West Highland Paddle, Arisaig - Knoydart - Skye. 26th - 30th May

Alan,
I put the following wee trip report on the kayak club blog, and thought it may provide some interest for the Harrier paddle fratenity, (they know who they are).perhaps you could add it the harrier blog, if only to show the club there are two Kenny's.

Billy

Following Len and Stuart's report I thought I should add on the rest of the week from the Monday through to Friday as undertaken by myself and Kenny and John. Monday about lunch time after having visited the seamans mission we left Jean to get the ferry to Armadale and her trip to St Kilda which was scheduled for the Wednesday and launched into flat calm for our afternoon paddle to Sandaig Bay. It started off dry and bright but developed into cooler and heavy showers, which persisted into the evening. The campsite was a bit disappointing due to wet ground and lots of midgies and we were forced into an early night . The next day was brighter and we paddled across to the Point of Sleat  and then up the coast to Dalivil (I think Kenny has the map) a bay just short of Taskavaig Bay. Again flat calm no winds, could this continue. This site was much better though again we had midgies and again some heavy rain in the evening. This rain turned out to be a blessing in disguise as we were a bit short of water and had collected some pretty brown looking stuff, however the rain poured off the tarp at its low point and we easily collected approx 5 litres  no problem at all . It was a bit sad to see the amount of plastic debris scattered about much more than you would expect though this was probably due a lot to the bay's position windwise. Next morning off again flat calm no wind, to Camasoonary Bothy at Loch Scavaig via it has to be said a tea and cake stop at the excellent wee shop at Elgol. On reaching the bothy we could see it in the distance ! the tide was well out and we had a bit of a carry with the gear to keep us amused. However the sun was out and Kenny and John soon found a place in the bothy for their wee beds, I just used my tent as even with a therma - rest did not fancy concrete floors as a bed. It was a this point Kenny and John were forced to admit maybe they had overdone the weekly shop for the trip, enough to feed the whole Arisaig team seemed to be spread over the table. We collected drift "twigs" as all the big stuff was all long gone and the ensuing fire was pretty good considering. Next morning it was back down to Point of Sleat , again via the Elgol tea room, John Gaffney would have loved it, we did. The camp site a Point of Sleat was pretty good though the water was a bit of a walk away but hey we were not doing anything else. Final friday loaded the boats and paddled over to Mallaig in flat calm and heat haze in about 2 hours including a wee picture stop. We met Jean at Mallaig and she had the best day of the week on the Wednesday to visit St Kilda absolutely flat calm , no wind and loads of sunshine, a winner all the way. I can't believe we mamaged all week with such easy paddling conditions, in fact the most wind and waves was at Arisaig when we came back through the channel. A great trip it is just a pity more people could not manage the time off.
Pictures here.

Billy