How to Canoe to the World Cup in New Jersey
With fresh supplies, we set off again, marching in our canoe hat past warehouses, over overpasses, on tiny sidewalks. Cars gave us narrow berth. One guy remarked, “That’s a big boat!” A few truckers blew their horns. The wind picked up. When it caught the canoe broadside, the stern tended to swing out over the […]
How to drink your way down the Thames
We slipped away from Penton Hook, Britain’s largest inland marina, optimistically fringed with palm trees. A 10 minute walk away looms Thorpe Park, where, for £66 a head (provided you clear 1.2 metres), you can be inverted, soaked, and momentarily relieved of your soul. It’s a curious edgeland, where G-force yields to a neat, nautical […]