A couple of days on inchconnachan island, Loch Lomond earlier in the year...

[davyowens]

Earlier in the year I decided to take my wee girl with us on a short kayaking trip to the islands of loch lomond - camping on inchconnachan & doing a bit of exploring.


We've done this a few times with two boats so decided to have a go at rafting up the 3 boats with Kimberly in the middle - used two halfs of split paddle for propulsion - handled suprisingly well - still very fast - so we went right around both islands landing to explore the many little inlets.

We got a little audience when setting up the boats - as usual - Kimberly thought it was a brilliant idea...

Setting up camp....I've always liked this little bay.

Exploring the old house....& acting like a bunch of 7yr olds...

A beautiful moonlit night - the sky stained by Glasgow's distant light bloom - used to our advantage in these frames.

A cracking night at the fire...Earlier, a big deer had emerged from the water in the moonlight about 20 yards behind us -
& paused to look at us - one of those truely magical moments that a photo could not do justice.

As above......So below......the same frame turned on its heid...duality.

Heading home....

 

[nuggets]

cracking pictures mate - Got to get up there with my canoe sometime !! What island are the wallaby on, have you ever seen them ??

 

[Pignut]

That looks brilliant

 

[Toddy]

Oh good trip
Happy looking kid too
My Dad did this kind of trip with me too, and I still remember them as some of the best of times

Thanks for sharing,
cheers,
Toddy

 

[Bowlander]

Fantastic, looking forward to similar adventures with my little lad next year.

 

[JAG009]

Looks like a great trip davie ,and those night pics are crackers


Jason

 

[Shewie]

Cracking pics Davey

Nice looking yaks too

 

[gsfgaz]

Great pics bro ....

 

[bear1873]

cracking pics buddy.

 

[davyowens]

The wallabies are on that island - Inchconnachan - I think it's called - here's a couple of close up wallaby pics taken from an earlier trip which is still on the forum- honestly - they know no fear - they sit round the fire with you - I even offered one of them a Tennents (no Sh*t) but apparently they only drink fosters....

 

[Maxip]

Sooooo jealous - I have to get off my ar** and do the same thing with my kids, while I can and they still want to !!

 

[davyowens]

Yeh magic trip - I love spending time like this with my two wee girls - The sea kayaks are at home on any large water, I had re-designed & rebuilt the black boat (my first boat) with the graceful curved bow & stern then later gifted it to my younger bro when I got the Icefloe - I'm glad he still lets me use it - it's a special bit of kit.

 

[Shewie]

I'm looking forward to getting back on the island soon Davey, those pics have put me right in the mood for it.

 

[davyowens]

Looks like a great trip davie ,and those night pics are crackers


Jason

Yeh the pics turned out great - a lovely night for it - there was a lot of sea kayaks on the water that night - all with red & green lights & head torches - think they were doing night Nav by gps - looked the biz - we met some of them on the water the next day - Check out my earlier post from my june 2010 trip to the same island - you'll see an open boat in one of the frames - apparently you & col were on the loch that day - reckon that might be your boat??

 

[dwardo]

Great pics

Cant wait to take my lad out when he is old enough
Had an idea those wallabies lacked any beverage taste.

 

[nuggets]

yup on me to do list - see a wallaby close up in scotland - and i don,t give a xxxx what they drink ,as long as its not mine