Corryvreckan

Fullfilled a long held dream of Toms and kayaked through Corryvreckan to the west coast of Jura.   Conditions were ideal.. Slack tide at Neaps, v calm weather and Toms meticulous planning meant we were there at the right time to the minute.   Nevertheless, there still seemed to be simultaneously an east going current of 4km/hr with a west going current of 4km/hr just beside it.  We swept through with a clutch of hopeful seagulls and camped in the nearest bay, Bagh Gleann nam Muc, getting up at 4am the next morning to avoid getting caught up in the eddies.

To Jura

Loaded the Kayak up with a week's worth of food (in case we got locked in on the west coast by the weather) and set off to Corryvreckan after a pleasant day's kayaking with our friends Patrick and MA in Ardfern

Loch Etive

Started our 2012 Scottish trip by paddling up Loch Etive on a beautiful calm sunny day to camp with our friends Philip and Monica at Rubha Bharr.  Its currently the hottest place in the UK at 27.3C.  For the first time ever, it was a pleasure swimming in a scottish mountain stream!

Flow country

Fording a river in Flow Country

Orkney

The weather and tides make kayaking rather challenging on Orkney, but the prehistory is amazing

Cape Wrath

Tom on the beach near the fantastic bothy at Kearvaig near Cape Wrath

Glen Feshie

After a few days wild camping, and with a wet night forecast, we drove up to Kingussie and installed ourselves in a B&B. We'd plannned to take the train back to Blair Athol and cycle back up Glen Gaick but discovered that we should have booked spaces for the bikes days ago. In a rapid change of plan we cycled up Glen Feshie instead: another classic. The head of the valley is a wonderful parkland of mature scots pines.