sea Kayaking and Surfing in Devon
Out in Salcombe on a rough day in some Delphin Surf Sea Kayaks doing some Rock Hopping and Surfing along the coast line. Filmed on a GoPro Hero 2 and produced by Vanilla Thunder Productions.
Location: Salcombe
I DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO THE SONG
Abbotsbury Hill Climb (road bike footage)
GoPro footage of cycling Abbotsbury Hill, Dorset
The Grizzly run start at Seaton on the 13th March 2016
Oh yey! A lovely day for the Grizzly Run at Seaton, Devon, 13th March 2016.
Seaton Holiday Part 3
We visit the city of Exeter and seaside town Budleigh Salterton,
4 in the air at Baiter
out with friends one summer night in Dorset
BOYLOS WAVE OF THE WINTER - Callum Taylor 3 - Lyme Regis
Another great ride from local grommet charger Callum Taylor! Email your entry to info@boylos.co.uk for your chance to win the prize worth £1,133.74!