Trip Reports
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Arisaig Trip 14-16th June
Lothian Sea Kayaking Club Trip Report Arisaig 14th-16th June 2019 17 intrepid sea kayakers from the club descended on the campsite at Camusdarach (stony ground) situated on the road to the isles between Arisaig and Mallaig. The campsite, owned by Val and Jonny Stuart, is nestled among sandy beaches and miles of dunes…
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Evening Paddle, South Queensferry – 13th June
Well, after several days of continuous wind and rain, with flood warnings in force, there was pretty limited interest in this paddle. However the forecast said the rain was going to stop mid-afternoon, so being optimistic I went ahead. I was slightly regretting the decision when it was still pretty miserable come lunchtime – however…
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A-Paddle Sunday 2 June from Aberdour Silversands
The perfect Sunday paddle just on the right side of challenging with something for everybody. Demanding conditions interspersed with calm so that everyone could recover and re-group. We had it all: force 6 gusts, claputis, swell and tidal streams, a few well executed rescues and some rolling practice on return to the bay. We split…
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Grade B, Cumbraes Paddle – Saturday 25th May
Five club paddlers (Maria Hamilton, Mark Hamilton, Catherine Francis, Nick Gatherer and Brian Tyndall) responded to Fiona Mclay’s invitation to join her on a paddle round the Cumbraes as there was a window of opportunity, weather wise early Saturday morning. We arrived at Largs boating marina 9am to be greeted by a mirror calm sea.…
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A- Paddle, Loncraig – Sunday 19th May
After rumours of an open day at Longcraig abounded, our ‘A’ plan was swapped for a ‘B’ plan, meeting at South Queensferry. This plan was dashed when Dougie reported that the parking at South Queensferry was closed for use by a cruise liner. A ‘C’ plan was formed, but then Richard reported that actually there…
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Grade A Evening Paddle, Portobello, 30 April 2019
A little later than intended, here is the trip report. A group of seven met up at Bedford Terrace for a trip organised by Charles Hamersley. Sadly the man himself had made the mistake of running a half marathon three days earlier and was forced to stay ashore. Having been away from paddling for a…
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Not the Raasay trip 4-6th May-
Four of us had planned to kayak around Raasay +/- Rona this weekend but the Northerly cold F4 made us change our plans. The four of us were Simon (“the gadget”) Redmond, Claire ( “the nose”) Eadie , Graham (“the handrail”) Bailey and myself Neil (everlasting Dairy Milk) Black. After much discussion we camped at…
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Easter 2019 North West paddle/Camp
A great annual Easter trip:Super conditions on Good Friday for circuit of Handa taking in Tarbet skerries coffee and cake and the coast south of Scourie. Moine on the north coast provided shelter from SW on Sat to paddle from Talmine taking in Rabbit Islands, Tongue Bay and Scullomie. Launched form Skerray harbour Sun to…
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Isle of May 20 April
With a C grading due to the length of the open water crossing, the weather gods smiled on the eight paddlers leaving from Milsey Bay around 0915. A slight and glassy swell welcomed the group as we headed for a virtually invisible Isle of May, having taken a bearing from the beach. Aside from a…
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Iced Lemons – Leader Development Weekend 16/17th March 2019
17 of us met at North Berwick on the Saturday morning for a weekend of leadership development which Kate Duffus had come down from Skye to run for LSKC (think we must have lied about the east coast weather). Kate started by introducing the concept of “lemons” factors which on their own don’t cause a…