Causeway Coast – A “Giant’s Trip” by Tim Haines The coast of Northern Ireland is spectacularly beautiful. There are immense sea caves and towering stacks, great open sandy beaches and picturesque castles at frequent intervals. To keep kayakers entertained there are several tide-races, lots of surfing opportunities and, with much of the coast open to the Atlantic, ‘conditions’ are rarely far away. There is a very active local sea kayaking community… Read More »Causeway Coast – A “Giant’s Trip” by Tim Haines

2024 Outer Hebrides – Fuzzy WaterDay 09 Saturday 24th Aug – Meavaig South – “Otterly” Fabulous by Debbie Hughes Time to move on from the campsite and take the 9.30 ferry across the Sound of Harris from Berneray to Leverburgh where we had a quick stock up at the shop and a coffee stop. Then on up to Tarbert in North Harris where, joy of joys, Keith had found us… Read More »2024 Outer Hebrides Day 09 “Otterly” Fabulous by Debbie Hughes

2024 Outer Hebrides – Fuzzy WaterDay 08 Friday 23rd Aug – Loch Eupoirt by Dave Brown We found a nice get-in-point close to the water at a place called Saighinis this was or is a small fishing cove used by 1 -2 boats with lobster pots on the side as we dodged these to take off the sea kayaks from the cars and van or was that just me !!!!.… Read More »2024 Outer Hebrides Day 08 Loch Eupoirt by Dave Brown

2024 Outer Hebrides – Fuzzy Water Day 07 Thursday 22nd Aug – Grimsay Harbour and Ronay by Catriona Hare Surprise. surprise another windy day, which required careful planning to identify a safe paddling time and location This time the weather window was late afternoon and we returned to Grimsay where we had been on a tour of boat museums a couple of days earlier. We started from a scallop processing… Read More »2024 Outer Hebrides Day 07 – Grimsay Harbour and Ronay by Catriona Hare

Last Junior Docks Session Sept 2024 Today saw a great turnout with 17 paddlers for the last planned junior docks session. We had many regular paddlers and some new faces.  Whilst the newer paddlers got used to their kayaks, the more experienced started with a relay race. Then we headed along the next dock, practising 360 turns on the way and stopping our kayaks.  There was a long run of… Read More »Last Junior Docks Session Sept 2024

2024 Outer Hebrides – Fuzzy Water Day 06 Wednesday 21st Aug – Day 05 Tuesday – Stormbound still! It was all going so well, we hunkered down in the storm-force winds, when a shout for help from Dave followed a tent pole snapping. With several pairs of hands helping out the tent was dropped and further damage avoided, and Dave prepared to spend the night in his van. Then snap… Read More »2024 Outer Hebrides Day 06 – Stormbound still!

Day 05 Tuesday 20th Aug – Stormbound Stone Circles and Museums Following a morning rendezvous in the kitchen, the word was that there was a plan to look for a paddle later. It was windy but not wet so some of us set off for a walk from the campsite to seek out some of the stone circles marked on the map. Catriona, Frankie, Debbie and Keith set off on… Read More »2024 Outer Hebrides Day 05 – Stone Circles and Museums

2024 Outer Hebrides – Fuzzy Water Day 04 Monday 19th Aug – Loch Baghasdail and Castle by Frankie Annan Day 4 began earlier for some than others. The ferry ride from Barra over to Eriskay was a short hop over water that maybe in different weather conditions we would have explored in our boats. On arrival Team Mercedes did a bit of early sightseeing and went to visit the beaches… Read More »2024 Outer Hebrides – Day 04 Loch Baghasdail and Castle by Frankie Annan

Anglesey Weekend SUNDAY PADDLE 22/09/2024  –  To the Swellies and Beyond. Today, as per yesterday, the club managed to put on three separate guided paddles, thanks to the volunteer coaches, Ian, Gary and Keith.  Consequently, there was something for everyone.  I was with the mixed ability group, 10 of us, heading to the Menai Strait under the direction of Keith.  This required a slightly earlier start from the slip at… Read More »Anglesey Weekend No.4  – Sunday – To the Swellies and Beyond.

Anglesey Weekend No.4 Sandy Bay to Ynys Y Fydlyn by Catriona Hare As Ian could not arrive till Saturday morning, I was responsible for deciding which trip our group would run. Both the met office and XC weather had been forecasting ENE and NE winds of force 4 gusting 6 for several days so the planning group agreed the trips needed to be on the sheltered west of Anglesey. Several options… Read More »Anglesey Weekend No.4 Sandy Bay to Ynys Y Fydlyn by Catriona Hare