The modern world is full of obsession with image and self-importance, and the world of sea kayaking is no different. For me, sea kayaking is wholly about the wildness and beauty of nature, and the gear you possess is simply the tools you need to get out there.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM1OVBsCEXg
Horse Isle is a world away from the world of civilization a short distance away on the mainland. Here we might even feel part of nature again, a connection with harmony and peace that the modern world has largely lost. As native peoples we were forever in connection with nature, and sea kayaking can yet offer many experiences of connection with nature's true wildness. 25/5/17
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgGV0ea-UvE
This paddle covers all of the west coast of Unst, and visits the spectacular gannet colony and cliffs at Herma Ness, on a sea beneath a wonderful misty mystical landscape. On the way back there is a closer-in look at everything.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmYMBAfG0es
On a windy day, a short paddle to Marwick Head and a visit to the ancient settlement on the Brough of Birsay
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oet74KR-Cwk
This section was paddled in the other direction, due to weather delays and just being the better way at the time, so it was not a pure wholly clockwise circumnavigation.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMAAso8sd1k
This video is a brief collection of clips from the Shetland Islands, August 2022, possibly the most amazing place in the world to sea kayak.
It is hoped to publish a full video diary covering the Orkney and Shetland Islands in due course.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBIWIE6kBPY
This is a great area for sea kayaking, but it is always a shame to see nature despoiled by the ubiquitous maggots (sheep) that infest even small offshore islands. Does civilization really care about nature? Is harmony possible? This video visits Inchkenneth and its chapel, then goes down to Eorsa.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CX6lDkcDT8
The tidal channels and islands of Argyll are fine sea kayaking country, a unique experience. Lots of good camping spots too.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZjGNzGu2QI