Trip Reports
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Rough Stuff Silverknowes 4th March
Dreich, snell, boggin’weather with clumps of dirty snow littering the foreshore…who on earth would bother coming out. Well 13 of us did, must be the cabin fever…On Richard Young’s advice we went to Silverknowes to get a bit of incoming sea ( Dunbar and N Berwick were too large). The vast expanse of sodden sand…
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Rough Stuff, 24th Feb
The chairman likes us to post up reports- but who’ll read this through the post match hangover ? 18 of us hit the beach on a wonderful sunny crisp, fresh morning- and in 2 groups headed into the sizeable SE swell down towards Peffer sands. In judging whether to surf ashore or not,the 3 rd…
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Isle of May Talk – Wed 7th Feb
The inner islands of the Firth of Forth are like a ‘black hole’ for the seabird experts. Photos wanted of the shags with colour-rings on their legs on any of the islands we frequent in our kayaks. Just one of the many fascinating things we learned last night. What was your favourite fact? Thanks to…
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4th Feb – Fife Coast Anstruther to Elie
Fiona, Katerina, Louise, Charles, Marysia, Mari, Ian, Michael and myself met at Anstruther harbour on a bright chilly Sunday morning. We had a straightforward but fairly long carry to the water as it was close to low tide when we set off around 10.30. This was my first time paddling this bit of coastline and…
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First Aid Course – 3/4 Feb
12 of us were on a REC emergency first aid course running over the weekend. The weekend was interesting and enjoyable. Some time was spent outside on both days rolling around on the floor (in the rain) and practicing scenarios involving boats. Thanks for organising the weekend Emma!
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Rockies to Montreal Canoe Talk
A remarkable turnout last night ( 78- we had to clear out the furniture!) to hear a remarkable talk. Beautifully prepared, beautifully presented, with integrity, intelligence and a real enthusiasm and respect for the environment they travelled through. Despite remarkable wildlife and fantastic scenery the kindness and enthusiasm of the Canadians left the biggest imprint.…
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New Years Paddle – 1st January 2018
4 of us met at North Berwick – Tim Gibson, Katerina Stein, Rob Burgess and myself. We ended up putting in from the lifeboat slip as two folk used kayaks from the NB club store. After hearty New Year greetings to the NB skiff rowers we set off down to Sea Cliff. Weather bright but…
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Discomfort zone training #2 – Sunday 1st December
Well – what can I say… Tantallon Castle, The Bass Rock, Bright Sunshine and… well quite a flat looking sea…You might have wondered if we would struggle to live up to the bill as we launched from Seacliff beach in the company of horses and their riders. We learnt the rudiments of surfing (small waves),…
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Discomfort zone tranining #1 – Sunday 26th November
22 of us met at North Berwick and it was flat so we drove back to Prestonpans to find a fairly choppy sea (technical term) with an onshore F5 – perfect conditions really. (David Simpson and I had already checked in out earlier so knew what to expect). We used the safety provided by the…
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Coldingham, Saturday 4th November
6 of us met at Coldingham in bright sunshine to paddle up to St Abbs head. The six of us were John Mcneill, Chris Gordon, Graeme Seggie, Fiona McLay ,Rob Burgess and myself. Fiona was keen to practice rescues and towing for her upcoming 4 star exam. The gate on the hill was open so…