Month: October 2008

Returning from the pub around midnight last night, I retrieved my drysuit which was drying / airing outside our chalet and took it indoors. I was glad I did because it had frozen again – it could almost stand up on its own! Waking up this morning we were greated…

Wednesday started slightly slower than the previous days – partly due to not leaving the pub until almost 0100 and partly due to no decision having been made as to which river to paddle today. Eventually we chose to head to Etive, but that was quickly changed to the Braan…

Waking up we were somewhat surprised to see the ground around our chalets covered with snow. Now, seeing the ground all white was not helping with the motivation for getting all cold and wet on river! Negating this, we headed across to the Orchy. Upon arrival the motivation was no…

Another early start was required today in order to achieve our target of the Coe and the Orchy, which meant leaving at 0830. Arriving at the Coe we were disappointed to discover that the level had dropped off too much meaning that it was too low to paddle. We decided…

The remainder of the journey to our accommodation in Roy Bridge was fairly uneventful, with just the heavy rain to contend with. Following dinner, we headed to the pub for a swift drink, which very quickly turned into considerably more than just the one. Having decided to head east to…

The time has come around again to head north to the land of bagpipes and haggis – Scotland. The outlook for the week is considerably different to the low water levels were had last year. The west coast has seen a generous helping of rain over the last week or…