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'A fantastic voyage. Mad, inspiring, funny and a great read.' --Nick Crane
'A gripping account...at turns frightening, comic, uplifting. Whether you're a paddler or not, don't miss it.' --Outsider
'I really enjoyed Paddle - a genuine adventure story with nothing gimmicky and dangers understated.' --Dervla Murphy
'A highly entertaining journey ... Winn combines the hair-raising days on the sea with nights in traditional pubs.' --Sunday Times
'A gripping account...at turns frightening, comic, uplifting. Whether you're a paddler or not, don't miss it.' --Outsider
'I really enjoyed Paddle - a genuine adventure story with nothing gimmicky and dangers understated.' --Dervla Murphy
'A highly entertaining journey ... Winn combines the hair-raising days on the sea with nights in traditional pubs.' --Sunday Times
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One summer, writer and musician, Jasper Winn set himself an extraordinary task. He would kayak the whole way round Ireland - a thousand miles - camping on remote headlands and islands, carousing in bars and paddling clockwise until he got back where he started. But in the worst Irish summer in living memory the pleasures of idling among seals, fulmars and fishing boats soon gave way to heroic struggles through storm-tossed seas ... and lock-ins playing music in coastal pubs. Circling the country where he grew up, Jasper reflects on life at the very fringes of Ireland, the nature and lore of its seas, and his own eccentric upbringing - sprung from school at age ten and left free to explore the countryside and its traditional life. Charming, quietly epic, and with an irresistible undertow of wit, Paddle is a low-tech adventure that captures the sheer joy of a misty morning on Ireland's coast. As the sun breaks through, you'll be longing to set off too.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
what a terrific book this is. The jaunty cover might lead you to think it's one of those light-hearted travel pieces in the style of Tony Hawks, and indeed there are several laugh out loud sections and a continual self-deprecating humour. But it balances amusing anecdote and pageturning readability with a number of deeper, more enduring threads that run throughout the narrative. Winn's life-long relationship with Ireland , the merits of a solo, sometime lonely endeavour, versus the fleeting but vital company of strangers (mostly in coastal pubs), the truths and beauties of the natural world (he's excellent on birds and wildlife), the need to live in the moment (or else die) versus the frivolous necessities of recording the audio, video, written data, without which we wouldn't have this book. Just the right balance is truck between light and dark, and adds up to the best kind of travel book. That takes you on a ride and teaches you stuff, but also makes you reflect and stare to the further horizon
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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An amazing read. I'm not a particular kayaking enthusiast but I loved the pace and wit of this book. Jasper's prose is mesmerising. I was out there in spirit, battling the waves with him and enjoying the rousing atmosphere of the lock-ins. But there were also poignant moments,a very honest turn of the mid-life hourglass - when Win realises he can no longer blithely chat up more youthful fellow travellers, or assume his body will still stand up to the derring do adventure - which somehow makes this utterly human and therfore more heroic. Paddle has given me plenty to think of when I gaze out at the sea this summer.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I heard Jasper Winn on BBC R4's `Excess Baggage' on Saturday and have just finished his book. I agree with these reviews whole-heartedly! Like Tommo I am not a natural kayak enthusiast but this is more about kayaking as a mode of transport than the memoirs of a canoe fanatic...and happily the author spends as much time adventuring ashore and making music in pubs as afloat at sea. `Paddle' is a beautifully crafted book, brilliantly written and utterly engrossing. I much look forward to reading about his next adventure...!
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great travel and kayaking read
Really enjoyed reading this account of paddle around Ireland. No doubt he underplays his initial experience, as it's clearly a major excursion. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Lloyd Bower
Gripping and a bit stressful to read
I really enjoyed this account of Jasper Winn's major undertaking to paddle around Ireland. He writes with an easy style and quickly adopts the persona of the ill-prepared blagger. Read more
Published 3 months ago by CelticKayaker
So inspiring
Such a great read. Jasper's journey is captured so well in his writing and his love for new things and the countryside is evident. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Lou0404
Great paddling read !
Really excellent book if you like to be out sea kayaking, first half of the journey was really excellent, little rushed in second half where N Ireland back to Cork seemed to be... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Paul Alexander
Adventure and Humor
As a some-time kayaker in the ocean, I can totally relate to this account of navigating the seas and inlets and estuaries and islands off the coast of Ireland. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Dirk from Delaware
Cracking read !
To me this encapsulates what good travel writing is about. Jasper comes across as human and honest with himself and subsequently the reader. Read more
Published 7 months ago by C. Redwood
memories
For anyone who loves the west coast of Ireland or who has spent any time sea canoeing, this book will evoke so many memories.
Published 8 months ago by SJ
may convert me to travel writing
Travel books are not normally my reading of choice but I do recommend this one. You don't have to be a fan of extreme sports to be able to appreciate the challenge set by the... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Sharpie
Pleasant travel read
Jasper Winn seems to be a person who is very anxious to be Irish in this book. "Paddle" is a very pleasant account of a fairly leisurely canoe trip around the entire coast of... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Mick K
Excellent - Paddle, a really great read around ireland!
I've just woken up, after having stayed up all night to finish this book - although travel writings are not usuallly my cup of tea, i became so ensconsed in the adventure that... Read more
Published 12 months ago by RupeB
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