In tonight’s BBC Countryfile (18th September 2011) – and if you miss it, go for BBC iPlayer – Continue reading
Category Archives: Canoeing/Kayaking
Duke of Argyll cooks up a winner for Canadian and German Great Scottish Adventurers
You’re sitting in the lovely Inveraray Castle, in the most visually compelling village in Scotland, tucked into the Loch Shira bulge on the west shores of the longest sea loch in the UK – Loch Fyne.
You’re in the private quarters of the castle with its owners, the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, he the 13th Duke in the line of Chiefs of Clan Campbell.
And the Duke has himself just cooked you a dinner with a starter of Loch Fyne smoked salmon, followed by Argyll beef and with chocolate mousse and scottish berries for pudding. Continue reading
Easdale Island’s Atlantic Adventure Day
Given that this is the little island whose residents take a Ne’erday swim Continue reading
Tour of a lifetime: National Geographic names Scottish Sea Kayak Trail
Wilderness Scotland’s Scottish Sea Kayak Trail, featuring Loch Linnhe and Gigha Continue reading
Skating with SSACN in the Sound of Jura
This weekend – over the period from Thursday 7th – Sunday 10th April 2011 – the Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network Continue reading
Surprise Yourself: VisitScotland gets it SO right. Now look at Argyll – Scotland’s Playground
The latest VisitScotland commercial – Surprise Yourself – Continue reading
Inspirational invitation to Argyll’s waterside communities: take to it
This is one of the best ideas yet to emerge in Argyll for community building and an active lifestyle appropriate to the place – Continue reading
Results: Oban Sea Kayak Race. Huge success. What about signage?
53 kayaks and 54 paddlers (one kayak was a double) made the 2010 inaugural Oban Sea Kayak Race Continue reading
Round Kerrera: the inaugural Oban Sea Kayak Race
The first thought here is ‘Oh bliss’; the second ‘But an Eskimo Roll?’; and the third ‘Envy’. The vital spark is 4th September 2010. Continue reading
Kayakers mobile SOS sees Oban Lifeboat launch
Oban’s Lifeboat, the Mora Edith Macdonald, gathered her skirts Continue reading