basscadet wrote:I really want to get a canoe so I can explore some watery parts.. Still working on Dougie though, and where we will put it in our already crammed 1 bed flat is somewhat of a problem!
Ah, canoeing and the highlands, the perfect complement to walking and the highlands. So many lochs, so little time...and many of them have wonderful mountains at the other end, where you can set up camp with a few extra luxuries than you'd take if carrying on your back, and live wild in the country for a few days while wandering contentedly over the hills and exploring mirror-like bays studded with islands. Or more likely, you can find a new level of hatred for strong wind, even more so than when walking!
Get yourself over to the Song of the Paddle forum sometime (
http://www.songofthepaddle.co.uk/forum/forum.php), and have a look through "blogs" (=trip reports) on things like Loch Shiel, Inverpolly, Maree, Morar etc, etc (you'll find a few of mine). Its sort of taken over from my hillwalking though - you have been warned!
As for keeping one in a flat, I only have a 1 bed flat too. At first I got an inflatable, which was fine but limiting. So I found a way, and it lives in the communal gardens round the back locked to a bolt in a neighbour's wall. Except that most of the time it lives on top of the car...
