Scottish Canoe Symposium

Brilliant weekend coaching at the 'Scottish Canoe Symposium'. A day on the River Spey looking at journeying skills on Saturday, followed by 2 half day poling sessions on Sunday. 

 Busy morning on Loch Inch

 Gill talking about canoe sailing

 Prepping the sails in the shelter of the reeds

 Good gusts of force 4 for sailing

 Down river poling on the Spey

 Floating on the River Spey between Loch Inch and Aviemore

 Autumnal feeling

 Looking at the traditional skill of Lining and Tracking

 The boats resting just above Aviemore

 Sunday morning poling and snubbing at Loch Morlich

 Tim looking slick

 Marion in her 'Not hard to see' demo boat

 Sunday afternoon with Theresa

 Poling in a down pour

 Sunshine after the rain

 Bit of a backdrop

Traditional???

Slowing down

Well kind of! As autumn fast approaches the season takes different direction. Less of the day sessions and more expeditions and directing NGB courses.

 Two young boys on a 4 day expedition on the River Tay, from Kenmore to Perth via kayak and Paddleboards.

 Day 2 Grandtully to Dunkeld on SUP's

 Flat calm conditions

 The black cloud in the back ground was about to irrupt  

 And it opened up in style!

 Day 3 Dunkeld to Stanley in kayaks

 Final day into Perth on SUP's

 Wonderful weekend playing best man at my little brothers wedding

 Silent disco

 Night 1 Great Glen Expedition at Gairlochy

 Day 2 Loch Lochy

 Moose and the team on Loch Lochy

 Moose guarding the lunch

 Imposing dark clouds turned the flat calm loch into a force 6 monster!

 Night 2 camp at Laggan Locks

 Day 3 starting at Laggan Locks

 Surfing in to Dores on day 5

 Day 1 WW Kayak Leader Training looking at personal paddling skills 

 Surfing on the River Dochart

 Ellie looking calm and composed

Day off with Moose 2 laps of the River Leny

Enjoying the summer

Not even time to right much! So here's some pictures

 Belly flop time in the gorge

 Much better than mine!

 Amongst it

 Super family

 Sharing a canoe with a Winter Olympian

 Just saying

 Moose getting vertical on an evening run of the River Tummel

 Safety on the River Tay

 Parbold Scouts taking on the River Tay

 Canoeing the rapids 

 And swimming it

 Swim train!!!

 Finishing back in Aberfeldy

 What happens when you give a 5 year old your camera!!

 Young people leading the way down the rapids

 Another young ripper

 360's on the wall

 And jump!

 Teaching Thomas how to route set

He named is route 'Thomas's super hard challenging route'