Loch Nevis

The weather quite rapidly deteriorated .. After a short paddle from Glenuig Inn to camp at Invermoidart, we headed north to Morar. To reduce the exposure we decided to portage into Loch Morar, and paddle up to Tarbet, then portage over into Loch Nevis. It was a blustery and wet few days, with a rather scraggy campsite towards the tip of Loch Nevis

 
Unfortunately in the change of plan we'd skipped the restocking in the coop in Mallaig, so by the time we could paddle out to Inverie we were getting a bit short of food ... But luckily we'd caught a few mackerel at Tarbert.

Scotland 2017

This year, unusually, we decided to brave the midges and go to scotland in July... do a bit of sea kayaking, the spend a week in a cottage introducing the grandchildren to the joys of scotland.

As we arrived at Glenuig, with our fairly new novacraft canoe on the roof, and the Feathercraft K2 sea kayak inside the car, the view over to the small isles was glorious
 

River Thames

Spent a blissful couple of days canoeing down the upper Thames from Lechlade to Eynsham in "Mary", our homemade wooden canoe.

Bus and Train

Alsa busses are a great way to get around Andalucia. They're cheap, and they seem to go everywhere. No problem taking bikes, so long as you take the front wheel off, turn the handlebars and wrap them up. You also need a 5Euro ticket for them as outsize luggage.






Once compacted down to 120cm x90 our bikes were free on Renfe high speed trains, but slightly worryingly, on some of the trains there was nowhere sensible to put them, so we were somewhat relying on the kindness of the staff not to make trouble.

Cazola National Park

The park is superb, and GR247 is a great mountain biking route, with excellent mapping

Fantastic scenery.

Just a few parts definately not cyclable!
















Lots of Fuente for drinking water, so long as you know where they are.














 Final bivi on the mountain top, before dropping down to the town of Cazorla, to start the journey home

Capo de Gata

Rather disappointing, in comparison to the fantastic Scottish coasts we're used to.  But there was a very nice cycle ride down a long gently sloping track from Punta Negra (closed to cars)

Sierra Nevada

Beautiful white villages.

Dramatic descent into Valor