Trip Reports

We were so lucky with the weather! Morva, Jane, Karin and Clare paddled (clockwise) around Arran, Holy Island and Pladda (approx. 124 km) in 4 full days and 2 half days. The wind was from the north while we were paddling south, and then from the south as we paddled north, never more than force…

What a great trip with a lovely bunch all lead by David Grieve who has a wealth of knowledge. First Camp on Sheep Island or Eilean nan Caorach on OS Maps which was 1km or 0.6 nautical miles from Port Appin, where we all met and some of us even hung on for a late…

Loch Ness Trip Report – 26-28 April 2024 By Si Harbisher -It started with 7 signed up and eager peers, ready to take on the majestic Loch Ness and it ended with three determined explorers having a lovely weekend. Day1 Two members met in a not so secret carpark  in Dores, paddler three was significantly…

“The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft a-gley” I don’t know if the Bard was a sea-kayaker but if he was, I am sure that he would have muttered those words under his breath on many occasions. With impeccable timing, Storm Kathleen turned up and literally blew a big hole in our…

After a briefing from John Hunt of the Seabird Centre, a full score of paddlers, subdivided into three groups, left North Berwick harbour at 1000, marvelling at the massively destructive impact of recent storms on the northern wall – a telling lesson in relation to the latent power embedded in the environment sea kayakers inhabit.…

10 of us met at North Berwick last saturday morning. Weather conditions were good with a F2 from the west and some winter sunshine but a predicted swell of a metre. We launched from the west beach where the lifeboat slipway is being repaired and headed west . The swell ensured we kept clear of…

Inspired by Alices Antarctic kayak guiding talk a few nights previous a bunch of paddlers set out on a snowy Saturday pootle. Starting at Aberdour we slide our boats down the snowy beach into a glassy bay, no need for trolleys and a first for me, snow on sand. Paddling out, a floating Bass rock…

Well it was supposed to be the previous weekend but travails of the Corran ferry and weather changed the timing and location: Friday afternoon we paddled out of Kyle under the bridge and through the skerries up the Am Ploc coast. The rest of the group arrived at the bunkhouse Friday night. Next morning we…