The international web TV show, Vendée Globe LIVE, is broadcast LIVE from Montparnasse Station in the heart of Paris. The show follows the solo, non stop, without assistance, Vendée Globe yacht race with latest news and LIVE interviews with skippers EVERY DAY, hosted by me until the 4...

Just in case you missed the pieces I wrote the Vendée Globe website - here's a summary of the articles I have been drafting while pounding the pontoons of the Vendée Globe race village over the last few weeks.

I am back to the Race HQ at Gare...

The Vendée Globe yacht race has brought Paris to the sleepy French port of Les Sables d'Olonne, in the Vendée region of France, in the Pays de la Loire. The Parisian males are definitely making their mark. 'La barbe' - the beard, is everywhere. Slim males with bum fluff beards,...

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They are chasing a bounty of £100,000 for rowing 2,000 miles round the coast of Britain, braving treacherous tides and some of the most dangerous shipping lanes on the planet.

As many as 15 boats are expected to take part in the gruelling race - GB Row...

Being a Yorkshire Lass I was raised on a cup of builders tea, preferably Yorkshire Tea, as part of my daily life. In my youth I found coffee too earthy and bitter. As I grew into adulthood and became introduced to milky, hot, frothy coffee I didn't end my relationship...

Philip 'the kid' Köster, the Boris Becker of windsurfing, confirmed himself as the 2012 PWA Wave World Cup champion by winning the semi-final of the KIA Cold Hawaii PWA World Cup as the sun set on Klitmöller on Wednesday evening. He then avenged his earlier defeat by Thomas Traversa, the...

Britain has close to 400 vineyards and among them, some of the best wines in the world are produced. Many of these vineyards are open to public tours to give tourists an idea of how they produce their wines. Whether you are taking a cruise to England for...

Philip Köster will be the man to beat when 43 of the best Wave windsurfers in the world arrive in Klitmøller in Denmark this weekend for the KIA Cold Hawaii PWA World Cup.

Köster, who became the youngest ever PWA Wave world champion last year at the age of 17,...

The confusion in knowing who is winning a heat should be a thing of the past for windsurfing fans everywhere with the introduction of live scoring planned for the KIA Cold Hawaii PWA World Cup in Klitmøller which starts on Monday September 17.

The Professional Windsurfing Association's judges, some of...

I passed my driving test on my fourth attempt - I can explain this statistic but I won't as it's too long and boring. My husband passed his first time. My husband is a pilot and he thinks that he is the best driver on the planet and that everyone...

AMMMTV - the pilot episode TV show

It's about owning your own destiny and DIY - doing-it-yourself.

My generation of 40 year olds are now embarking on the MLC - Mid Life Crisis. Every generation before us has had it, but until you have your own, like...

If a British yachtsperson was to win the next edition of the Vendee Globe 2012-13, due to leave the sleepy French fishing port of Les Sables d'Olonne, Vendee, France on Saturday 10th November 2012, it would be the yachting equivalent of Bradley Wiggins winning the Tour de France.

Yes -...

WANTED - Great Britain's Heroes - show your appreciation!

It is said that the UK Armed Forces are the 4th emergency service and they are often called upon in the face of national and international emergencies such as flooding, earthquakes or even a security shortage at the London 2012 Olympics....

Ben Ainslie today, Sunday 5th August, became the greatest sailing Olympian of all time.

The 35-year-old eclipsed the record of Denmark's Paul Elvstrom - previously the most successful Olympic sailor ever with four golds - by claiming his fourth consecutive gold and fifth medal in total in the Finn class...

Today is 'Showdown Sunday' as Ben Ainslie and the Star duo of Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson take on the challenge of claiming British sailing's first gold medals of London 2012 at Weymouth and Portland.

Ainslie has been involved in a ding dong battle for supremacy with...

As I was making the coffee his morning, I thought I would catch up with a bit of live Olympics on my laptop. Spoilt for choice, courtesy of the BBCs excellent multi-platform coverage. I thought I would indulge in a bit of men's Water Polo. Wow! I can honestly say...

Back in the black and white days, circa 1991, post the economic boom of the 80s and in the midst yet again of recession I began working as media buyer for a media buying agency called Initiative Media. I was buying TV airtime for Jif Mousse, on behalf of global...

So, I think I have just about recovered myself from last nights Olympic Opening Ceremony, it was a late one......as I watched the ceremony in the jam packed Big Top Circus tent at Camp Bestival.

I guess the critics are divided by this one and no one can really...