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View of the canoeists on lake in Coldwater, Michigan. Printed on front: "Greetings from Coldwater, Michigan." Printed on back: "Tichnor quality views, reg. U.S. Pat. Off. Made only by Tichnor Bros, Inc., Boston, Mass." Handwritten on back: "Dear Kathryn, I am just wondering if you have staid [sic] put or will you be gone by the time I get back. We are certainly enjoying our stay here, again nothing to do but eat, sleep and enjoy ourselves. Love, Eva A.S." Card is postmarked August 17, 1945.

NEWS-FINANCE -QUOTE-EDUCATIONAL AND MOTIVATIONAL Andrew Miller is only minutes into a crash course on using a V8 ocean ski when he first drops the C-bomb. The former red beret paratrooper and current president of a Rockhampton canoe club is explaining to a first-time paddler why he won’t begin on a K1 – the kind of craft the world’s best canoe sprinters will paddle when and if they come here to…

T Spine Mobility For Kayaking

Samantha Brunner has created a fantastic series of videos for kayakers. This one looks at getting your mid back mobile. T Spine Mobility For Kayaking The mid back is an area that should be mobile, and often it is not. Here are some mobility and stability exercises that can help you breathe easier, and rotate bigger and faster, and just make life feel more good.Samantha Brunner (more…)

Losing your bottle. How is farming going to cope with the public?

The bottle lies discarded at the side of our lane, tossed out of a car window. You have to admit it makes a change from crisp packets, Kentucky Fried Chicken buckets and McDonald’s wrappers and drinks cartons. But then there’s a lot of it about. I went up to Scotland to see my daughter. Junction 36 of the M6 was ‘experiencing difficulties’ so, forewarned, I decided I’d cut through the Lake…