An "empty" River Garry with Callum 9th July 2011

Chris Dickinson in the Garry playhole. Hi!!

Callum Anderson, well kent and well liked resident of Spean Bridge.

Showing off his flat water skills.............!


Chris showing off his splat skills

Getting into the big playhole on the first rapid............. that most people blow through!

But its a pussycat in reality.....just doesn't look it.

Ripping it up in an empty playhole. Yaheeee!!

Go Callum...........

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..........go! Yet another gem just 20 minutes from our doorstep. Spean Bridge really is a world class place to live.....nah.......it's better than that. :-)

Home smoked mussels! 7 July 2011

Smoked a whole load of Loch Hourn Mussels tonight in my home smokehouse.

The smokehouse in operation, running on oak wood.


The firebox is an adapted ex gas cylinder.

And........... this is what it looks like inside when that yummy oak smoked flavour is bring imparted to the mussels. Come round my house in next day or so and you can get some!

Canoe trip on Lower Roy and Spean 7 July 2011

Heavy rain yesterday and today has brought the Spean catchment up from nothing to 2.5 on the Spean Bridge gauge. Paddled the Roy from up the Bohenie Road and then down onto the middle Spean. Lovely level and a bright day with intermittent showers. Great to have the river come up like thgis in mid summer. June saw high flows at times, now July, maybe August and September will see plenty of water too?

Loch Hourn Open Canoe Paddle 4 July

Wonderfully warm day down at Kinlochhourn, probably 23-25 degrees. Amazing shellfish at low water and a lovely paddle on the sea loch in Open Boat. Found some new crags to explore, a perfect campsite with views of Ladhair Bheinn in Knoydart and caught a mackerel for dinner.
Will be preparing and smoking the mussels, cockles and periwinkles over next couple of days. These are the days that make Spean Bridge a paradise to live. Scotland IS the best place in the world to live.