Book description
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 in his wake. Jasper Winn grew up in West Cork,
where he left school at age ten and educated himself by reading,
riding horses, learning rural skills and playing music. It was an
upbringing that has shaped a lifetime of travel and writing.
He
has journeyed across the Atlas with nomadic Berbers, canoed along the
Danube, and often crosses countries on horseback. He was story
consultant on the IMAX film, Ride Around the World, about the world's
horse cultures. Paddle is his first book.
Jasper Winn grew up in West Cork, where he left school at age ten and
educated himself by reading, riding horses, learning rural skills and
playing music. It was an upbringing that has shaped a lifetime of travel
and writing. He has journeyed across the Atlas with nomadic Berbers,
canoed along the Danube, and often crosses countries on horseback. He
was story consultant on the IMAX film, Ride Around the World, about the
world's horse cultures. Paddle is his first book.
