Boating

A couple of weeks ago saw some good freinds of mine get married over in Oban on the west coast, an amazing wedding day followed by a big sunday sea kayak trip for a seafood lunch. This led in to a quiet week at work and so set me free to do some more boating. First of all in the kayak on the Garbh Ghaoir up at Rannoch Station a real wilderness trip, and then a open boat trip from Pitlochry 20km down to Dunkeld with the canoe club.

 Happy Couple

Leaving the church

 Oban bay Sunday morning

Helen ready for the paddle

Helen getting out of paddling again!

70 people on the water

Lunch stop 

Nearly over the hang over

 Rainbow on the way up Rannoch Moor

 Walking out to the Garbh Ghaoir via Dabh Lochan

 Its was a 1.5km walk in/out

Finally on Dabh Lochan paddleing to the start of the river

First of many long Grade 3 rapids

 Canoeing under the A9 at Pitlochry

 Just before Logieait

 Helen doing all the work............NOT!!!!

Lunch stop

 Under the railway bridge

 Showing Rodger my monopod!

A couple of the drops on the Garbh Ghaoir 

Flat Calm

A beautiful flat calm day on Loch Tay with 3 client folk. A paddle up to Fearnan and and back.

 Leaving Kenmore just after 9am 

 Heading up the north side of the Loch

My new ride! An old Vauxhall Cresta, looks like it left the road some 30-40 years ago, but who knows.

Group Photo

Mill pond

Lunch stop

A9 Canyoning

Just had a couple of amazing days with Jon exploring two new canyons both of which go under the A9 road. The first Allt a' Chrombaidh, a tributary of the Perthshire Garry at Calvine and the second Allt Girnaig again a tributary of the Perthshire Garry this time joining at Killiecrankie.

 A liitle bit about General Wade's Bridge two photos below

 Jonathon bathing in the sun

 Wow!

 And from below

 Me lowering the 60fter

 Jonathon on the big one

 The A9 road bridge 

 Absieling the last fall under the old A9

 Jonathon on the last fall

 Slippy Slippy

 Start of day 2: Route planning the 2.5km walk in

 Under the A9

 Meall an Daimh in the background sitting at 722m, just North West of Ben Vrakie 841m

 Peekaboo!

 Looking suprised, not sure why!

 The pool at the bottom was really undercut

 First little slide

 Jonathon on the double abseil

 Jonathon on the second fall on double falls

 Two brothers

 Just a spectacular canyon

 Me in awe of the canyons beauty

 Massive log jam

 Behind one of the waterfalls

We had some fun on the tree!