We parked up at the layby on the A887, just west of the power station dam, lowered the canoe down over the rocks - and paddled off, upstream...
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| River Morriston - views west from near the dam |
The water was faster than last time, so there were a couple of Hawaii 5.0 moments, all good fun!
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| Osprey nest by River Morriston |
We slipped past the osprey nest we had observed last time, all was quiet...
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| Rapids (for us!) on the River Morriston |
The water was lower through some of the rocks this time - too shallow to paddle through, so we got our feet wet a couple of extra times!
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| River Morriston reflections |
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| River Morrison |
We pulled the canoe up onto the bank near Dundreggan and crossed a field for lunch at the
Redburn Cafe. It was a bit of a faff getting out of the field - the deer gate catch was immovable - so we had to climb the fence. This included hauling Rafie over - the old fogie can't manage to jump fences anymore - thank goodness for his harness.
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| Redburn bull |
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| Redburn sheep |
We had an excellent lunch at the cafe, sitting watching siskins in the garden, enjoying the almost sunshine.
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| Looking west along the River Morriston by Dundreggan |
Before heading back across the field and back to the canoe.
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| River Morriston |
We continued upstream for a while, exploring around the little islands and side streams.
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| River Morriston |
At Torgyle Bridge, we turned around and enjoyed going with the flow - downstream...
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| By the River Morriston |
We pulled into one of the little islands and had a picnic second lunch on a gravel bank - Rafie adding to the bank by collecting about 50 stones from the river bed - whilst we had cake and tea.
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| River Morriston - Rafe and Jim |
We paddled on, east, through the "rapids" and down the river.
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| River Morriston - looking west towards Cluanie hills |
As we glided past the osprey nest - we were lucky enough to catch a glimpse of mum and dad...
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| Osprey - River Morriston |
A wonderful end to great day on the water.
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| Osprey - River Morriston |
Beautiful!
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