Tolsta to Galson Camping Trip May 2008.

Brevig to Tolsta April 08
It was a bit strange to only have 2 of us out on such a brilliant day,but we just had to make the most of it,southerly fresh fourish and clearing cloud revealing a wedge of blue sky peeling back to Ullapool greeted us a s we broke into the confused chop [...]

A 9am start in Stornoway saw us leaving from Mangurstadh on the west coast and Tim, Murty, Howard, Emma, Alex, Tim and I heading north to explore the caves and rock gardens. We had a good look at the passage through Eilean Molach but left it was just too lively. Emma was keen to land [...]

With a bitterly cold northerly wind and reports from Mike that the Sound of Harris was jumping… we eventually decided the best option for the day was a run down Loch Seaforth and after some shuttling set off from Ardvoulie.
It was unusual to be heading down the loch and between snow showers we could see [...]

After checking four different forecasts on the net for Saturday, we were still none the wiser on where to go, all forecasts were different offering winds from any direction bar east. Although there was a fair bit of interest on Thursday for getting on the water, for one reason or another we only ended up [...]

I got a call from Howard on Friday evening. Fancy a paddle Saturday from Cuddy Point around 12.30? With a bit of a break in the weather, wind 2-3 from the East at midday, to North 2-3 afternoon rising to 6 WNW in the evening. The forecast seemed favourable for a leisurely paddle on familiar [...]

Even with a 9am start we had five eager paddlers keen to get the new year off to a good start and with a SW F5-7 forecast a blow along Loch Erisort seemed a good option - it also provided Alex with a handy get out half way! Despite the last minute addition of Mike [...]

Alex assures us that for the past two years this weekend has meant only one thing - big surf and it was perhaps with the consequences of this in his mind that Innes joined Mike, Bennie Howard & myself for a typical Sulliven trip along Loch Erisort. A series of fantastic squalls blasted us along [...]