The PaddlerUK magazine March 2015 issue 1 | Page 51

You may need to empty some of the contents out
of your canoe, depending on how many home
comforts you take along with you. You’ll have a
portage of around 600-700m over to the next
lochan before jumping in your boat again. After a
short paddle you have a similar length of portage
before reaching Loch Sionsacaig. This can
understandably be tiring, so do think carefully about
what equipment you take along with you on this
trip. You need enough to be self-sufficient, as you
won’t find any convenience stores out there, but
you do have to lug it all everywhere you go.
Loch Sionsacaig now awaits you, with islands to
explore, wildlife to watch and mountains to climb if your legs are willing. You could easily spend another
day here taking in all that is on offer and camp for
another night.
For this particular journey, the end point isn’t far
away, but the more adventurous amongst you
could exit the loch via Loch na Dail (at the northwest corner) and wheel your boat down the minor
road to Loch Bad a Ghaill. From here you can
paddle back towards the A835 at Drumrunie,
although to reach there would involve a 3.5km
portage along the minor road.

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