The long, hot spell has provided some good conditions for getting out in the kayaks. We’ve had a few trips on the sea and we’ve been out on Loch Ken with the Kirkcudbright Canoe Club.
Kayaking Again
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More Wine o’ Clocks
The sunny spring weather this year has been good for outdoor Wine o’ Clock sessions. It’s been a pleasure to welcome some new arrivals this year. Wine o’ Clock has also been out and about at other locations and we’ll post some more photos from some of the sessions.
Wine o’ Clock
Our Friday evening tradition of Wine o’ Clock gatherings has continues through 2024 and has been hosted in various locations around the Borgue peninsula. Unfortunately, the weather has not been great for enjoying outdoor sessions this year but we did manage to get a fine, sunny evening for one of the September sessions.
Sandgreen Swim o’ Clock
The Friday evening Wine o’ Clock sessions are still going strong and in the summer months we often go ‘on tour’ to visit other locations for our refreshments. Cathy hosted a late summer Swim o’ Clock event at her house, ‘Lazy Days’ on the beach at Sandgreen.
Snowy Walk
On Tuesday mornings in the winter months a group of us go for a local stroll to work up an appetite for the Borgue Coffee Morning. We had a surprise in the middle of March when we had a fall of heavy, wet snow while we were out walking. It had all melted by later that afternoon.
Paddling Again
We had some mid-day high tides and good weather in the middle of May so we managed to get out for a paddle along the coast with our friends Anna and Rob.
The calm seas enabled us to see a couple of porpoises but they were too far away to get a photograph.
Wedding at Kirkandrews
It’s good to see some events starting up again even though numbers of participants are still very restricted. Our friends Mary and David were married in Kirkandrews Kirk on April16th on a sunny spring afternoon.
St David’s Day Paddle
We paddled out to Ardwall Island for a picnic lunch on St David’s Day this year. There was a very high tide around lunch time so there wasn’t much of a beach left on the island.
We came across our friend Guy from Knockbrex out on the water just off Ardwall Island.
Back in the Kayaks
Gabrielle’s new hip is recovering nicely so we’ve been able to get out for a paddle around in our kayaks during the last few weeks. Here are a few pictures from the various sessions.
Gerald’s Last Munro
Gerald was one of our group of friends who meet periodically for skiing, kayaking and other outdoor pursuits. Unfortunately he died from cancer in early 2019 and his family decided that they would like to scatter his ashes on top of one of the Munros. Carn Liath, near Blair Atholl, was chosen as the location and we had a large group of family and friends to make the trek to the summit.
The route up Carn Liath is pretty obvious and the path has recently been much improved with the installation of stone steps along most of the route where there used to be steep scree slopes.
