Author Archives: Bruce

About Bruce

Bruce is a Kayak Coach and Fire Scientist. He has been passionately obsessed by kayaking since the age of 12.

Two satsumas and a wee flask of juice

Yesterday at 6am I woke up. Like ‘ping’ super awake. My head was swimming with ideas. I couldn’t get back to sleep so as it approached 7am I caved in and hit the shed to get my kit together. I … Read the rest of this entry

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New Year, New Toys….

My old 7 megapixel shock and waterproof camera has served me well but its already been away to get repaired once and hasn’t been 100% reliable since. After missing those two porpoise the other week I thought if I’m going … Read the rest of this entry

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Mapping Solutions

I’ve been out of training much of the last week due to one ‘thing’ and another. That ‘thing’ being a wee human with a runny nose spreading diseases in my house. My daughter. However, there are no such things as … Read the rest of this entry

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Happy New Year

As I said above, Happy New Year all. X X

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Close Encounter

There’ll be no photo posted from today’s paddle because all I’ve got to report is a missed opportunity. I paddled round Cumbrae today. I met with some friends who were out for a jolly. We paddled as a group round … Read the rest of this entry

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Boxing Day Blast

A belated Merry Christmas one and all. I’m not sure if I can officially call it training, but it certainly helped to relieve the Christmas Special Effect. Todays post Christmas re-intro to training was something I’ve been waiting for, a spot … Read the rest of this entry

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Silver Linings

I’ve been in London for nearly a week doing my on call duties for the London Fire Brigade. This has severely impacted on my training, but every cloud has a silver lining. I’ve been seriously tackling other avenues, namely planning … Read the rest of this entry

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An Arran ‘Social’

This past few weeks I’ve done a lot of paddling on my own. If there’s one thing that you learn from paddling and training on your own, it’s how to appreciate good company when you get it. Yesterday I joined … Read the rest of this entry

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Bute, you beauty!

This morning at 10am I was afloat, at 10.03 I was paddling (after I sorted out my mp3 player). I took a map with me to pay attention to bearings and times but to be honest I didn’t really bother. … Read the rest of this entry

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Temperature Control

Some days just don’t start the way you want them to. It was freezing outside and I found that the leaky fabric feet in my old trousers was going to be exposed by the new found leak in my wellies. … Read the rest of this entry

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