Escape to the wilds | Packrafting Scotland | Poolewe - Fionn Loch - River Ewe | Wild Camping
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- Опубліковано 25 вер 2021
- A packrafting adventure in some of Scotland's most remote wilderness. The weather changed our original plan but that didn't make it any less awesome.
We set off from the village of Poolewe and made our way on foot to Fionn Loch then paddled from west to east on the loch. We then set up camp and chilled in amongst some outstanding scenery. The next morning we paddled back down part of Fionn Loch where we got out and made our way over the hills to Loch Maree / River Ewe where we had a nice relaxing paddle back to Hamish at Poolewe.
Another extremely enjoyable adventure, give it a go! :-)
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Beauty spot bud!
Fantastic video, thanks very much 👍
Thanks Lee. 🙂🙏
Great hike🙂
Now that looked an amazing adventure
Isn’t it! Thank you for watching! 😊🙏
Top tip If you are doing this again! once you come out of Fionn Loch and had skirted Lochan Beannach Beag go straight ahead at Strathanmore for a few km and pop out above Loch Maree. You then could explore the Loch Maree islands (in particular Isle Maree) then make your way down the loch to enter the River Ewe at Inveran. You then leave out that trog around the foot of Beinn Airigh Charr. Total respect on coming down the river and again an awesome video!
Hi Ewen, Will need to get the map back out! 😁👍 We had actually planned to get in Loch Maree further back but we’d gotten short on time. Thanks for the tip, will look into it for the next visit. 😁👍
So many options there. I did see you had a Loch Maree video up previously so you had probably done a bit of what I had suggested. The rafts look very impressive bits of kit.
What phenomenal place ti camp guys ,, brilliant
Pretty perfect isn’t it. Especially when that red sunset sky came. Thanks Gaz 😊🤘
Fantastic Adventure guys ,great watch 👌🙂
Superb.. thank you for watching Andrew. 😊🤙
Excellent, love it up there, great work
Thanks mate. Loved your Cape Wrath work. You made it loads of fun! Thanks for watching. L&D
Amazing trip and video. Thanks for sharing
Thank you Mike! 😊🤘🙏
Just beautiful. Liv in Ontario.
Thank you! 🙌🙏😊
Fantastic video!! 🔝👏👏👏👏
Thanks for watching Matteo 😊🤙
love,,, it..
Thank you. :0)
Great video, thanks for sharing. I was one of the guys staying in the bothy that night. Incredible light at sunsight. Canoeing out looks a great idea. Might try it next time I visit.
Hey! Now that light was amazing wasn’t it! Really didn’t manage to capture it properly. Hope you guys had a good trip. Take care 😄🙏🤙
Beautiful video, all worth the effort looks amazing
Thank you Martin 😊🙏
Amazing Video and so peaceful .
Thank you very much for watching. Some place eh! 😊🙏
@@ontheadventuretrails-scotl9389 Love all your video's, but my favourite is Glen Tilt ❤, only because I have walked that route 😇😇🙏
Hi David and Lisa, what an amazing adventure! The views, the water, the hills, that red sky! Simply fantastic! Paul
Thanks Paul! Was another cracking wee trip. All the best for now! 😄🤘
🔝🍌 Dave and Lisa, nicely done 🛶 . Love this area, its magic. 👌🏼
It is indeed. 😊🤘
Excellent D&L. Been looking forward to seeing it since your insta posts and it didn’t disappoint. Atb gordon
Thanks Gordon. Glad you enjoyed it. 😊🙏
Hi D&L, Excellent adventure and well presented as normal, not much more to be said..... great when the wind is at your backs. Cheers, Charlie.
Hi Charlie ... Glad you enjoyed it. Yeah the winds direction worked for us on this one. Cheers D&L
Hello again. As always with your videos.. fantastic content with background music to make feel as though your there yourself. You pair of adventures have a great lifestyle you take us to some breathtaking locations. Never once have i not been blown away with your travels. Keep up the fantastic work cos i love your videos. All the very best to you both. 👍
Hey Gary, really appreciate you’re kind message. Nice to read! 😊🙏
I LOVE that opening drone shot. What a way to set the scene!
Hey Annie, I was smiling when I opened that file and that shot appeared. We actually didn’t realise the water was that still from our level. This was a great trip overall. Thanks for watching! 😄🙏🙌
What a lovely video! The scenery is simply gorgeous. Can I ask what make of packrafts you use? I am thinking of going down this route myself. Keep up the good work 👍
Thank you. 😁🙏 They are Alpacka Packrafts.
Your videos always put me in a state of pleasant contemplation. Thank you 😎!
Very welcome and thank you for your message. 😊🙏
Another cracking adventure put together in stunning surroundings.Great watch as usual guys.😀👍
Really is an amazing place. Thanks for messaging Andy.
Brilliant video. These little boats look fantastic. Would you know if they have bulkheads in them or not? Many thanks.
Hi David, thanks for your message! No bulkheads in them no. You can get bags to put inside the boat to store kit in these stop your stores gear from wearing on the materials. (Inside the tube so to speak). D&L
Wow David I counted 2 deliberate collisions from the crazy lady in the yellow boat ! Stunning drone footage emphasised the remoteness of that amazing landscape. Fantastic video as always guys, made my day. Take care till next time
Thanks Michael. Yeah we need to work on her driving!! Lol 😂
Brilliant David and Lisa. I was curious to see how you were going to blow up the rafts! The pump sacks made much more sense than the ideas rolling through my head 😂 Brilliant scenery and beautiful footage as always. Cheers! Kris.
