Sea the Summer Isles - Night 1, Reiff Headland
Sea the Summer Isles - Day 1 - Start, Achnahaird Beach
Starting off at the golden beach of Achnahaird, we chat about the current conditions with attempting to paddle around the rieff peninsula if we have favourable conditions and onto our camp for the evening. Enjoying some food with the views across to the Outer Hebrides.
We paddle past the Rieff climbing cliffs today, with the rough rocks providing some areas to have a bit of fun in the kayak to learn and develop our skills as we make our way to the summer isles for a few hours of exploring before dinner time.
Waking up on one of the islands after a days exploring enjoying the bliss views of the summer isles, we eat our breakfast before packing up and making the last paddle back to Achiltibuie.
As the trip comes to an end, we get our van packed up and loaded ready to depart back towards Inverness where we will drop you off at the train/bus stations. if needed.
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