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The Tent Creature!!

Characterised by its unusually large body and small head the tent creature is seen here in its natural habitat.

Still warm enough to swim

There may be snow on the tops but the sea is at its warmest at this time of year. Demonstrated by two of our clients on a recent trip.

Barrisdale

A rather soggy camp near Barrisdale deep into Loch Hourn. We did have a few dry spells and were able to watch the sunset while sipping a dram!

Onward into the Loch

Beinn Sgritheall

The Sandaig Islands

A Moment of sunshine as we left the Sandaig Islands to head deeper into Loch Hourn.

The Loch Hourn adventure

Simon and Blair packing in one of the dry spells before heading from Glen Elg into Loch Hourn.

First Aid

No Sea Paddling the last few days but we are all up to date with our first aid. Just completed the BASP Outdoor First Aid course update in Glencoe. Great course and well worth doing.

Boat Maintenance

Essential boat maintenance!

Mikes Bikes!

The guy on the right is Mike who runs Mikes Bikes in Aviemore(a great place to get MTB and Road Bike stuff). Piture taken after a sunny but blustery day out from Hopeman on the Moray coast.

Swimming!

Swimming in Scotland surely not!

Castle Stalker

Castle Stalker seen from the boat while running a recent Glenmore Lodge intro the Sea Kayaking course.

Almost a sea stack

Shetland Coastguard

The Coast guard is the one on the Left!!

Self Rescue part 2

Once on the back deck sit up carefully and shuffle onto the seat again staying low. Next get your feet in one by one. You can use the paddle to help with the "feet" bit. A paddle float can help with all the self rescues.

Self Rescue

Lie flat in the water, put your spraydeck into your mouth(to stop it getting caught under your bum when you climb in) and pull yourself up onto the back deck on your tummy. Stay low to stay balanced.

Balance drills before a self rescue session

A smile despite the rain

Shetland Symposium

It never looks the same in a photo however I can assure you it was blowing F5-6 and chucking it down with rain. We did still get out and folks were learning skills, on trips and having fun.