The Beginning

For the past five years Tina and I have been keen open canoeists and for much longer than that keen fell walkers. Earlier this year whilst on holiday in Scotland, with the open canoe, we saw a leaflet for a Beginners Sea Kayaking course to be held in July. Tina was very keen to give it a go and I felt that being able to sea kayak would open up a new world of adventure for us. There is also the possibility that in a few years time we may retire to the West coast of Scotland and what a great activity sea kayaking would be to do from our new home. We happened to be stopping right next to the base where the National Trust for Scotland runs the course from, so we dropped in for a chat. This was when we first met Willie who would be the instructor for the course. He confirmed there were places on the course, so once back home we booked two places.