Sean, Claire, Owen and Duncan met me for a fun paddling session in both canoes and kayaks. Duncan went in the canoe with his folks whilst Owen was left to paddle one of my little person kayaks.

Brian and Duncan met me for their third Ewe Canoe session along with Catrona and Alasdair on their second, and Jane got her first experience of a Ewe Canoe session. We all had a good time paddling sea kayaks and sit on top boats – most folk seemed to decide they preferred the sit on top boats stability!

Laura, James, Luke and Matthew met me at my house for the short drive down to the boom beach in Mellon Charles. We had a great time paddling on both the calm gentle water by the beach and the exciting bumpy water around the corner.

Thomas, Harry and Natasha met me for a damp afternoon at Badachro. Despite the rain we had a good paddle around the area to see the sights, seals, otter and birds life.

Sam, Beth, Martha, Elsie and Zebedee met me on a slightly damp morning at Badachro. Martha and Elsie had to put up with being in my boat whilst Zebedee commanded his boat. We had a fun time paddling around to see the seals, play games and enjoy our hot chocolate on the island.

Alisa, Andrew, Grace, Molly and Craig joined me at Gairloch for a fun session paddling around the coastline. We had a great time playing games, seeing the seals and balancing on the boats.

David, Dawn, Ruairidh and Eilidh met me for the afternoon paddling trip, again from Mellon Charles. We had a great time paddling around, exploring the scenic and rocky coastline.

Michelle and Dave came for a paddle with me from Mellon Charles’s ‘Boom’ beach, a busy place back in WWII (find out more at Aultbea’s Arctic Convoy Museum). It was a sunny relaxing paddle around the rocky coastline, they then headed north on their #NC500 trip to climb some mountains.

Sophie and Dai were driving around the #NC500 for their honeymoon, they found time to see a bit of Wester Ross from the water level. I’m not sure I can think of a better thing to do on your honeymoon! They live in a village not far from where I grew up, down by the Ridgeway.

Sarah, Dom, Gracie, Toby, Olly and Lucy met me for a lively energetic trip around the craggy scenic coastline from Gairloch harbour.

Iain, Sue, Alex and Katie came out for a paddle from Gairloch. The eagle eyed amongst you might notice one of my woolly hats on someone, obviously he didn’t fall in….

Shona and David came out on beautifully calm day. The sea kayaks glided across the mirror like water, the only ripples caused by the seals swimming around watching us.

Rachel, Michael, Leon and Mathilda met me at Gairloch for a fun session on the water kayaking around the craggy coastline.

John, Finn, Archie, Hamish and Luke joined me for what I guessed at the start was going to be a very very wet session. It was, Finn probably spent almost as much time in the water as he did on his boat! I lost count of how many times they swam, one thing for sure is that they’re all great at self rescue now – I wasn’t going to be rescuing them all the time, far too much danger of being dragged in!

Yet more customers come back for another year, this time it was Holger, Christiane, Terina, Adrien, Andrew and Iain that came out in the sunshine to paddle with me. It was another great session ending with Andrew and Iain getting very very wet!

David, Susan and Erynn came out with me again today for another great session a year on from the last. David didn’t get on too well with the sitting position of the kayak last time so he jumped in the front of a canoe with me whist Susan and Erynn paddled themselves around in kayaks.

Gavin, Morven, Angus, Ailsa and Isla are were in the area again so couldn’t resist coming out for another session with me. We had nicer weather this year and nobody swam accidentally this time!

Neil had recently bought a kayak and wanted to refresh his skills and get it paddling well. We spent a good amount of time chatting about kit so that he’ll be able to keep himself safe when he’s out on the water. By the end of the session he was getting his kayak to go where he wanted it to, not so easy with a boat that wants to spin like a roundabout!

I had been due to be paddling with Neil the day before but had to cancel as I was out on the hill with the MR team, so thanks Neil for being flexible and able to slot into the next day.

When Neil’s in the area he spends most of his time down at the harbour manning the Glendale boat hire office, you can hire small motor boats to explore the area.