Back in 2015 I cycled around Scotland and Northern England but also took a packraft. While I enjoyed that trip I didn't use the packraft nearly as much as I thought I would. The reason for that, quite honestly, is that packrafts are not enjoyable, or comfortable, to paddle long distances on still-waters. On top of that, at best, you can paddle a packraft at walking pace but as soon as there's any headwind then forget it! If you're still going forward then it's a bonus in those conditions! Don't get me wrong, packrafts are fantastic in many ways and are ideal for short still-water crossings, moving rivers and rapids, hiking and so on but would I want to do a 30km Loch paddle loaded with my bike and gear? No way!
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Sunday, 5 January 2020
Scotland by bike and kayak 2017
*This is one of many trips that didn't get posted when I all but abandoned this blog back in 2015. It's now 2020 and I'm adding in that missing content in a more photo-based blog post, this trip was from 2017*
Back in 2015 I cycled around Scotland and Northern England but also took a packraft. While I enjoyed that trip I didn't use the packraft nearly as much as I thought I would. The reason for that, quite honestly, is that packrafts are not enjoyable, or comfortable, to paddle long distances on still-waters. On top of that, at best, you can paddle a packraft at walking pace but as soon as there's any headwind then forget it! If you're still going forward then it's a bonus in those conditions! Don't get me wrong, packrafts are fantastic in many ways and are ideal for short still-water crossings, moving rivers and rapids, hiking and so on but would I want to do a 30km Loch paddle loaded with my bike and gear? No way!
Back in 2015 I cycled around Scotland and Northern England but also took a packraft. While I enjoyed that trip I didn't use the packraft nearly as much as I thought I would. The reason for that, quite honestly, is that packrafts are not enjoyable, or comfortable, to paddle long distances on still-waters. On top of that, at best, you can paddle a packraft at walking pace but as soon as there's any headwind then forget it! If you're still going forward then it's a bonus in those conditions! