Sea Kayak Scotland Links

The Local Area
Whitewater kayaking, boat trips, diving, fishing sea and inland, rambling and hill walking are all available in the surrounding area. Skiing, mountaineering, ice and rock climbing are all available within a 45 min drive of Oban. The following Ordnance Survey maps may be useful Landranger sheet 49 oban and East Mull, Sheet 50 Glen Orchy and surrounding area, sheet 55 Lochgilphead and Loch Awe.

Tourism Local tourist site with a web cam.
Visit Scotland Oban, Mull and Lorn Pages.
Seil Island on Line local web site lots of info.

Visit our sister site
Undiscovered Country Adventure

Press etc
The Canoe Boys Ken was interviewed for the pro gramme.
Nick Thorpe's"Adrift in Caledonia" Read the chapter on Ken in the Radio 4 Book of the week.
Sea Kayak Routes listen to Ken's podcast.
Visit Scotland Fact sheet

Accommodation on or near Seil / Luing

Local web site with good accommodation links
Local List a comprehensive selection of accommodation.
Oban Seil Farm Self catering.
Innish Bed and breakfast/self catering.
Garragh Mhor Bed and Breakfast
22 Easdale Island (no web site) Mrs Wendy Baldock 01852 300438 1xD + 1x Bed and Breakfast
Mutiara, Clachan Seil (no web site) Elma Nee {May to Sept} 01852 300241 2 x (D+S
The Tigh an Truish Just over the bridge also does food.
Willowburn Hotel and Restaurant Superb food.
Sunny Brae Caravan Park Located on Cuan Sound we often paddle past this.
Oban Youth Hostel. Ideally situated in Oban 1/2 hr drive from us.

Shopping /Equipment
Balvicar Stores and Post Office Extremely well stocked.
Outside Edge Outdoor equipment retailer including Kayak gear.
Urban Summits Oban's lifestyle clothing shop.

Eating Out All on Seil and all recommended.
Oyster Brewery and Restaurant Great outlook over the sea.
The Puffer Bar and Restaurant Unique setting.
The Tigh an Truish Just over the bridge also does food and accommodation.
Willowburn Hotel and Restaurant Superb food.

Other things to do.
Loch Visions Award winning wildlife photography days out.
Kerrera Walk/Cycle A wonderful island to explore complete with tearoom and bunkhouse.
McCaigs Tower Oban's iconic landmark
Mountain biking Oban has some superb and undeveloped mountain biking.
Hill walking The area offers superb hill walking including the classic munro Ben Cuachan. Dun Crutagain opposite where we live gives stunning views over the area we paddle in and can be accessed from the Ardmaddy - Degnish "money tree" walk
Ardmaddy Castle Garden.
An Cala Garden.
Balachuan wood SSSI famed for lichens and butterflies.
Easdale Island folk museum. This is the best small museum I have been to.
Easdale Hall events.

Castles
Castle Stalker
Dunstaffnage Castle
Dunollie Castle
Gylen Castle

Transport
Argyll and Bute Councils Transport Page All the local information in one source.
Caledonian Mac Brayne Ferry Service.
Scot Rail Rail Service.
City Link Bus Service.
Local Bus Service Buses.
Loch Lomond Seaplanes Direct flights from Glasgow city centre to Oban Bay.

Weather
BBC Oban 5 Day.
Met 5 Day Detailed chart with wind, temperature, gust, visibility etc.
Met Office Inshore Waters.
Easy tide United Kingdom Hydrographic Office Oban 7 Days from today.
Water Temperature Met Office chart
Magic Seaweed Swell size, Swell Period etc
Geoff Monk Mountain forecast.

Equipment that we use.
Lendal Paddles.
Valley Sea Kayaks Sea Kayaks.
Venture Kayaks Sea Kayaks.

Organisations
British Canoe Union (BCU) British Canoe Union.
Canoe Scotland Scottish Canoe Association.
Star awards

Sea Kayaking Pages
Kayarchy The sea kayaker's online handbook and reference.
SKoogle Great sea kayaking search tool.
Scottish sea kayaking photos and more! Douglas Wilcox's site. Lots more links.
Seakayakroutes.com: Simon Willis site.
1st UK Storm Gathering Based on Mull during October 2006.
2nd UK Storm Gathering Based in Stornoway Lewis..
The Scottish Sea Kayak Symposium 2007
Isle of Man Kayak Blog

Environment
Argyll Marine Special Area of conservation.
Cetaceans Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society.
UK Marine Special Areas of Conservation includes wildlife watching advice.
Scottish Marine Wildlife Operators Association Wildlife encounter guidelines.

More Links
Tourdust A great site for those looking for off beat holidays.
Ryan Glass - Mountaineering Rock climbing in Spain/Uk, winter mountaineering UK.
Outdoor Sport Leisure net A great site with links and info on a variety of outdoor sports
Wild Ocean Photography Marine and coastal Wildlife of Scotland