This group is all about sharpening up your paddle strokes, helping to make them smoother, more effective, and more efficient. But also thinking about when to use them and how to blend them together. We’ll plan to spend the weekend on local lochs.
Alongside your daytime paddling, there’ll be evening drop-in workshops, after-dinner talks, evening shenanigans from our friends at Hou Canoes, the Lochain Bar and a room full of musical instruments if anyone fancies a folk session.
You must also book your accommodation by selecting the accommodation option on the previous event page. Please note that any bookings made without accommodation will be contacted by our Bookings team in due course.
To join this group, you’ll be wanting to improve your canoe paddling on open water. Ideally, we’ll find some nice sheltered spots to practice and also enjoy looking across to the Cairngorm mountains.
The details are very much up to you, your volunteer coach and the weather.
Over the weekend, you could take a look at:
Forwards
Backwards
Sideways
Side slipping
Rudders
Prys
Jams
Making the hull work for you
Linking strokes
Instruction
In course transport
Use of kit (please bring as much of your own as you’re able)
Packed lunch and afternoon tea & cake each course day
You must also book your accommodation:
We’d like to make this the greenest canoe symposium yet. Unless you live in the highlands, you’ll need to travel a long way to get to us. We’re offering;
If you’re looking for, or able to offer a lift to and from the symposium then please email us at [email protected] with your phone number and we’ll add it to our Lift Share WhatsApp.
Please bring as much of your own kit as you can. Our stores will be open over the weekend if you need to borrow the odd item or want to try out some new equipment.
If you’d like to borrow a canoe, please contact us at [email protected] in advance of the event
Can't find exactly what you are looking for? We are happy to create it for you. You can hire one of our instructors or guides from as little as £280 a day, including any equipment. If you’re a group, all of our courses are available on a date that suits you or if you would prefer we can tailor a course to your requirements. Simply get in touch to discuss your requirements.