A Short Trip in Long Boats

Last week I borrowed a pair of Speeders from Pyranha and headed up to Scotland with a friend from Guildford for a gentle trip along the Great Glen, from Fort William to Inverness. This is the most relaxed multi-day trip I’ve done yet – more ‘Three Men in a Boat’ than ‘Canoeing Down [...]

The Fear

It was looking like a nice squirt spot. Higher and less mushy than the day before, the seam was offering up short head-under mysteries with little effort. I was starting to feel like I had the spot wired, time to go deeper, see what was really on offer. Okay, this is the one, [...]

Summer Creeking

Tim Burne on the last drop in Wallabarrow Gorge
It was the first week of Wimbledon and so it was bound to rain, it always does. However, we usually just get a drizzle, this year the UK has seen some freakish weather that has seen towns in flood and rivers seeing the kinds of levels [...]