WHO'S THIS PACKAGE FROM?

Last week I got a package in the mail, it was from someone named Andrew Head who is a bush craft instructor. In the package, he sent me an extremely detailed letter, four detailed booklets of advice, tips and facts as well as a book called "the S.A.S survival hand book!" I shall be reading all of the above and post some key points from them on here, as well as writing a thank you letter to Andrew. I hopefully be going on my first trip in March! I hope you have enjoyed reading my blog! Asher

GREAT NEWS!!!

Last week when in the pool, I managed to do not one, not two, not three but four Eskimo rolls in a row for the first time ever!!! I know it's a bit late since my due date, but better late than never eh! M y instructor named Dave told me I had a few more crucial points to work on, but their out the way I can practice some more in the sea! more exciting news should be coming soon, so look out for it! I hope you have enjoyed reading my blog!

EDIBLE PLANTS

Last week I researched some edible plants that can be found in most areas, here is a list of where to find them and name (sorry about no picture type into Google imags.) 1. Number one is called Amaranth, this edible weeds is fully edible but watch out for spines on the leaves. Whilst being edible the plant contains oxalic acid, it is recommended that you boil the leaves before you eat them, after boiling DO NOT drink the water. This plant is native to the Americas but is found in most Continents. 2.Number two is wild asparagus, wild asparagus has a much thinner stalk the store bought stuff.When eating asparagus cook it like you would at home. It grows in the wild in most countries. 3.Number three is none other than that pesky weed, dandelions! The whole plant is edible, leves, flower roots and all, eat the leaves when their young, like most plants their leaves taste less bitter young, use the flower as a garnish for your dandelion leaf salad and boil the roots in water then drink the water as some dandelion tea! Found in grassy areas, parks gardens and more! Thank you for reading my blog I hope you enjoyed it!

Moving On

It seems like forever since I last wrote! Sorry about that, but now I have a new Endeavour! I've chosen bushcraft which strangly can relate to Kayaking! I am going to go on a trip to a place called Prhoig point which has a bothie on it. Me and my dad are going to go and stay in the bothie because it will help me to train myself in the arts of bushcraft. I am also going to go on a special kayaking trip on the last weekend of March! It's a bring your own tent trip so me and my dad are going to bring and test out our new Vango Banshee that weighs only 2.5 KG! When it's closer to the time I'll fill you in on it! I hope you enjoyed reading my Blog!

Endeavour Project - Final Trip

Hi! I am sorry for how long it has been since I updated this blog. Above is a map of where I went kayaking for my endeavour. Me and my Dad started at Lagavulin, then we went round the coast, towards the island of Texa then turned back to have lunch on a little beach. After lunch we started off again and went towards the little beach near the light house, which is behind our house! In total I paddled 10 Km and it took us 4 hours, including lunch. By the end I felt pretty tired, but was really happy to have done it. My Daddy was very proud of me. As you know my project is finished but I will keep on writing this blog as a record of what I plan to do in my kayaking adventure, and for proof in further exams. thank you for reading, I hope you enjoyed it.

ENDING MY ENDEAVOUR

The last time I wrote it was nearly time to have the class endeavour fair which is where everyone in my class shows what they have learnt in endeavour. today I finished off my endeavour by doing a kayaking trip from Ardbeg, to Texa, for lunch, and then back to the small beach behind our house. There were a few seals out there in the bay today, one of them even followed us for a little, so we got quite a few pictures of them and our surroundings.

Meeting Harold Hastie

My name is Asher, this blog is about a kayaking expedition from Islay to Jura that is for my Endeavour topic at school. This particular blog is about the day I went to see Mr Harold Hastie the coast guard. It was Sunday the 28th of April when I went to see him along with my Dad. When we arrived, we all sat down and talked together about my trip. Mr Harold Hastie said that it was a very ambitious task but with a lot of effort it could be managed. He also gave me some very good advice, he said that on VHF radio channel sixteen is the distress channel, his best tip was to not go on the trip if the weather was not good. He even told us what type of flare we should bring, he said we should bring red distress flares for in the afternoon and night, and orang smoke flares for the day because you can see smoke better than you can red when its day time. I hope you have enjoyd reading my blog!