Trip Reports
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Ken & Sarah Moving Water Coaching session
We all assembled at bottom of Hawes Pier for an in depth briefing of the day’s itinerary. Where Ken promptly whipped out his wooden model kayak, a handful of seaweed and a notepad representing Inchgarvie to help display the techniques required. We then proceeded to get on the water but as the end of the…
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Lismore. 1-3 March 2019
“After a week of exceptional weather the weather Gods turned against us, so our usual circumnavigation of Lismore was under review. We needed a plan B which was to paddle on Saturday to the Bothy then finish clockwise on the Sunday. As the winds escalated so to plan C which was to cancel. Birthday Girl Clare…
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Mallow Bashing Complete!
12 of us at last managed to get ourselves across to the Lamb in perfect sunny conditions to cut down the invasive species- tree mallow which destroys puffin nesting sites. Landing was easy due to the beach showing at very low Spring tide, we rigged a running mooring and tied the boats up- and amazingly…
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Coldingham, Sunday 17th February
A group of nine of us headed down to Coldingham for a Grade B paddle last Sunday. We launched into the surf, which was a fun challenge for those of us with less experience in such windy conditions – force five at times, with stronger gusts! The group had a great paddle along the coast,…
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Anstruther to Elie, Sunday 20th January
Great idea of Neil Black to get us 10 of us out for a paddle along the Fife coast today. Launching from Anstruther we made the most of the incoming tide to paddle upstream against a weakening westerly F3. Enroute to Elie we popped into the harbours at Pittenweem and St Monans where there was…
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New Year Chairmans Paddle 2nd Jan 2019
Many Thanks to all who turned out on Wednesday to Welcome in 2019. Fantastic day out Sea Kayaking with LSKC. We headed out from Portobello and headed up to Seafield before 12 of us headed out to sea and visited the old WW ruins and underground bunkers on Inchkeith Island. We had lunch on the…
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Birthday Cake by the Ocean – Lismore, Oct 18
A biting wind met six of us at Port Appin, and after donning our fleeces we crossed the Lynn of Lorn to Lismore to sunshine and shelter from the northerly. It was so sheltered that I sweltered and Graham’s hat became a scoop to pour water over his body to cool off. While I missed…
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Forth Bridges 29 Sept 18
Following 2 weeks of cancelled kayak camping holiday with Dave Towsie due to the gales and knowing Dave had to go back to work on Monday, we were keen to get out on the water this weekend as a special finish to our disappointing fortnight. However the wind had a different idea and again decided…
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Gentle training session, Gladhouse Reservoir, Sunday 9 September
With Force 4 winds forecast the session took place on the calmer waters of Gladhouse Reservoir. When I arrived, really really late, there were 8 kayaks of different shapes and sizes on the water: stable to unstable, short to long, great tracking to highly manoeuvrable. Conditions were ideal with sunshine and a bit of a…
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Evening paddle North Berwick Tuesday 28 August
Under the expert guidance and local knowledge of Tim, Segar, Nick, David, Graham and Ian left North Berwick harbour just as the tide had begun to ebb and headed through very light winds and swell towards The Lamb, where we caught up with a guided group who had left from the same point earlier. There…