Inverewe Canoe
This morning was spent pleasantly paddling around near Poolewe. 3 generations of the Lawrie family picked up canoeing skills quickly, helped by a competitive game – Loch Ewe Pyranhas. We fought the breeze and paddled along Inverewe Garden’s shore line to reach Camas Glas, where we sneaked onto the beach for a cuppa and cake.
We cruised along with the breeze back towards Poolewe, chasing each others boats trying to capture each others ‘tails’. Each boat team had improved too much and I found it hard to win. The weather has continued to be fantastic up here – blue skys and sunshine, none of these grey dreich days down south are getting!
The Lawries had a lot of fun out on the water – we’d never seen Loch Ewe from that perspective before. Subconciously learned some new skills whilst ‘playing’ and managed quite a bit during our time on the water, so obviously we had a good instructor in Conor, who was relaxed whilst responsible, allowing everything to happen at its own pace.
As the “senior” Lawrie, I was given the preferential seat with Conor providing the paddling power at the rear of my canoe – or was he, really?? Will I ever know for sure? Whoever did the hard work, great fun was had by all in beautiful surroundings on an equally beautiful day. Up here in the NW Highlands is where the good weather is, folks. Thanks, Conor, for a great couple of hours; I look forward to trying a kayak next time.