Thursday, 16 July 2015

3 Great's

Great Glen, Great Ladies, Great ish Weather. A fantastic 5 days on the Caladonian Canal.

 One the first canal section from Neptunes Staircase.

 Lunch at Gairlochy Day 1

 At camp 1 making well deserved brews

 Day 2 morning ready to go

 On the canal section between Laggan Locks and Loch Oich

 Heading towards Loch Oich

 Wild strawberries 

 Smiles after portageing at Cullochy Lock

 Camp night 2 at Kytra Lock

Rain on Loch Ness

Camp 3 at Foyers

 Flat calm Loch Ness

 Evening reflections on Loch Ness

 Lunch on day 4

Night 4 camp at Dores, Looking back down the mighty Loch Ness

 Having the morning off on day 5 whilst Jane learns to paddle solo

Great Glen Ladies from left to right: Felicity, Jane and Hannah oh and some guy!

Friday, 10 July 2015

Kayaking

A nice couple of days in a kayak. A river trip with a group of young boys with lots of wetness and surfing, then a 3 star white water assessment. Now packing ready for a 5 day expedition on the 'Great Glen'.









Tuesday, 7 July 2015

Spey Expedition

A lovely few days on the River Spey with some great clients. Starting at Aviemore and finishing in Spey Bay at the sea. Sun, wind, heat and the most biblical of rain at times made for a tough but very rewarding trip.

 Sunny start at Aviemore

 Practising skills before the go

Team meeting before heading off

Lunch day one, in the sun

 Cruising in perfect conditions

 Smiles all round

 Cloud reflections were stunning

 The winner of the apple pealing challenge was Debbie

 Biscuit styling 'The Washing Machine' rapid

 If it looks like they are going to tip.... its because they did!

 Mary and Richard looking stylish

 The impressive Carron Bridge

The sea at Spey Bay and the finish

Proper rain!!!

Wednesday, 1 July 2015

Winston

Would just like to introduce Winston. Look out for some of his adventures in the future


The rest of June

Well June was just a little busy packed with mountain days, DofE supervising, Canoe training and assessments. Bring on July!

 A day on Ben Lawers Ridge

 Supervising a silver DofE group up at Loch Hoil

 Loch Tay with High School of Dundee

 Biscuit in his biscuit barrel!

 Moody morning on Loch Tay

Summer has arrived

Sunday, 7 June 2015

Windy Bronze

Back on Loch Lubnuig supervising a Bronze Qualifying Expedition with St Aloysuis. Day one had light winds and sun shine, then at 4am on the Saturday it went mental, with heavy rain and big winds, Sunday was fun!!

 Cruising With Mr B on day 1

 Flat calm and sunny:)

 Arriving at camp

 Mr Biscuit, French storm preparation set up

 Happy Beyond Adventure Staff

 Ah yes Sunday was wet!!

Poling in to the wind