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05
Oct
5th October 2019

Last Sea Kayaking Trip of 2019 Season

Last weekend was our last Sea kayaking trip for this season. For this Paul and Catherine joined in on the adventure. Since the weather was really good with very little wind and mostly dry we did something different from the usual areas and paddled from Boadford to Raasay and back. To start of the day...
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29
Aug
29th August 2019

Summer at the Summer Isles

Last week Steven and Victoria went with me on a trip to the Summer Isles. The weather forecast for Saturday was really good and a wee bit windy for Sunday. Due to that we made the most of Saturday and paddled around some of the best spots around the Archipelago. Fist we popped by at...
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sea kayaking skye
06
Aug
6th August 2019

Sun, Rain, Midges and no Wind

Last weekend we went to Skye for a 2 day paddle with an American/German couple (living in Germany). The weather forecast for the weekend was superb for paddling with very little wind and some sunshine most of Saturday. However, it was suppose to get more overcast in the evening and then rain. Naturally this means...
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10
Jun
10th June 2019

Watching Thunderstorms

In Early June we organised a trip to the Highland clearance village of Boreraig in Skye. We paddled off from Torrin in full view of Bla Bheinn and paddled south to the village. After a lunch break, we decided to pitch up the tents and have an evening paddle instead of kayaking straight away. The...
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02
Jun
2nd June 2019

Girl Power

In May this year, we had 4 sea kayaking trips in Scotland. Almost all participants were women from different parts of the world. In all, we had 13 taking part in sea kayaking and only one man with a sense of adventure. We also had people from Scotland, Germany, Denmark, Australia and the Czech Republic....
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22
May
22nd May 2019

First Sea Kayaking at Skye of 2019

Last weekend saw the first sea kayaking trip at Skye of the 2019 season. In the team were to girls from Denmark, who felt at home once in the kayak. Even though the waves were pretty choppy right after passing through the Skye bridge the coped really well. We concluded that it must be the...
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17
May
17th May 2019

Old Kayak gets a Revamp

You would hardly notice it but this kayak is now 18 years old. I’ve done already a few jobs on it like replacing the skeg and working on the seat. However, over the years I have managed to get a few cracks on the hull and deck. With the weather this nice, I have started...
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06
May
6th May 2019

First Sea Kayaking Trip of 2019

Last weekend saw our first sea kayaking trip of the season. And boy it was a challenge. We had pretty strong winds coming in from the north. That meant that we had limited options to paddle but stilled managed a group of 6 girls from Edinburgh to get to Glencoul bothy. Unfortunately the weather got...
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18
Apr
18th April 2019

New Sea Kayaks

We were planning for the last year to expand our fleet of composite kayaks by 2 more boats this year. We bought 2 brand spanking new Venture Kayak Capella. The Capella reminds me of my first sea kayak, which was a P&H Capella RM 166. These new boats are a 163 for a smaller paddler...
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10
Apr
10th April 2019

Video from our 2-6 February Winter Course

A video made by Alex Harrison who took part on one of our 5 day winter mountaineering courses. I don’t remember the spindrift to look this pleasant though. Maybe I was too busy looking at my feet when I walked, especially coming out of the Coire An T-Sneachda boulder field.
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