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Scottish Sea Kayak Trail Book

Scottish Sea Kayak Trail Book

A few month’s ago I mentioned Simon Willis’s forthcoming book Scottish Sea Kayak Trail. The finishing touches are being made to the book as I type this and it is due to be published on June 8th.
Simon is updating his website and plans are afoot to include a forum to compliment the book allowing paddlers [...]

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Coast to Coast

Coast to Coast

When you mention the Coast to Coast, most people think of the walk/run/cycle from St Bee’s to Robin Hoods Bay. However, an trip due to start in March 2009 plans to do it a little differently!
Supporting a very worthy cause and a great trip to boot on a journey that crosses northern England from the [...]

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Belated Congratulations

Over the summer period a couple of ‘big trips’ were successfully completed, both along the Scottish coastline.
Dorset paddler Mark Rainsley completed his attempt to paddle the entire West & North coast whilst Simon and Liz Willis completed their fact finding mission prior to writing the Scottish Sea Kayak Trail Guidebook.

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Scottish Kayak Trail

The west coast of Scotland is a dream destination for sea kayakers with some of the world’s best paddling. Now it will be the location of the UK’s first long distance ‘trail’ for sea kayakers. A guide-book to the 300 mile Scottish Kayak Trail will published by kayaking specialists Pesda Press.
The route [...]

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