http://northwesthighlands.pesdablog.com Cailean Macleod, authors notes on this work in progress Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:53:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://northwesthighlands.pesdablog.com/2008/08/02/glamour-2/ When you need a shuttle - who are you going to call? The answer is simple if your in Sound of Arisaig or Ardnamurchan areas - Steve at the Glenuig Inn. He's offering a sea kayaker shuttle service which makes the logistics and sheer hassle of doing a long shuttle before and after ... http://northwesthighlands.pesdablog.com/2008/07/31/shuttle/ A couple of weeks ago now I managed to finally paddle around the most Southern point of the guidebook will cover; Ardnamurchan Point. We almost made a a circumnavigation of the Ardnamurchan peninsuala during a trip, a long portage or run or cycle would have completed the trip. The 'point' for some ... http://northwesthighlands.pesdablog.com/2008/07/28/under-the-light/ 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 ... http://northwesthighlands.pesdablog.com/2008/06/29/thwarted/