Another great symposium. Sunshine all weekend, following a downpour of rain on the Thursday to bring the rivers up to a nice level.

Walking out of the building was fantastic looking over a sea of open canoes. There was over 110 canoeists around the lodge all really keen to get out and enjoy the great weather and the water. We had demonstration boats from We-no-nah and Nova Craft, Grey Owl paddles had demo paddles and Kari Tek were here letting us see their roof rack systems. Stirling Canoes and Tiso came up to be our shops and a roaring trade was noticed.

Venues used included sections on the upper and middle Findhorn, lots of groups went to the Spey, the river Tay and others did some half-day sessions on Loch Morlich. Evening entertainment included a talk on the River Langan in Sweden on friday night and a photo journey of the Mountain River in Canada’s North West Territories on Saturday night and of course great music and dancing from the Graham and his band.

All in all fantastic weekend.

posted by glenmore @ 3:54 pm