Scottish Sea Kayaking
Pesda Press (Verlag)
978-0-9547061-2-8 (ISBN)
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At last, here it is ...Scotland's first guidebook for sea kayakers wishing to explore its amazing coastline and magical islands. It brings together a selection of fifty great sea voyages around the mainland of Scotland, from the Mull of Galloway in the SW to St Abb's Head on the east coast, as well as voyages in the Western Isles, ranging from day trips to three day journeys. Illustrated with superb colour photographs and useful maps throughout, it is a practical guide to help you select and plan trips. It will provide inspiration for future voyages and a souvenir of journeys undertaken. As well as providing essential information on where to start and finish, distances, times and tidal information, the book does much to stimulate and inform our interest in the environment we are passing through. It is full of facts and anecdotes about local history, geology, scenery, seabirds and sea mammals. A fascinating read and an inspirational book.
Doug CooperDoug has spent his entire life involved with the outdoors. At age seven he was introduced to scrambling amongst the Lakeland mountains, and first sat in a kayak at thirteen. Since these early days it has become Doug's career as well as his first love on a day off. Through work and play it has led to expeditions and trips to many of the remoter corners of the world. At present Doug is based at Scotland's National Outdoor Training Centre, Glenmore Lodge. Here Doug is Head of Paddlesports working as a Level 5 Sea and Inland Coach, as well as a Mountain Instructor. It is in this work that he realises his real passion, which is coaching and introducing people to an activity and an environment that has given him so much over the years. Doug has been exploring the Scottish coastline in a sea kayak since 1990 and in this time has grown to love this amazing natural environment. Through work and play he has also sea kayaked many other fantastic areas of the United Kingdom. In addition to this he has enjoyed expeditions to Greenland, Norway and Iceland using the sea kayak to explore the coastlines and cultures. As long as he is in the outdoors coaching, exploring and learning, then there is nowhere else he would rather be.George ReidGeorge is known to many outdoor folk through his work with Glenmore Lodge (Scotland's National Outdoor Training Centre) that has spanned a period of 20 years. He became an International Mountain Guide (IFMGA) in 1987, subsequently working in the European Alps and the Canadian Rockies guiding rock and ice climbs, making ascents of Alpine peaks and leading ski mountaineering trips. Despite being introduced to sea and river kayaking at school in Edinburgh during the mid 80's, George focused his attentions on mountaineering. It was not until 1996, when at Glenmore Lodge, that George was exposed to the scope of sea kayaking.It was his wife Catriona who suggested that George should A"join the dotsA". She bought him a map of Scotland, pencilled in the trips done, and that in turn focussed the weekends and holidays for the next few years until a continuous line appeared on the map around the mainland of Scotland. If there is one thread that links all George's adventures it is an appreciation of nature. His knowledge of the flora and fauna, be it on the mountain or the sea, is well known and one of the greatest pleasures he receives is when he can share these experiences with other people.
Scottish Sea Kayaking1Introduction3Important Notice6About the Authors7How to Use the Guide8Scottish Outdoor Access Code10West Coast111Mull of Galloway112Ailsa Craig153Mull of Kintyre194Rhinns of Islay255Garvellachs from Arduaine296North Lismore357Iona398Treshnish and Staffa439Ardnamurchan Point4910Arisaig5311Eigg and Muck from Arisaig5712Rum and Canna6313Loch Coruisk and Soay6914Wiay Island7515Neist Point7916Dunvegan to Stein8317Fladda-chA'ain8918Rubha Hunish9519Raasay and Rona10120Crowlin Islands10721Rubha Reidh11122Priest Island11523Cailleach Head11924The Summer Isles12525Rubha Coigeach12926Point of Stoer13327 Handa Island137Western Isles14328Barra Head14329Monach Islands15130Sound of Harris15731Taransay16132Scarp16533Butt of Lewis16934Shiant Isles175North Coast18135Cape Wrath18136Whiten Head18737Eilean Nan Ron19138Strathy Point19539Duncansby Head and Stroma201East Coast20540Noss Head20541Staxigoe to Lybster20942Fort George and Chanonry Point21543Cummingston to Covesea21944Troup Head22345Cruden Bay22946Inverbervie to Stonehaven23347Isle of May23948Firth of Forth24349Bass Rock24750St Abb's Head253Appendices257ACoastguard and Emergency Services257BWeather Information258CPilots260DMean Tidal Ranges260EGlossary of Gaelic Words261FRecommended Reading262GTrip Planning Route Card - User's Guide262HTrip Planning Route Card265IIndex266
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.1.2005 |
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| Zusatzinfo | Section sewn |
| Verlagsort | Bangor |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 170 x 240 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport |
| ISBN-10 | 0-9547061-2-9 / 0954706129 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-9547061-2-8 / 9780954706128 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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