I’m happy to announce that I’ve passed my UKCC/BCU Moderate Water Endorsement.

I did the training on Saturday and the assessment on Sunday; both on an extremely cold and icy Middle Findhorn.

While the nerves were shaking, each of my sessions went well and I headed home wondering what to do next…BCU 5 Star Leader me thinks!

Well done too to Iain from Inverness Canoe Club who was also one of the successful candidates and braved the wintry conditions with me.

Well, after a last minute decision to go for my Level 2 assessment last week, I’m pleased to say that I passed!

There’s a mountain of paperwork involved and it’s far from a walk in the park, but most certainly worth all of the work.

Now, onwards to Five Star training…