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Showing posts with label epics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label epics. Show all posts
Friday, March 15, 2013

Friends reunited in the Sound of Arisaig.

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As we were relaxing in the sun on Camas Ghaoidiel, Phil suddenly leapt to his feet. He rushed down to his kayak and searched each hatch. ...
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Tuesday, February 07, 2012

Ian's Inlet

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In a recent post I said that we came to a point round which some big swell " stopped play" . While this was accurate, I was bein...
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Saturday, December 10, 2011

Our approach to Carnage Corner.

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As we approached the rocky coastline at the  north end of Culzean Bay ... ...Jim was really powering the Taran, catching every wave...
Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Flotsam, jetsam and kayaks off the Rinns of Islay.

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From Lossit Bay to Machir Bay the rocky ramparts of of the Rinns stretches for 8km almost unbroken. Kilchiaran Bay is the only breach in ...
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Monday, July 18, 2011

Sails on the Shetland Bus

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BBC Scotland had an interesting piece on tonight's television news . Mick Berwick, Patrick Winterton and Olly Hicks have set off fro...
Saturday, July 11, 2009

Coll, calm and collected; crossing the Sound

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By now my dislocated knee had swollen to the size of a melon and the pain was nearly unbearable. David, Jennifer and Jim carried my kayak to...
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Friday, July 10, 2009

Praise the dawn of a new day on Coll

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This had been the second sleepless night since I had dislocated my knee. I had run out of the various supplies of ibuprofen, diclofenac, asp...
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Friday, June 26, 2009

Better days: knees in the sand

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My eye was caught by this old boat which was lying at the high water mark in Scarinish Harbour Tiree. She was lying as she was when she was ...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Any port in a storm.

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We rounded Portachur Point on the SW of Great Cumbrae and found some very satisfying conditions. We were looking forward to a blast up the f...
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Sunday, March 16, 2008

An unexpected swim.

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A force 6 NE wind was blowing down the loch and whipping a frenzy of white horses over its dark cold waters. It is the end of the Scottish w...
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Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Adventure begins at home!

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At the weekend I got thinking about adventure on the water. In Scotland we have what must be some of the best paddling in the world, mostly ...
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Monday, May 21, 2007

Timed to perfection but nearly marooned on Luing!

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This was 19:03 on 11th May 2006. We had just successfully executed a remarkable sea kayaking day trip from Glasgow. The night before, I had ...
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