Well, with a fair bit of water falling from the sky, we decided to hit the Top & Upper Findhorn for a change. The top section only really runs in rainy weather, so as usual, it was a mirky, wet outing to the river!

What started out as just a handfull of us, turned into an epic 15-person outing as Ron, Pete & Co., who were supposed to be doing the Lower Findhorn, joined us up top due to pumping levels lower down the river…

It was a pretty good day’s paddle all-in-all…a few swims, some from those least expected (John!), and some memorable rolls and runs. Dave Young’s pin on the rock below Dulsie was simply awesome…just a shame it wasn’t caught on camera!

Kenny put in a sterling effort with a top-drawer roll on the main stopper section on the Top Findhorn, and showed us all how to swim JCB in a controlled fashion…nice one matey!

So, no pictures this time I’m afraid as I was in video mode…but here’s a little something I knocked-up to remeber the occasion…

Lots of rain planned for the weekend…here’s hoping!!

Could be the Fechlin, Averon…maybe the Top/Upper Finhorn…watch this space…

Well, this weekend was the first weekend of my Level 1 Coach training.

Cold, wet and windy – normal weather for this time of year – made it energy-sapping, yet still fun and interesting…

The next two days of training/assessment come in 3 weeks time, so fingers crossed by the end of November I’ll be a fully-flegged Level 1 Coach!

…more to follow…