{"id":492,"date":"2018-05-25T18:48:44","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T17:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive_JW\/?p=492"},"modified":"2022-04-13T16:24:20","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T15:24:20","slug":"round-britain-trip-summary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/round-britain-trip-summary\/","title":{"rendered":"GB Circ – Round Britain Trip Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Paul Caffyn<\/h4>\n

–<\/p>\n

\n

A summary taken from Paul Caffyn’s records showing the paddling legs and daily distances of the first UK Circumnavigation in 1980.\u00a0 \u00a0PSK<\/em><\/p>\n

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5 May – 28 July 1980\u00a0 \u00a085 days\u00a0 \u00a02,305 miles
\nPaddlers: Paul Caffyn (NZ) and Nigel Dennis (GB)
\nSupport Crew: Lesley Hadley (NZ)
\nKayaks: HM model Nordkapps (extended keel stern)<\/h6>\n

r\/d = rest day
\nw\/b = weatherbound day<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Day<\/td>\nDate<\/td>\nFrom – To<\/td>\nMileage<\/td>\nCum. Tally<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\n05-May<\/td>\nHolyhead – Church Bay – Cemlyn Bay (Anglesey)<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\n06-May<\/td>\nCemlyn Bay – Bull Bay (Anglesey)<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\n07-May<\/td>\n\u00a0Bull Bay – Penmon – Colwyn Bay – Rhyl Beach (Wales)<\/td>\n36<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\n08-May<\/td>\nRhyl Beach – Point of Ayr – Wallasey – Formby CG station<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n86<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\n09-May<\/td>\nFormby CG Station – Blackpool – Rossall Point – Barrow on Furness<\/td>\n43<\/td>\n129<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\n10-May<\/td>\nBarrow on Furnes – Bootle CG Station – Seascale – Whitehaven<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n166<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\n11-May<\/td>\nRest Day<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n166<\/td>\nr\/d 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\n12-May<\/td>\nWhitehaven – Mullock Bay – Isle of Whithorn (Scotland)<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n205<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\n13-May<\/td>\nIsle of Whithorn – Monreith Bay – Port Logan<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n240<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\n14-May<\/td>\nPort Logan – Port Patrick – Ballantrae<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n273<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\n15-May<\/td>\nBallantrae – Ailsa Crag – South End, Carskey Bay<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n312<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\n16-May<\/td>\nSouthend, Carskey Bay – Macrahanish – Mousdale – Ronachan Bay<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n352<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\n17-May<\/td>\nRonachan Bay – Carsaig Bay – Asknish Bay<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n391<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\n18-May<\/td>\nAsknish Bay – Oban – Kilchoan<\/td>\n48<\/td>\n439<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\n19-May<\/td>\nKilchoan – Fascadale Bay – Glenacross<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n471<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\n20-May<\/td>\nGlenacross – Kyle of Lochalsh – Camusteel<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n509<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\n21-May<\/td>\nCamusteel – Applecross<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n511<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\n22-May<\/td>\nApplecross – Red Point<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n528<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\n23-May<\/td>\nRed Point – Big Sand<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n535<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\n24-May<\/td>\nBig Sand – Opinian – Reiff<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n568<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\n25-May<\/td>\nReiff – Cluas Deas – Scourie<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n594<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>\n26-May<\/td>\nScourie – Kinlochbervie – Cape Wrath – Durness<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n633<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>\n27-May<\/td>\nWeather Bound day<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n633<\/td>\nw\/b 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>\n28-May<\/td>\nDurness – Talmine – Tubeg (Skerray Bay)<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n653<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\n29-May<\/td>\nSkerray Bay (Tubeg) – Melvich Bay (Portskerra) – Scrabster<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n685<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>\n30-May<\/td>\nScrabster – Duncansby Head – Keiss – Wick<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n724<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>\n31-May<\/td>\nWick – Lybster Bay – Helmsdale<\/td>\n34<\/td>\n758<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>\n01-Jun<\/td>\nHelmsdale – Brora – Tarbet Ness – Newtown<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n796<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>\n02-Jun<\/td>\nNewtown – Spey Bay – Sandend Bay<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n825<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/td>\n03-Jun<\/td>\nSandend Bay – Banff –\u00a0 Pennan – Rattray – Peterhead<\/td>\n48<\/td>\n873<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31<\/td>\n04-Jun<\/td>\nPeterhead<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n873<\/td>\nw\/b 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\n05-Jun<\/td>\nPeterhead – Collieston – Aberdeen- Cowie (near Stonehaven)<\/td>\n42<\/td>\n915<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33<\/td>\n06-Jun<\/td>\nCowie (near Stonehaven) – Bervie Bay – Fishtown of Usan – Arbroath<\/td>\n34<\/td>\n949<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
34<\/td>\n07-Jun<\/td>\nArbroath<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n949<\/td>\nw\/b 3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
35<\/td>\n08-Jun<\/td>\nArbroath – Fife Ness – North Berwick<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n984<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36<\/td>\n09-Jun<\/td>\nNorth Berwick,Dunbar –\u00a0 CG Stn\u00a0 – St Abb\u2019s – Marshall Meadows<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n1021<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37<\/td>\n10-Jun<\/td>\nMarshall Meadows – Bamburgh – Craster – Amble<\/td>\n42<\/td>\n1063<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
38<\/td>\n11-Jun<\/td>\nAmble<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1063<\/td>\nw\/b 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
39<\/td>\n12-Jun<\/td>\nAmble<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1063<\/td>\nw\/b 5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
40<\/td>\n13-Jun<\/td>\nAmble – Newbiggin Bay – Tynemouth<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n1090<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
41<\/td>\n14-Jun<\/td>\nTynemouth<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1090<\/td>\nw\/b6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
42<\/td>\n15-Jun<\/td>\nTynemouth<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1090<\/td>\nw\/b 7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
43<\/td>\n16-Jun<\/td>\nTynemouth – Dene Mouth – Tees Mouth<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n1121<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
44<\/td>\n17-Jun<\/td>\nTees Mouth – Staithes – Whitby – Cayton Bay<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n1161<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
45<\/td>\n18-Jun<\/td>\n\u00a0Cayton Bay – Flamborough Head -Bridlington – Tunstall<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n1206<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
46<\/td>\n19-Jun<\/td>\nTunstall – Easington – Spurn Head<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n1225<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47<\/td>\n20-Jun<\/td>\nSpurn Head<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1225<\/td>\nw\/b 8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
48<\/td>\n21-Jun<\/td>\nSpurn Head – weather<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1225<\/td>\nw\/b 9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
49<\/td>\n22-Jun<\/td>\nSpurn Head – Mablethorpe – Skegness<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n1257<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
50<\/td>\n23-Jun<\/td>\nSkegness – Scolt Point – Clay on Sea – Cromer<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n1303<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
51<\/td>\n24-Jun<\/td>\nCromer – Happisburgh<\/td>\n41<\/td>\n1344<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
52<\/td>\n25-Jun<\/td>\nHappisburgh – Dunwich – Thorpeness<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n1367<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
53<\/td>\n26-Jun<\/td>\nThorpeness – Felixstowe – Clacton-on-Sea<\/td>\n36<\/td>\n1403<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
54<\/td>\n27-Jun<\/td>\nClacton-on-Sea<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1403<\/td>\nw\/b 10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
55<\/td>\n28-Jun<\/td>\nClacton-on-Sea<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1403<\/td>\nw\/b 11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
56<\/td>\n29-Jun<\/td>\nClacton-on-Sea – Reculver – Margate<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n1440<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
57<\/td>\n30-Jun<\/td>\nMargate – Deal – Dover<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n1466<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
