Stephen and Andrea came canoeing, exploring the craggy coastline on the calm waters in the sunshine.

Alan and Cora had been paddling with me a few years ago, recently Alan bought a kayak and they wanted to come out to practice some techniques and more importantly how to rescue each other if they fall in. It’s an essential skill to keep yourself safe for all kayak owners.

Albert and Sarah spent the morning paddling with me around the rocky shoreline at Mellon Charles. When we stopped on a beach for our brew break we got a good view of a young otter scampering along the beach in front of us.

Nicola, Kate, Benedict and Iona joined me on the water for a sunny time paddling around the coastline. Like most trips lately we saw a good selection of jellyfish – this one is known as a Blue Jellyfish, it’s similar to the Lion’s Mane Jellyfish and will give you a nasty sting if you hug it.

Tani, Timo, Isabella, Justin and Daniel’s house overlooks Longa, they’ve been keen to get out to it since they’ve lived there. The weather was perfectly calm, so conditions were right for a trip out to the island.

Young Alexander and Theo along with Philip, Emma, Andrew and Maria came out in kayaks to have some fun leaning how to paddle.

Alec, Victoria, Ben and Adam came kayaking on a still and blue sky day. Recently I’ve been coming across quite a few of these big Barrel Jellyfish, like all jellyfish they’re pretty impressive but these are huge! You can see a moon jellyfish over to the right to see the size difference.

Donna, Tanya and Dervile spent the afternoon exploring the rocky coastline south of Gairloch.

Greg, Laura, Logan and local lass Esther came for a splash in kayaks this morning. It was nice to have them out on the water again, last time we’d been out in canoes on an equally sunny day.

Gemma and her brother Mark came for a spin around the loch on this sunny afternoon, perfect weather to be out in boats!

Scott, Morven and Amy came kayaking from Gairloch harbour. Despite one of them being a little nervous of water they all had a great time on the boats and spotting the wildlife.

Duncan was bought a Ewe Canoe Voucher for his birthday and we finally got organised to get out on the water. He was using his own kayak and wanted to learn some paddling techniques.

Michael had been out with me in the past, this time he brought Jayne along to join in on the fun. He’s already booked again for August! It’s not far up here from his B&B down in Lochcarron, so easy to nip up for a relaxing paddle.

Laura and Stuart took a break on their NC500 road trip to enjoy the coast from the other side.

Catherine and John joined me in canoes on a sunny morning. We had a good paddle around the coastline, spotting plenty of wildlife including this big barrel jellyfish – something we don’t see too often.

Shiel, Brooke, Freda and Greg chose a couple of sea kayaks and a couple of sit on tops to get out on the water on. We had a good paddle around the craggy coastline to a beach only accessible by boat.

Dave and Sue had chosen to leave their kayaks back home on the south coast when they came up to drive around the NC500, far easier to book a session on the water with me. At the end of our session we enjoyed just a few seals coming to see us – only about 25 seals.

Paul and Ashley planned a morning paddling with me on their NC500 holiday. We had a good time going around the coastline spotting wildlife under the water. Spiny and common starfish, moon and lion’s mane jellyfish, urchins and anemones.