Paddling through the winter months can be wonderful way of getting some much needed daylight and nature into our lives and keeping the paddling mojo high. However let’s not kid ourselves, it can be miserable too… right? It can also be a great time to focus on your fitness for kayaking; the activity you love. So when the weather is… Read more →
Category: From the waterline
Skye: a journey south to north on the east coast July 2022
As I made final decisions for the location for a 5-6 day guided sea kayak expedition on the west coast of Scotland, the windy westerly airstream was maintaining its grip on the Scottish summer. The clients were packed and raring to go, so I weighed up all the variables: wind, temperature, camping spots, previous trips, and opted for Skye… never… Read more →
Crossing the Pentland Firth
An article by myself published in The Paddler October 2021 (SCA Magazine) Tackling the Pentland Pentagon: A DOUBLE CROSSING OF THE NOTORIOUS PENTLAND FIRTH Alice McInnes and Kate Duffus challenged themselves with a well-planned, double crossing of the Pentland Firth… The best plans in kayaking are usually nuggets of ideas that lie dormant until the alignment of several factors allow… Read more →
A guide for getting back on the water 2021… déjà vu?
As the 2021 season starts to get underway, it’s certainly the case for many of us that we haven’t been paddling much or at all due to COVID restrictions, and we certainly haven’t been interacting in big groups or with people outside of our household. So what impact will this have? So, once we are allowed back onto the water,… Read more →