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22nd August 20160

Misty Paddle

Last week was another one of those weird weather conditions you have along the Scottish seashore. Best know here as the sea haar. You usually get it at the east coast when warm air is moving over the cold North Sea but even at the west coast you can have some haar when it is extremely hot (for Scottish conditions). On 17 and 18 August I went with a group...
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22nd August 20160

Moving an Off-Centre Sea Kayak Skeg

For years I had great Island Kayak Expedition kayaks for my clients which are pretty easy to load and are stable even for people who have been trying kayaking for the first time. The only real disadvantage with these kayaks were the off-centre skegs. They have been introduced so that the loading of large long items to the back is easy and no stones get lodged into the skeg box....
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14th May 20160

New Camping Kit for 2016

Unexplored Scotland has managed to strike a deal with Cascade Designs, who are best known for making revolutionary MSR stoves and Therm-a-Rest Sleeping mats. We have therefore replaced all out tent with MSR Fury 4 season mountain tents, which are highly durable, withstand any weather it gets thrown at in Scotland and has plenty of room. All MSR Fury tents also have a large porch for storing kit. The tent...
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30th March 20160

The Great Outdoors

Unexplored Scotland has been featured at the March 2016 edition of The Great Outdoors Magazine. This hasn't been the first time that we have given the magazine some expert advise. This time it has been a feature they have used for the first time called "My Gear". It it I have given the TGO a comprehensive list of clothing and gear I take with me when I go walking in...
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Winter skills course- avalanche awareness
29th March 20160

Winter Skills Course 26-27 March 2016

The weather for the weekend didn't look very promising with a lot of (up to 100mph on Cairngorm summit forecast for the evening) and heavy rain. After we met at in Aviemore and sorted out the equipment we headed up to the Cairngorm car park. There it became very quickly clear that we would get pretty wet. And so we did! First we worked a little on kicking steps just...
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