by Carolyn | Aug 22, 2017 | Plastic Bottle SUP, Plastic Pollution, SUP Marathon
When we came up with the idea to paddle marathons on our plastic bottle SUP back in March, the first person to contact us after we released our video was Thodoris Tzoumas from Skiathos, Greece. We had met 7 years ago at a very good friend’s wedding (on my first...
by Carolyn | Aug 20, 2017 | Plastic Bottle SUP, Plastic Pollution, SUP Marathon
By Carlos De Sousa We arrived in Croatia to paddle our 6th marathon on the River Neretva. Our first plan and ideal was to start in Bosnia, 10km from the border with Croatia and finish in the Baćina lakes. That would have been precisely 42km but unfortunately after we...
by Carolyn | Aug 19, 2017 | Plastic Bottle SUP, Plastic Pollution, SUP Marathon
by Carlos De Sousa We left our campsite in Noli on a scorching hot day and headed to Slovenia. On our way we noticed the change in the nature – a beautiful place surrounded by green forest and much cooler temperatures, much to our relief! Our last marathon in...
by Carolyn | Aug 10, 2017 | Plastic Bottle SUP, Plastic Pollution, SUP Marathon
Algarve to Noli – 25 hour Odyssey Portugal lies on the western edge of Europe so the inevitable drive back across Spain, France and up into Italy was now upon us. After a couple of days rest, Carlos and I set out on our ‘Odyssey’ in over 40 degrees...
by Carolyn | Jul 24, 2017 | Plastic Bottle SUP, Plastic Pollution, SUP Marathon
River to the Sea Having completed one marathon on a river (with significant current helping us) and another on a reservoir (with winds severely hindering us) we thought it was time to try out the sea! However, with the pains of Madrid still fresh in our minds, we...
by Carolyn | Jul 7, 2017 | Plastic Bottle SUP, Plastic Pollution, SUP Marathon
with SUP CLUB MADRID When we arranged to do our second marathon in Madrid, I had no idea that our journey would take us to such a beautiful spot and that we would meet such wonderful people! We chose to partner with SUP Club Madrid because they regularly organise...
