Mountain and Sea Scotland

The first few months of 2024 have seen some really poor weather conditions in Scotland.  In the north-east of the country it was the wettest...

January can, in some years, be a month of enforced abstinence from most outdoor activities.  Limited daylight, often hostile weather and low...

On the second paddling day of our trip in Wester Ross Allan and I launched from the jetty at Laide in Gruinard Bay .  This is a handy launch...

 We paddled along the southern shore of Loch Gairloch (a tautological name which translates as Loch of the Short Loch ) and took a coffee br...

During a winter which had so far been alternately wet or windy, the chance of some sea kayaking in settled weather had Allan and I regularly...

  December 2023 and into January 2024 saw some exceptionally wet weather in the north east of Scotland - Aberdeenshire received three times ...

In late December there was a wonderful display of Nacreous Cloud in the skies over Aberdeenshire.  From before sunrise the ethereal colours...

The second half of April had some really fine weather with high pressure close by the north of Scotland.  Douglas and I watched the synopti...