There’s no mistaking that noise of rain tipping down onto your tent flysheet when your half asleep and tucked safely in your warm sleeping bag. Thoughts of being get wet, packing away wet kit suddenly flood your mind as does a great relcutance to emerge from your sleeping bag. Yor body and mind so no or […]
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As the sun set, what we had managed to achieve began to sink in. We had done the ‘Cape’. The weather hadn’t been perfect and it certainly had challenged us but we had managed and we all had that pleasant feeling of tiredness mixed with satisfaction.
The sound of surf pounding the beach isn’t the sound you […]
It was a major ‘tick’ on the remaining ‘to do’ list. The weather window appeared last week and my friends Karen and Andy had a couple of days off as did I. So we went for it and the Cape certainly didn’t disappoint and gave us two challenging days of paddling.
We launched from Balnakeil Bay near Durness […]
Camping from a sea kayak is a special experience for us paddlers however it can be a potentially damaging experience for the coastal environment. By taking some simple steps and planning ahead we can limit our impact on the environment.
The draft code which has been prepared by the Scottish Canoe Assocation’s Access & Environment Officer, Mike Dales […]
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