Well I can vouch for Epicyclo, as Heather, Caleb and I stopped off on our way home for a coffee and cake with Brian in Strathpeffer. I feel I rang him mid run and distracted him with the offer of cake.
We, the family had spent the weekend camping and canoeing on Loch Maree. We drove down early hours of Saturday morning and were on the water bright and early. We didn't really commit to camping as we thought the area would be overrun with tourists especially as we were told a couple of the carparks had been shut, which would make parking up for the night and portaging the canoe difficult. I was smart enough, okay, Heather was, to pack the Trangia and camping gear just in case. We also had some fresh pasta and sauce and various sandwiches and all the things needed, chucked in the van.
We eventually parked up in the northern carpark as the others seemed to be shut or too far off the water.
We had the Old Town HW with us as it was to be her main celebratory paddle for her birthday. She was built during July/August 1920 which makes her 100 years old. We had hoped to have repainted her for the occasion but hopefully we will for next months trip. We had a scrape on a hidden rock just below the surface which once dislodged gave me a moment as I seen the white paint flaking off the top of it. Thankfully it hadn't gone through the canvas just the paint.
As usual she paddled perfectly, the whole design and shape is exactly suited to what we use her for and even when we decided we would camp overnight and had to paddle all the way back to load up and then head off again she was her usual poised self. You couldn't even tell we had put the picnic bag, tent, sleeping bags, stove, change of clothes etc into her as well as the dog.
One of those great weekends where things fall into place, weather people, water etc. The only issue was the fuc**g midges!!!! bar**rds!!
Saying that we did a lot of exploring scoping out new campsites and ate lunch on one island, dinner on another before setting up for the night on yet another. We ate beautifully and left this morning after an attack from the midges once the wind suddenly dropped.
We then met Brian on the way home to finish off a great trip.
home now, cleaned, canoe cleaned and away, tent up cleaned and back down, showered and relax
I see Rob had a nice campout weekend as well, so it must be the season.
Hope everyone else had a nice one too.
Jamie
Loch Maree below
IMG_3785 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_3688 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_3703 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_3706 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_3718 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_3722 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_3740 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
Lunch stop
IMG_3748 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_3753 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
Dinner stop
IMG_3760 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_3771 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
Evening setup
DSCN5810 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
DSCN5816 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
Morning paddle and still smiling
DSCN5834 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
We, the family had spent the weekend camping and canoeing on Loch Maree. We drove down early hours of Saturday morning and were on the water bright and early. We didn't really commit to camping as we thought the area would be overrun with tourists especially as we were told a couple of the carparks had been shut, which would make parking up for the night and portaging the canoe difficult. I was smart enough, okay, Heather was, to pack the Trangia and camping gear just in case. We also had some fresh pasta and sauce and various sandwiches and all the things needed, chucked in the van.
We eventually parked up in the northern carpark as the others seemed to be shut or too far off the water.
We had the Old Town HW with us as it was to be her main celebratory paddle for her birthday. She was built during July/August 1920 which makes her 100 years old. We had hoped to have repainted her for the occasion but hopefully we will for next months trip. We had a scrape on a hidden rock just below the surface which once dislodged gave me a moment as I seen the white paint flaking off the top of it. Thankfully it hadn't gone through the canvas just the paint.
As usual she paddled perfectly, the whole design and shape is exactly suited to what we use her for and even when we decided we would camp overnight and had to paddle all the way back to load up and then head off again she was her usual poised self. You couldn't even tell we had put the picnic bag, tent, sleeping bags, stove, change of clothes etc into her as well as the dog.
One of those great weekends where things fall into place, weather people, water etc. The only issue was the fuc**g midges!!!! bar**rds!!
Saying that we did a lot of exploring scoping out new campsites and ate lunch on one island, dinner on another before setting up for the night on yet another. We ate beautifully and left this morning after an attack from the midges once the wind suddenly dropped.
We then met Brian on the way home to finish off a great trip.
home now, cleaned, canoe cleaned and away, tent up cleaned and back down, showered and relax
I see Rob had a nice campout weekend as well, so it must be the season.
Hope everyone else had a nice one too.
Jamie
Loch Maree below
IMG_3785 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_3688 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_3703 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_3706 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_3718 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_3722 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_3740 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
Lunch stop
IMG_3748 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_3753 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
Dinner stop
IMG_3760 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_3771 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
Evening setup
DSCN5810 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
DSCN5816 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
Morning paddle and still smiling
DSCN5834 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr