Scottish Canoe Touring

Eddie Palmer is a canoeist of 45 years' experience. He has paddled extensively in Europe as well as the USA and Africa, and has sampled virtually all of the canoeing disciplines, having had an early career in slalom and white water racing. Currently he is a leading UK open canoe sailor. He has been on canoe camping expeditions in northern Europe, USA and Canada and, since moving to Scotland from the north of England 10 years ago, has paddled many waters in Scotland, those experiences providing much of the material in this guidebook. Eddie was also a leading figure promoting access in N.E. England, contributing to the Tyne Agreement, and the Tyne Tour rally, and was Northern Region BCU Chairman. His interests are in travelling by canoe and kayak, supporting the Open Canoe Sailing Group, and in environmental and wildlife issues.

Far North. Thurso: 1. Upper River Thurso; 2. River Thurso - Dirlot Gorge; 3. Lower River Thurso; 4. Loch Naver; 5. River Naver; 6. Kyle of Tongue; 7. Loch Eriboll; 8. Kyle of Durness; 9. River Dionard; 10. Loch Inchard; 11. Loch Laxford; 12. Handa Island. Ullapool: ; 13. Edrachillis Bay, Kylesku, Loch Glencoul and Loch Glendhu; 14. Stoer, Lochinver and Enard Bay; 15. The Inverpolly Lochs; 16. Loch Sionascaig; 17. Loch Veyatie; 18. Loch Veyatie to River Polly; 19. The Summer Isles; 20. Little Loch Broom and Gruinard Bay; 21. Loch Ewe; 22. Loch Maree; 23. Loch Gairloch; 24. Loch Torridon. Bonar Bridge: 25. Loch Shin; 26. Lower River Oykel and Kyle of Sutherland; 27. Dornoch Firth; 28. Loch Fleet. Inverness: 29. River Conon and Upper lochs; 30. River Glass and River Beauly; 31. Loch Monar; 32. Loch Monar west to the sea.; 33. Loch Mullardoch; 34. Loch Affric and Loch Beinn a Mheadoinn; 35. R. Moriston; 36. Loch Ness and R. Ness. The West: Kyle of Lochalsh; 37. Crowlin Islands; 38. Loch Kishorn and Loch Carron; 39. Loch Duich, Loch Alsh and Loch Long; 40. Loch Duich to Loch Hourn; 41. Loch Hourn. Mallaig: 42. Loch Nevis; 43. Loch Morar; 44. Loch Morar and Loch Nevis; 45. Loch Shiel; 46. Loch Shiel, River Shiel, Loch Moidart and Loch Eilt; 47. Loch Moidart; 48. Loch Sunart. Fort William: 49. Loch Quoich, Upper R. Garry, Loch Garry, and Lower R. Garry; 50. Loch Oich and Loch Lochy; 51. Loch Arkaig; 52. R. Lochy; 53. Loch Laggan and Loch Spean; 54. Loch Treig; 55. Loch Linnhe; 56. Loch Leven; 57. Rannoch Moor, Loch Ba, Loch Laidon to Rannoch Station; 58. Loch Creran. Oban: 59. Loch Etive; 60. Lower Orchy; 61. Loch Awe; 62. Loch Avich; 63. Loch Melfort and Seil, Luing, Torsa and Shuna. Lochgilphead: 64. Loch Craignish; 65. R. Add and Loch Crinan; 66. Crinan Canal; 67. Tayvallich and Loch Sween; 68. West Loch Tarbert. Cowal: 69. Loch Fyne; 70. Isle of Bute, Kyles of Bute, Loch Ruel and Loch Striven; 71. Holy Loch, Loch Long, Loch Goil and Gare Loch; 72. Loch Lomond; 73. Loch Lomond, River Leven, Firth of Clyde and Loch Long; 74. Endrick Water. The East. Moray and Grampian: 75. Nairn; 76. Upper Findhorn; 77. Lower Findhorn; 78. Loch Ericht; 79. River Spey; 80. Deveron; 81. River Don; 82. River Dee. Tayside: 83. Loch Rannoch; 84. Loch Tummel; 85. Lower R.Tummel; 86. Loch an Daimh; 87. Loch Lyon; 88. Upper R. Lyon; 89. Lower R. Lyon; 90. Cononish, Fillan and Dochart; 91. Loch Tay; 92. River Tay; 93. Firth of Tay; 94. Upper River Isla; 95. Lower River Isla; 96. Upper Shee Water; 97. Lower Ericht; 98. River Earn. Angus: 99. Lower North Esk; 100. Upper South Esk; 101. Lower South Esk; 102. Dean Water; 103.Lunan Water. Fife: 104.Eden; 105.Loch Leven; 106.Leven. Central. 107.Balquhidder - R. Larig, Loch Doine, Loch Voil , R. Balvaig, Loch Lubnaig; 108. Loch Achray, Loch Vennacher and R. Teith; 109. Loch Ard and R. Forth; 110. Devon (Clackmannan); 111. Avon (W. Lothian); 112. Union Canal; 113. Forth and Clyde Canal. The South. Ayrshire: 114. River Ayr; 115. Loch Doon; 116. River Doon. Upper Clyde Valley: 117. Upper Clyde; 118. Lower Clyde. ; Dumfries and Galloway: 119. Luce Bay; 120. Isle of Whithorn and Garlieston; 121. Gatehouse of Fleet; 122. Brighouse Bay, Kirkcudbright Bay; 123. Rivers Ken and Dee, and Loch Ken; 124. Auchencairn, Orchardton and Rough Firth; 125. Lower Nith and Nith Estuary; 126. River Annan. Borders. 127. Tweed: 128. Teviot; Cross-Scotland routes (all major expeditions); 129. Laxford Bridge to Bonar Bridge; 130. Inverkirkaig to Bonar Bridge; 131. Loch Maree, R. Bran and R. Conon to Conon Bridge; 132. Great Glen - Fort William to Inverness; 133. Loch Nevis, R. Carnoch, Loch Quoich and R. Garry to Great Glen; 134. Loch Morar, Glen Pean, Loch Arkaig to Loch Lochy and Great Glen; 135. Kinlochleven to Perth via Blackwater reservoir, Rannoch Moor, Gaur, Rannoch, Tummel and Tay.; 136. Loch Long/Loch Lomond, L. Arklet, L. Katrine, L. Venacher to Callendar and Stirling; 137. Loch Long/Loch Lomond, L. Arklet, L. Chon, L. Ard, to R. Forth and Stirling; 138. Glasgow to Edinburgh, canal; 139. Solway Firth via Teviot and Tweed to Berwick.