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Elan Valley Packrafting from Nigel Gray on Vimeo. Outside of the Lake District the Elan Valley area of mid Wales has probably the most concentrated expanse of water in England & Wales. So it seemed logical to bring my packraft for a weekend backpacking in mid September. My two Read More …
A short video of our week long hiking and packrafting trip across northern Lapland in early September. Hopefully it will give a sense of what an amazing landscape we traversed – across the north-west finger of Finland and into Norway. For more info on our trip see my earlier Read More …
To read Part 1 of our trip click here To see a video of our trip click here Day 4 – Varitgielas-Geatkejohka After a quiet night we left the hut and headed further north-east ascending gently toward the Norwegian border, taking in a detour to inspect an empty border hut. We crossed a Read More …
To see a video of our trip click here We had been deliberating getting away in September and I’d just taken delivery of my new packraft – an Alpackaraft Yukon Yak – when I noticed @korpijaakko was advertising two spare spaces on his week long hike/packraft trip across northern Lapland Read More …
The far north-west of Scotland had so far eluded me. Assynt, in particular, with the majestic hulk of Suilven rising proudly amongst a patchwork of lochs was a place I’d long since dreamt of exploring. Last summer, after having just purchased a Z-Pro Flash FL200 inflatable canoe I hatched a plan Read More …