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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The traffic warning sign before the Skye Road Bridge sums up the reality perfectly.
Today’s inshore forecast: S-SW 4 - 5 increasing 6 - 7 occ. gale 8
24hr outlook: S 6-7 occ. gale 8
So an attempt to circumnavigate the ‘Misty Isle’ with friends was thwarted. My annual leave is finite and was booked months ago. I’m slightly annoyed […]
Crystal clear water. Golden sands. No crowds. Sounds like a perfect Carribbean retreat.
At timess the North West Highlands can be like the Caribbean but the year round chilly waters ensure not many paddler’s are seen spotted wearing bikinis and surf shorts. Most of the year a good set of thermals, kayaking cagoule and salopettes and wellies or other warm/stout footwear is far […]
Photo - Maritime & Coastguard Agency
The seas off the Summer Isles and the Coigeach Peninsula can be a wild and unforgiving place. High winds blowing across the the Minch (large stretch of sea seperating the Outer Hebrides from the Scottish Mainland) coupled with rapid rise in the depth of the sea bed just off the coastline […]
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