Tonight saw Mike Sullivan, Robert Emmott and Tim Pickering launch their new guide book "The Outer Hebrides - Sea Kayaking around the Isles & St Kilda" at An Lanntair in Stornoway. Amusing tales and some fantastic photos made for a great evening - plus of course the chance to get your hand on a freshly printed (and signed) copy of the book itself - made for a great evening. I'm afraid I haven't had a detailed look through the book yet, but at first glance it looks great, and even if you don't kayak, it's worth it for the photos alone!

Mike Sullivan recounting tales from a trip to St Kilda Tim Pickering reading excerts from the book
Robert Emmott recalling a stormy Loch Seaforth trip

The book is available from the publishers (Pesda Press), all good online retailers (that's Amazon then), and I'm pretty sure there will be a few copies for sale in retailers in the Outer Hebrides too. And I'm sure everyone was joking about putting their signed copies up on eBay...

I suppose I've got no real excuse for getting out and doing some paddling now then. Oh, apart from not having a sea kayak... Anyone know when the Outer Hebrides river guide is going to be written? Tongue out