A couple of days on the bicycles

A really nice couple of day's with Claire and Dave out on the bikes. First day we headed to Drummond Hill in Kenmore the second up Glen Tilt finishing with a little bit of of geocaching. Some of the photos are courtesy of Claire and Dave.

 Helen and Claire, waiting for Dave and I to stop messing around!

 Quick rest by Marble Lodge

 Funny Man!

 Group action shot

Helen and Claire having a natter

 The View from the Black Rock view point was spectacular!

Little Funny Man and Big Funny Man

 Looking down on Cosheville

 Some carrying on Drummond Hill

 Looking down the valley towards Aberfeldy

Geochaching

Sea Boats

A nice little 12km paddle from Kenmore to Fearnan and back in sea kayaks.

Launching at Kenmore beach

Ominous coloured sky

Calm flat waters

 Group selfie with background snow

Quick skills stop

3 Star Training

A day on Loch Faskally with Phil and Emma doing their 3 Star Open Canoe Training, Scotty came along in is kayak and ended up messing up the Linn and put his nose out!

 Phil working on trim

 Emma pushing the limits of trim and edge

 Bottom drop of the Linn of Tummel

 Phil breaking out below the falls

 Emma doing the same

 Scotty's nose after his interesting line!

After I straightend it for him

Happy New Year

So its been a while since I have blogged! Infact september was the last post, not through not wanting to but rather finding time. So on that note here's to 2014 there will be alot of changes this year so watch this space.

So far this year its all been in the hills once in Wales up the mighty Siabhod and the other Meall a' Charra in the home county of Perthshire.

 Unamed Llyn on the path upto Siabhod

 Looking SE

 Lunch time

 Brief break in the clouds and a rainbow

 Moody

 Family shot 

 Looking West

 Climbing out from Chapel Stone by Loch Faskally

 Remains of a 'Farm Stead' at Dun Beag

 Looking toawrd the Dam in Pitlochry

 Looking down the river Tummel

 Getting brief shelter out of the wind

 Above the hut looking again down on the Tummel

Looking North

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