Hi Kris, Thank you for following our we adventures as always! 😊🙏 I won’t ask how you imagined we pumped up the boats! Lol 😂💨
Great to see you guys out and about again ,lovely wee trip.... nicely chilled after watching .
ATVB stay safe
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Hi Dave, thanks for watching buddy. Glad you enjoyed it. 😊🤘
Lovely film of a wonderful area. The packrafts give it a completely different feel. I had to have a look at the map to see your route between the lochs. The last time I was there I walked over to Letterewe and got picked up in a boat from The Loch Maree Hotel and earlier this year walked from Poolewe to the boathouse and back, great to see it all again from a different perspective. Cheers.
Hi Alan.. that’s exactly what I do.. map reading practice! Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for watching! 😊🙏
wow what a beautiful adventure. Great.
Thanks for watching Raymond. 😊🙏
Fantastic video, One of my favourite areas, last time I camped at the same place, we had a night of thunder -but it never rained! having breakfast in the morning the black-throated divers came right in to see what we were! Many thanks for sharing as your video brought back many very happy memories. ATB
Hi John, I don’t think it’ll be our last visit here. Awesome place. 😁🤙
Fabulous adventure
Relaxing to watch, great video as always
Hi Scott, Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it. 😊🙏
Stunning guys 😎👍 What a way into Fisherfield. The colours on A'Mhaighdean matching your tent.... Ooooft 👌 A video deserving of being up oan ma big telly 😉
Hey Kev, You’ll need a bigger roger melly with those views. Some place! Pretty sure you’ll have been there already with Robin. 😊
@@ontheadventuretrails-scotl9389 Haha aye me & Robin did a summit camp on A'Mhaighdean a few years ago. In from Poolewe. Stunning place.
Nice trip D&L! Especially liked the white water at the end. I did a similar trip in from Poolewe a couple of years ago by MTB into the two westerly Munros in Fisherfield. It was a 12 hr epic with rain most of the day turning the burns into raging torrents on the way back. The closest I’ve come to drowning on a river crossing! 😱 I’m now busy bagging Corbetts and having extreme days like climbing Tower Ridge. Weather this August and September has been pants! Take care on the hills. K
Hi Kevin, Thanks for messaging. Yeah thats a long day out but worth it...if the rain wasn't on lol !! :-)
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An excellent adventure and a great wee production as ever. Thanks for sharing 👍 - Only problem is I now need a pack raft 😉
Haha thanks Graham. 😄🙌
Beautifully put together as always! You take such trouble to get these shots of both of you it's almost like you had a separate film crew along, but it must take time and disrupt your flow where I'd just want to keep going...
Hi Peter , Thank you very much for your kind comment! 😊🙏 Yes filming takes a bit of extra effort but we’re getting better at spotting the shots we want and getting them done!
Only just discovered you guys, but what a great video to start with! I've not been to that part of the Highlands since we had a week in a cottage at Poolewe in the early 1980s, so long overdue a re-visit!
Hi 👋 thanks very much for watching. The areas superb isn’t it. Hope you’re able to get back soon. ATB for now D&L 😄🙌
@@ontheadventuretrails-scotl9389 My 18 yr old daughter and I managed some bits and pieces in Glencoe last summer, but I got a bad dose of Covid in January, and had something resembling a mild stroke in April, so am a long way from hill fit at the moment, but videos like this inspire me to get back to the glory days :)
@@lightanddreamsphotography7140 Tough times for you more than most! Hope you’re on the mend ❤️🩹 Really glad our wee videos are giving you a little extra motivation to get those glory days back. Take care. D&L 😊🙏
Great video. Hoping to do something similar in May, how long did it take to paddle the length of fionn loch out of interest? Thanks again!
Thanks Robert. Actually I can’t really remember. I don’t remember it being a big push though. Really all depends on the wind. Worth the effort though. 😊👍
Amazing adventure! Can you let me know the make & model of canoe, my wife and I may be interested in floating around a few loughs in Ireland
Hi Andrew there's some information in the description. Thanks for watching and messaging. D&L
Good film.
But how did you get the packrafts to your campsite as you weren't carrying them on your backpacks in the shot of you walking the track? 🤔
Hi Ruairidh, Haha thanks for watching but you may need to watch it again! We carried them right for the start! D&L
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The section from 7:04 into the film?
@@ruairidhalexander7631 I see. We’d left them where we got out whilst we recce’d somewhere to pitch. The pitch was only a short distance as you’ll have seen in the drone footage.
Artig film 👍 men kjøp elektrisk pumpe neste gang til PR
Pumpe sekkene er kun til nøds tilfelle 😅
Err ok, takk! :-)
This looks amazing!
We’re now looking for pack rafts as we have a California too so no space for large kayaks.
Are they as stable as they look?
Very stable and the reason we got them. Well worth investing in them, especially if you’ve a Cali.. 😄🤙
Fantastic film and that sunset was stunning. Curious to know the reference to Celtic on your paddles, is that their name or is it reference to the football club?
Thanks for watching David. Yeah it’s the make of the paddles. 😊🤙
Hi what model of pack raft are you using
The Alpacka Raft. Classic.
@@ontheadventuretrails-scotl9389 with spray deck
@@scottpendry2620 yeah it’s an addition. Backcountry Scotland in Aviemore will help you out if needs be.
@@ontheadventuretrails-scotl9389 if I’m honest I’m having trouble contacting them might have to get one from Europe
High, you both have a very fine exterior. Kindly Fiete
Thanks, not really sure what that means! 😂🤘
@@ontheadventuretrails-scotl9389 Your clothes and back-pack with all, you carry on your tour. Kindly Fiete