Urban Canoeing

Spent an amazing day in the sun on the Union Canal, canoeing under the M8 motorway and watching folk landing at Edinburgh Airport.

 Sunshining

 Canoeing over the aquaduct and over the River Almond

 And under the M8 motorway

Lunch time tomfoolery!

Gold Training

Out and about in the canoe again, this time with 6 young ladies from Morrsions Academy on their Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award training on Loch Tay. Flat calm, some sun and home baked goodies! Looking forward to been with them on there qualifying in August, Yum Yum!

 Lunch time

 Lunch time games

My second home!

 Remains of one of the Crannogs on Loch Tay, only seen when the Loch is very low

 Practicing portaging ready for the Great Glen

With some ballast

Wondering in the hills

I have spent the past 3 days and 2 nights in the hills between Bridge of Ericht and Dalwhinne supervising 6 students from Fettes college on their Silver DofE Qualifying Expedition.

 Leaving Bridge of Ericht on the first day

 Walking down the side of Loch Ericht 

 At the end of each day there was a bridge. End of day one

 Campsite with a view, first night spent in Benalder bothy. Evening view

Students setting up camp on night one

 Morning view from the bothy

 Bridge at the end of day two

 Camping at the head of Loch Pattack on night two

Woke up on day three with this guy asking for a selfie!

Sunshine and kayaking

A very warm, flat calm day on Loch Tay with a D of E group on their residential. 

General goofing around in boats!:)

 Todays office

 Just kepy giving

 Looking east towards Kenmore

 A little leg stretch with a view

 Wet game time

 Steady!!!

 Barry helping Paul kind of

Barry wins!

More on the water

Been out on the water quite alot recently and loving it, this time out with a Duke of Edinburgh's Award Gold training. A little windy on day 2 but otherwise beautiful.

 Preping the boats on Kenmore beach

  Not a bad way to start an expedition

 Bed for the first night

 View from my hammock waking up on day 2

 Watching the sun going down the end of day 2

The view from my hammock on day 3 morning

Go Canoeing Week

So as part of the go canoeing week, I was joined on Loch Faskally by some keen and entusiastic familys for a day of come and try canoeing. Sunshine and showers were the order of the day, and lots of happy faces.

King of the Glen

A day up in Griffin Forrest watching so trucks play in the mud and hills.

 Winner from the day

One of the easier sections

 After he winched himself out of the mud

 Just before they went deep

 In deep deploying the winch

Was steeper tahn it looks in the photo

Canyon, Canyon and Canyon

3 days of back to back canyonning. First group from Athol Estates, second from Glen Almond College and the 3rd some staff from Scottish Outdoor Centres.

 Ross and Sophie

 Sophie getting stuck in

 Preparing to splash

 Exiting the mini canyon

 A little more water on the 2nd day

 Woop woop!

 Big Mark, mini canyon

 Navigating through the mini canyon with the SOEC staff

 Hiding in the undercut in the mini canyon

 Sliding out of the mini canyon

 One of the many slides

 Mini mini canyon

 Oh Yeah!!

Josh rocking the belly slide

A little video of the groups