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The summer of 2022 has seen another busy season for Unexplored Scotland. After a recent move to Spean Bridge we have done more trips in the Fort William area covering Loch Moidart, Arisaig, the Argyll coast and as usual some trips in the Skye area. Just like the Winter, the Summer was a bit on...
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In recent months I have been very busy running winter skills courses. It has been a very busy 3 months with many courses running at full or almost full capacity. By running the courses this year on the west coast I have also covered more areas with more challenging conditions. January and February were pretty...
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winter skills course
Last season we had to cancel all winter skills courses due to COVID19. Next year we are all up and running for the whole season again. Courses are already filling up for 2022. We are very excited to introduce people again to winter skills on our fantastic courses. You can learn all about walking on...
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sea kayaking Arisaig
This year has been a busy summer season, once we all managed to start working. This is one of the reasons why I didn’t manage many blog posts. I have spent most sea kayaking trips in Skye and also managed some 2-day tours in the Arisaig area. In late July I was fortunate to take...
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Took Mollie Hughes and Rachel Keenan out sea kayaking over the last few days. They are in the process of creating a new book called “Blue Scotland“, which is going to be a guidebook for adventures of wild swimming, paddle boarding and sea kayaking in Scotland. Our aim for the trip was to find some...
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From 1 July 2021 Unexplored Scotland will provide dinner, tea and coffee only. Due to COVID19 and other reasons it has become very difficult to accommodate everyone’s dietary needs and requirements. Since dinner is cooked and has less of a risk we are happy to keep providing dinners. Every participant is responsible for bringing their...
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Yesterday we had our first course since the lockdown ended. With some excitement, I organised a navigation course for 3 people in the Glen Roy area. We spent the day learning how to read maps, do pacing, timing and figure out compass bearings amongst other little tips and tricks of the trade. Having to cancel...
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Unexplore Scotland is now open for bookings and we are in full swing to get this summer’s sea kayaking and hillwalking season started. All trips and courses will start from 1 May 2021. We have some exciting new changes, too. There is a new 2 day sea kayaking trip at Arisaig in our programme now...
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There have been some good news from the Scottish government yesterday. We have a roadmap to open up tourism, travel and outdoor activities. From 26 April we are abkle to travel within mainland Scotland (no clarity on travelling from England to Scotland yet) and have accommodation open too. I’m excited to announce that we can...
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The situation in Scotland anfd the wider UK has been improved at a staggering rate over the last 2 months. Unfortunately, it hasn’t improved enough to run any courses in March and probably into early April. Over the next few days, I will contact everyone who has been booked on a Winter Skills Course with...
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