Trip Reports

The LSKC ‘concerned look and suck air slowly through the teeth’ group met up in the lounge of Calmac’s MV Argyle as it began its crossing from Wemyss Bay to Rothesay in the morning this past Friday 12th June. What was the cause of the concerned look? Well – two things. First, the view. There was…

This a stunning piece of coastline and only 35min from the Bypass. Launched at Pease Bay at 9.15 not long after HW with no swell giving plenty of scope to thread through all the channels and rock hops of the amazing rock architecture from Siccar Point to Heathery Car for lunch next to the waterfall.…

Not long made it back from our stunning club sea kayaking trip to the Inner Hebrides. With initially 7 members interested we had some drop outs and then a couple more cancellations at the last minute due to the weather forecast! So we ended up with only 3 of us on a very early start…

Four Days from Colintraive A relaxed 4-day paddle from Colintraive, aimed at building confidence for less experienced paddlers—and it worked a treat. Distances stayed under 25 km, with a nice mix of conditions from flat calm to a breezy F4 to keep things interesting. Route highlights included Ardlamont Point (Cowal Peninsula), Glencallum Bay on Bute,…

Following up on our surf session at Gullane last weekend 11 of us met at 8am on a Sunday morning at the Lost Shore surf resort near Ratho. This was the culmination of talks between David Simpson and Chris Heaney and Lost Shore management. It was a unique opportunity to bring kayaks into an artificial…

David Simpson has arranged for a unique trip to surf the waves at Lost Shore with Chris Heaney. This is unique as many (perhaps even all) of the surf centres don’t allow paddles on their facilities so getting permission has taken a fair bit of dealing by Chris. In the lead up to this session…

13 faces, some old and some new met up at St Aidan’s Dunes, just south of Bamburgh.  Much car-sharing had been arranged and there was plenty of room in the large and highly convenient lay-by. Once kayaks and gear had negotiated not one, but two kissing gates we gathered on the enormous sands to listen…

Planning I discovered the recently opened hostel on Ulva on an afternoon visit in summer 2024, and thought it would be a good place for a big celebration. I had the idea of paddling round Ulva and Gometra in two days with a trip out to Staffa. R|oddy kindly offered his support at the club…

After the whole group had enjoyed a great trip to the Garvellachs on Saturday, we spilt into two groups for Sunday. Sarah leading one group round Seil Island from the campsite at Kayakers Cove (see Lindsays separate report) and Ken leading Mark, Stevie, David, Peter & me at the Falls of Laura. With the flood…