A quick couple of runs down the River Garry today in my Dagger Juice. Was a bit nervous as I got trashed in the top playhole last time I took it down…still, best to get back in the saddle non?!

It’s been great having the Garry dam releasing mid-week; a great way to unwind after a hard day’s slog in the office!

The river has been a bit lower than normal over the past few releases; about 7ish on the gauge by the dam, normally about 8. This means things are a week bit rockier, but it’s still worth the trip.

Back there next week – woop!

Had a wee bimble, or rather what I thought would be a wee bimble, down the Middle Findhorn tonight with Jo.

Lynn turned up too, but decided not to paddle, so ran the shuttle and took some photos.

Where’s the Water said that it was on a high low, but given the rain I didn’t really believe it so I took my Diesel rather than the playboat…

…and just as well too! The river was in spate by the time we arrived, with sweeping currents and MASSIVE stoppers where normally there’s little more than a ripple.

A great paddle it was, bascially a point-and-shoot job. It took only 20mins to get from Logie Bridge to Carnage Corner…and that was even with Jo paddling a Wavesport E-Z!

Just a quick post to report back on a nice wee paddle down the Lower Findhorn. Finally, after a week of rain, the levels were good and the play waves back after too long! Richard, Jo and I decided to go for a wee potter, expecting low levels, but got a great day out…

The past few months has been pretty scrapy down this bit of river, with a fair few shaving of plastic from the boat left on rocks, but today was great. Good lines at Triple Steps and Corkscrew was excellent, if not a bit of a blurr (only I ran it as the line was a little tricky and the water pushy).

All in all, a nice wee trip out…coming up next month will (hopefully) be a few trips out on the Moriston and preparation for Level 2 Coach training in early September…good times!