Life rarely gets better than the last few weeks!
After a great couple weeks at Bigfoot running D of E bronze training and assessments, it was time to head to the west coast with Wilderness Scotland.
The west coast of Scotland provides some of the worlds best sea kayaking, with turquoise water, beatiful wildlife and rugged coast line, it's truly a sea kayakers dream.
Based in Plockton, a beautiful fishing town just north of Kyle of Lochalsh, for three nights, gave us the opportunity to explore the areas around Plockton and journey to Skye. With some amazing days already in the bag, including a circum navigation of Scalpay things only got better!
A journey up the road en-route to Ullapool gave us a chance to stop past Shieldaig, home of sea eagles. Beautifully benine conditions gave us a great days paddling.
Ullapool was our home for the remainder of the week, providing yet more mind-blowing scenery, not to mention the UK's best fish and chips!
With the Summer Isles truly living up to their name on Wednesdays paddle, our final day was spent with a paddle around the bird sanctuary of Isle Martin just off Ardmair. With a late spring this year, the island was eerily quiet in comparison to it's usual noise of nesting birds, but the sand stone sea cliffs are stunning none the less.
After working hard the last few weeks i thought it high time to have a day for myself.
Catching up with my good friend and ex-house mate Rob, we decided to have a day on the bikes. Inshriach forest has some of the best biking in the area, with what seems like endless flowing single track, technical climbs and breathtaking views, not to mention a world renowned cake shop!
A swing past the local bike shop had us bumping into another good friend and ex-housemate Graeme, who joined us for a quick blast at High Burnside, Aviemore's most local trails. With some beta from the guys in Bothy we road a new climb that has recently been put in, along with some incredible descents i have not ridden before, all of which in stunning blue-bird sunshine.
Another day off before heading over to Bigfoot again for Silver expeditions, there's alot of good work to look forward to!
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