Shuna Island, Appin

Tuesday night’s sea paddle was organised by Roger at Appin, where he was joined by Fiona, Paul, Áine, Allan, Dave and Stuart.

The Sound of Shuna was sheltered and calm and it was decided to circumnavigate Shuna Island in an anti-clockwise direction, however rounding to the NW side of the island found the paddlers moving against both the tide and wind in quite a swell- this was expected as they had agreed to do the harder bit on the outward leg.  At the Southern tip, it was decided to visit Castle Stalker, however the paddlers had unfortunately missed all the helicopter and lifeboat drama of the day. See here!  A paddle back up the Sound assisted by the wind & tide then got everyone back to the cars well before sun down.

Roger failed miserably in that he had arranged no wildlife spots whatsoever, unless you count a rock which looked a bit like a bird of prey from the distance.  As a paddle however, it was one way, had hugely varying sea conditions and was an interesting coastline not seen from the road.

The route

Sheltered Sound.  Pic: Paul Biggin

Setting off.  Pic Roger Wild

Pic: Paul Biggin

A bit of swell.  Pic: Roger Wild

No one thought to bring any entrance money.

Pic: Roger Wild

See the rest of Rogers images here!