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Yes - a grave stone in memory of Maighstir Alasdair of Dalilea. c1720 Much more information is here Sam

I always scarf join my gunnels but that is because long lengths are not available, 3M being typical. I first machine them to height and width then use the router table to cut the rebate up to where the scarf will be - about 30cm from the ends. I then cut and glue the joints then finish the...

No these two Lochs are not connected - about 29 miles by road. Morar is connected to Loch Nevis by a portage at Tarbet (which in Scottish Gaelic means 'carry across' - there are a few places named Tarbet. Loch Nevis is a sea loch and again the weather is changeable. You don't want to go there if...

I’ve just got back from a week of paddling in the Moidart area in the west of Scotland, about a 12 hour drive from home. 1st stop was Loch Morar, the UKs deepest loch at 300 meters. Every previous time I have been there the weather has been extremely variable and this was no exception; strong...

I'm fairly sure the awkward portage was one of the two between Hammerhead and C lake. We had to climb over fallen trees and thread the canoes through. Sam

The portages were mostly ok. Just one was a problem but I can't remember exactly which and my son has the maps at present

Waiting at the ferry terminal in Dublin with a 1913 Chestnut teddy on a Skoda Yeti. I'd been across to Ireland to collect it.

Try asking here: https://classiccampstoves.com/ Sam

I will also be able to bore you stupid with around 1000 pictures! (if not before, then next September at the dutch Kanu festival) Sam

Neither of us have ever fished; it's just not something we've come across. Had there been someone to show us we'd have both been keen to learn. If I remember correctly the Cyclops day involved much carrying and dragging of boats. The 'shallow' marked between Cyclops and Rostoul was an...

In 2019 a friend and I booked a canoeing holiday in Woodland Caribou Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada for the following summer. For me, the trip was my 60th birthday present to myself. Coronavirus stopped that. In 2021 my friend had a medical event which meant travel to such isolated places...

Trip of a lifetime to Woodland Caribou Provincial park.

I have a 16foot Ally. It's easy to paddle on flat and in waves. It has two tractor seats which I don't like. I usually paddle solo and have made a central bench seat for it. Different ideas for alternatives to the tractor seats if you search https://www.canadierforum.de/ Sam

Slough is a town in Berkshire UK. Poet John Betjemen didn't like it; he wrote a poem: Come, friendly bombs, and fall on Slough It isn't fit for humans now, There isn't grass to graze a cow Swarm over, Death! Come, bombs, and blow to smithereens Those air-conditioned, bright canteens, Tinned...

They have to work hard for it though