Gear Fondling

We are holidaying on the west coast of Scotland, there is no intention of sea kayaking on this trip although we do plan to visit some great locations that may be used in the future when we are more experienced. We did however plan a visit to Oban and the sea kayaking shop and have even brought roof bar straps with us in case we make a purchase, the camper van pop up roof has a weight limit so we are limited to only taking one kayak home if we do. So today we went “gear fondling” in the Oban Sea Kayaking shop and had a great chat with Chris, one of the shop assistants. They have some kayaks that Tina is interested in and has researched but they also have a Tiderace Xplore. Now the Xplore I paddled on the three day course was an M and this is an L, my weight means I’m good for either and I know Willie thought I should have used the L that he had. I really loved the Tiderace on the course so I’m tempted, but even with the priced reduced by £500 it’s a lot of money. We are off to the Isle of Mull for about a week so that gives us time to mull it over (that’s a terrible pun and I must apologies for it).