Jamie, Leanne, Rebecca, Monty and Erin spent an exciting afternoon paddling about in the sunshine. Monty and Erin seemed keen to leave Rebecca on a tiny island without her boat!

Drew and Chelsea were spending a few days at the Pool House in Poolewe, they were keen to get on the water to see it all from a different perspective.

Richard, Alison, Dan, Laura, Jamie, Louise and Alejandro spent the afternoon with me exploring the exciting coastline near Gairloch in both canoes and kayaks.

Matt and Steph were lucky with blue skies and sunshine on our adventure from Gairloch harbour.

Greg, Emily, Logan, Esther, Rebecca, Guy and Dorje all joined me for a fun afternoon splashing about by Inverewe Garden. Most of them have been out on the water with me before and where keen to play some of the classic games!

Anthea, Catherine, Bryan and Brian spent the afternoon exploring the craggy coastline. It may have been a little grey and damp but this didn’t stop the fun!

Steve and Lynda came out with me for a morning adventure. We had a nice low tide which meant we where able to spot lots of starfish, urchins and other wildlife that normally lives below the surface.

Katherine and Jamie enjoyed a sunny morning exploring the wildlife and coastline with me. A great adventure to have on their honeymoon!

Erin and Jonathan enjoyed their last trip so much the brought along Celia and Sarah to experience it. Kayaking around the islands with Slioch in the background is always a nice way to spend a day.

Lila and Jason joined me on sit on top kayaks to explore the coastline from Gairloch on a slightly grey day. We spent time sat watching the seals as they bobbed about watching us.

The Mackenzie-Clarke clan couldn’t stay off the water, they booked another morning with me. This time we paddled from Poolewe, going around the coastline of Inverewe Garden.

John and Carol met me on a very calm afternoon at Gairloch. The water was almost mirror like as we paddled around the bay, it made the seals very clear to spot!

David, Tanya, Caz and Robbie joined me again for a fun morning exploring the exciting coastline around Mellon Charles. They always have bag fulls of energy and today was no exception. It was a good tide height for exploring the passageways between the rocks and the caves.

Allison and Will are up here again, so I had to try and find somewhere we’d not paddled before. Gruinard Island (known as Anthrax Island due to military testing back in 1942) was the place for the day. There’s some great varied coastline around it to explore.

The next day was a bit breezy for paddling so I had the day off and since Will is a keen climber we went down to climb a couple of classic climbs at Tollie Crag. I don’t really get enough time clambering around on rocks that aren’t surrounded by water.

We then managed to fit in another quick paddle together from Gairloch where we had a pod of porpoise swimming around us for quite a while.

Alan, Pam, Imogen and Edmund joined me again, this time for a breezy session on the water. The morning had been totally calm, but the wind had picked up a little to give us slightly more exciting paddling at times! We still had plenty of areas that were completely out of the wind to allow us to gaze through the water at the starfish and urchins.

Stephen, Natalie, Amy and Paul spent the morning with me exploring the area from the water. The water was very calm and peaceful, practically no ripples on the water at all and with low tides loads of wildlife to spot!

Martin, Elizabeth, Jens, Oscar and Bella had a great afternoon on the water. They caught me at very short notice but luckily I was able to squeeze them in for a fun sunny session.

Belinda, Mark, Beth and Luke came paddling with me. We had some really low tides and so were able to see lots of great wildlife under the water and all around us. Below is a picture of a starfish that I don’t see too often as they stay lower in the water than others, it’s called a seven-armed starfish – or if you want to sound like you’re clever it’s a Luidia ciliaris, I go for the simple common name as it’s far easier to remember!