Archive - April Tod

April 2023

Around the World

April Tod meets Poole sailor Annie Lush, as she undertakes a gruelling round the world ocean race

Apr 19, 2023

September 2022

Interview with Vendee Globe star Pip Hare in Les Sables d’Orlonne, France

An unexpected invitation from Helly Hansen to interview Vendee Globe sailor Pip Hare in Les Sables d’Olonne early June (where her boat, Madallia, was…

Sep 5, 2022

August 2022

The Grass Court Tennis Season in full swing

A brief visit to Surbiton in Surrey for the first of the season’s Grass court tennis tournaments saw me to watching Andy Murray play Brouha from the…

Aug 28, 2022

July 2022

2022 the start of the Summer Social events

Thinking back to this time last year when we were all still struggling to come to terms with the aftermath of Covid, parties were few and far between…

Jul 31, 2022

May 2022

A day in the life of Glenshee ski patrollers

Early last March I received an unexpected invitation from Helly Hansen to join a press trip going to Glenshee in the Cairngorms, ironically a place I…

May 11, 2022

April 2022

January 2022

November 2021

Normality or not, this is about my first travels in 18 months to magical Madeira

These days, travelling abroad is about being organised with all the current protocol.

Nov 11, 2021

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