After the second rudder broke, it dawned on me that maybe I was doing something wrong: perhaps attempting to turn too sharply with the thing held too deep in the water. Who knows? The guy who hired ...

If you simply want to lie on a beach, soaking up the rays and going for the occasional cooling paddle, then Menorca (with its annual 300 days of sunshine) will leave you spoilt for choice. More and ...

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