58<\/td>\n01-Jul<\/td>\nDover – Folkestone – Hythe<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n1479<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
59<\/td>\n02-Jul<\/td>\nHythe – Dungeness – Cliff End – Langney Point (Eastbourne)<\/td>\n44<\/td>\n1523<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60<\/td>\n03-Jul<\/td>\nLangney Point (Eastbourne) – Seaford – Brighton – Shoreham<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n1552<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\n04-Jul<\/td>\nShoreham – Worthing<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n1557<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62<\/td>\n05-Jul<\/td>\nWorthing – Bognor Regis – East Wittering – Portsmouth<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n1592<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
63<\/td>\n06-Jul<\/td>\nRest day at Portsmouth<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1592<\/td>\nr\/d 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
64<\/td>\n07-Jul<\/td>\nPortsmouth – Milford on Sea – Southbourne – Swanage<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n1638<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
65<\/td>\n08-Jul<\/td>\nSwanage – Kummeridge Bay – Ringstead Bay – Chesil Beach<\/td>\n34<\/td>\n1672<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
66<\/td>\n09-Jul<\/td>\nChesil Beach – West Bay – Lyme Regis – Beer<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n1705<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
67<\/td>\n10-Jul<\/td>\nBeer – Budleigh-Salterton – Teignmouth – St Mary\u2019s Bay – Beesands<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n1750<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
68<\/td>\n11-Jul<\/td>\nBeesands – Hope Cove – Rame Head<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n1783<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
69<\/td>\n12-Jul<\/td>\nRame Head<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1783<\/td>\nw\/b 12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
70<\/td>\n13-Jul<\/td>\nRame Head – West Looe – Talland Bay<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n1829<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
71<\/td>\n14-Jul<\/td>\nTalland Bay> Fowey Hbr> Swanpool Bch>Falmouth – Kennack Sands<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n1874<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
72<\/td>\n15-Jul<\/td>\nKennack Sands – Mousehole – Sennen Cove –\u00a0 sth. of St. Ives<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n1924<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
73<\/td>\n16-Jul<\/td>\nNear St.Ives – Portreath – Fistral Beach – Harlyn Bay<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n1963<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
74<\/td>\n17-Jul<\/td>\nHarlyn Bay – Port Isaac – Boscastle Harbour<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n1981<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
75<\/td>\n18-Jul<\/td>\nBoscastle Harbour<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1981<\/td>\nw\/b 13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
76<\/td>\n19-Jul<\/td>\nBoscastle Harbour<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1981<\/td>\nw\/b 14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
77<\/td>\n20-Jul<\/td>\nBoscastle Harbour<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1981<\/td>\nw\/b 15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
78<\/td>\n21-Jul<\/td>\nBoscastle – Hartland Point – Clovelly – Ilfracombe<\/td>\n53<\/td>\n2034<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
79<\/td>\n22-Jul<\/td>\nIlfracombe – Worms Head – Tenby<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n2080<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
80<\/td>\n23-Jul<\/td>\nTenby – Broad Haven – Freshwater West Bay<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n2103<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
81<\/td>\n24-Jul<\/td>\nFreshwater West Bay – The Anvil – St Justinian – Bryhenllan<\/td>\n44<\/td>\n2147<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
82<\/td>\n25-Jul<\/td>\nBryhenllan – Aberporth – New Quay<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n2177<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
83<\/td>\n26-Jul<\/td>\n\u00a0New Quay – Aberystwyth – Tywyn – Abersoch<\/td>\n57<\/td>\n2234<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
84<\/td>\n27-Jul<\/td>\nAbersoch – Penrhyn Colmon –\u00a0 Trevor – Trearddur Bay<\/td>\n59<\/td>\n2293<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
85<\/td>\n28-Jul<\/td>\nTrearddur Bay – Holyhead<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n2305<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

85 days start to finish
\n15 weatherbound & 2 rest days = 17
\n68 paddling days
\nall up average = 27.1 mpd
\npaddling day average = 33.9 mpd
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Thankyou to Paul Caffyn for kindly providing access to his records.\u00a0 \u00a0PSK 2016<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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