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Tuesday, March 29, 2022

KCS kayak V cradles for side loading roof racks test and review.

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KCS are producing many new products these days and this V cradle for side loading roof racks really caught my eye. At £210 for a pair they ...
Friday, March 18, 2022

The Beaches of Scotland by Dr Stacey McGowan Holloway: Book Review

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This beautiful book is an illustrated  guide to over 150 beaches scattered round the 19,000 km coast line of the Scottish mainland, the Hebr...
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Friday, July 02, 2021

29th April 2021 #7 Locked in but not locked down by a wild night in Loch Hourn.

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Ian and I set to work building a fire on the shore of Loch Hourn. We chose a site below the highest tide level but, as it was just before pr...
Thursday, July 01, 2021

29th April 2021 #6 another change of weather in Loch Hourn.

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No sooner had we turned our backs to the wind and rain at the head of Loch Hourn than the wind dropped. Then the skies began to clear reveal...
Thursday, June 24, 2021

29th April 2021 #5 Some hellish weather in Loch Hourn with some paradoxical dryness at Caolas an Loch Beag.

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Donald had followed the north shore of Loch Hourn in his small F-Rib boat with 6HP motor. He had arrived at our intended camp site and pitch...
Thursday, June 17, 2021

29th April 2021 #4 Let's do lunch at the lonesome pine of Loch Hourn.

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When the squall passed the skies began to clear. This proved to be an ideal time to stop at a tidal island with a lonesome pine to sit under...
Thursday, June 10, 2021

29th April 2021 #3 Skyfall and rainfall in Loch Hourn.

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  As we paddled east along the south shore of Loch Hourn the mountains closed round us. Loch Hourn is a flooded U shaped glaciated valley an...