October 5/6th 2019
I think this was the final planned weekend trip of the Club
calendar for 2019. It involved a
hotel/bunkhouse though instead of wet canvas.
Nevertheless conditions for paddling were not without a challenge as we
started down the Kyle from Oykel Bridge, two groups of seven sea paddlers
trying to do a river!
By the end of Saturday we had conquered 21 kms against a
headwind all the way to Bonar Bridge – the evenings social in the
bar/restaurant kind of made up for it though.
Had a beer called Yellowhammer as well as the Ossian (plus the local Balblair
single malt of course). Some crazy pool
players were in the next room sinking the white ball many times.
Sunday was subject to a revised plan so we started at the
sea end of things (Meikle Ferry) and paddled up the estuary/river/Kyle to get
off at Bonar Bridge. Some variety in
tidal flows /sand banks /chosen routes was observed but all ended well.
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A relaxed programme for a w/e but pleasant all the same.
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