Trip Reports
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Grade A Paddle, SQF, Sunday 1st Dec
To make the most of the daylight 8 of us met at 08:30 at SQF for a trip to Inchcolm via Inchmickery. Fog came and went at first, but had lifted enough for us to see Fife by the time we got to Inchmickery. F2 westerly pretty much all day, but tide with us all…
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Mallow Cutting- Sunday 17th November
I’ve already mailed out about the 20 superb folk who came out yesterday. One of them ( in the front of the double with me) was Sally Anderson, a talented freelance photographer. Here’s a sample of what she said and saw through the lens: Sally Anderson photography @SallyAnderson16 2h2 hours ago I had a fabulous day hitching…
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Saturday 26th October-downwind run….
It was so foul last time we were out that Neil Black asked for more. And he’s right, we’ll be getting out more regularly this winter for those who like their pleasures windswept and interesting.. and yes, dreich. The plan for the Farnes seemed out, given the offshore F6 forecast for our way home, (way…
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Paddle in the Sun: Menorca Trip Report 20th -29th September
I along with 5 other club members have just returned from a fabulous trip to Menorca where we completed a circumnavigation of the smaller Balearic island covering 166km over 7 full days of paddling. Fiona McLay’s idea for a ‘paddle in the sun’ was taken up by Catherine Francis, Graham Bailey, Pat Smith, Rob Burgess…
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Plan B not A- Aberdour Sunday 6th October
It was a pity that the weather led to cancelling the grade A paddle and disappointing the 33 people who’d signed up it , so a plan B for a more demanding paddle from Aberdour got punted out. 5 hardy souls met me at Silver Sands ( Dave Towsey, Jamie Jordan, Andy Longmate, Neil Black,…
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Leadership skills @ North Berwick 28 September 2019
Around 0930 nine paddlers gathered at Milsey Bay, North Berwick in the company of Messrs. Grieve and Simpson. Low water on springs meant a considerable carry over the seaweed, where we met for a beach briefing and analysis of same. Topics included length, mnemonics for group leader script, possession/use of ICE cards for information &…
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Fri 13 Sept, Longcraig to Blackness
Three of us met at Longcraig to try our luck on a Fri 13th paddle on a pretty much blue sky day. We launched just after 10am LW and headed up river with the flood ( 2 days short of springs) into a brisk WSW breeze. Coffee stop at Society Point before heading along to…
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The Garvellachs 7-8 September 2019
Sixteen paddlers left the well-appointed Argyll Kayaker Cove on Cuan Sound on Saturday morning in brilliant conditions (calm seas, bright sunshine), taking separate routes. Four i.e. anyone called Dave or Nick, headed to the Grey Dogs, launching at precisely 08.30 to cross a rather limp Cuan Sound. We followed the west coast of Luing…
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Loch Lomond 1 September 2019
At 1245 eleven paddlers left the splendidly appointed Milarrochy car park – spaces, toilets, slipway and beach…….actually, cancel the beach. Though billed as a grade A paddle, conditions were somewhat more challenging. The loch could be described as “full” and the expected beach was all but non-existent; however we gathered for a briefing prior to…
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Evening paddle from Granton, Wed 14 Aug 2019
Organised capably by Charles H, our small group including Alan F and myself, Jane, paddled in relatively calm waters and light winds to Cramond Island, on to Inchmickery and the Cow and Calves rocks, and back to Granton by 9:20 just before dark. The forecast rain held off and we had a very pleasant 10k…