Kayaker John Rae is a stalwart of these waters and has a terrific website that gives some excellent information on how best to plan trips in his local Northumbrian Coast. Tides didn’t coincide with our schedule so in true Kanute fashion we decided to make up our own ‘best way to do it!’
We decided to start from the West end of the causeway and paddle anticlockwise heading down the narrow channel towards the harbour. We got a clue within 60 yards when we began to run out of water in the channel.
A combination of paddling, walking and knuckling our kayaks along the channel made for slow progress. We overdosed on the wildlife that this area is famous for. Eider, pintail, oystercatcher, dunlin, shelduck and seals all observed our struggle.
When we arrived at the harbour we had a well earned break and a short walk around the castle.
The exposed east and north sides of Holy Island. Had plenty of swell and breaking surf so we tried to sneak the surf infested north west corner and as a result ran aground at a place that resembled the North Pole.
As the remainder of the tide came in we re-floated and made our way to where we had begun our circumnavigation.
We decided to start from the West end of the causeway and paddle anticlockwise heading down the narrow channel towards the harbour. We got a clue within 60 yards when we began to run out of water in the channel.A combination of paddling, walking and knuckling our kayaks along the channel made for slow progress. We overdosed on the wildlife that this area is famous for. Eider, pintail, oystercatcher, dunlin, shelduck and seals all observed our struggle.When we arrived at the harbour we had a well earned break and a short walk around the castle.The exposed east and north sides of Holy Island. Had plenty of swell and breaking surf so we tried to sneak the surf infested north west corner and as a result ran aground at a place that resembled the North Pole.As the remainder of the tide came in we re-floated and made our way to where we had begun our circumnavigation.
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