After a scorching day at work, I thought it would be nice to go for a wee cool-down paddle on the Ness Wave down in the centre of Inverness. Cerian and Dave S also came along, although Dave S reverted to taking photos after forgetting his helmet!

Anyhow, fun was had by all; although it wasn’t so much a cool-down as it was a sweating session!

Muchos thankos to Dave Stewart, once again, for taking some great photographs…

Well, today we decided to run the River Garry…”but again?!?!” I hear you cry…well, apart from the fact it’s a nice wee play run, this time the dam was releasing on a Sunday, so we could run the whole river down into Invergarry itself; good times!

It was great to sample the less-well paddled section of white water and there were a couple of lovely ledge drops, chunky holes, pushy s-bends and grippy recirculating eddies to contend with…oh, and swarms of midges at the get-out…just in time to getting changed!

Fun was had by all and thanks go to Dave Stewart for taking some awesome photos of us all!

Photos coming soon…

Ok, now given the Garry only runs well in the summer when the dam releases, I’m afraid you’ll have to put up with a few more River Garry posts…I’ll keep them short!

So, full of courage from a few good shots in the top playhole last trip in my Diesel 75, I thought I’d take my Dagger Juice for a spin…the result…swim!

Step 1: David enters the top playhole;

Step 2: David performs a few braces and surfs;

Step 3: David loses his edge to the upstream river God and flips;

Step 4: David can’t roll as he’s stuck in the stopper; and

Step 5: David swims…

So, after that good start, things really couldn’t get any worse! And indeed they didn’t. Things picked-up from there and I had a really good day; we all did…nice levels, good weather…a grand day on all accounts! Any Dave J’s ‘sympathy’ swim did me the world of good too…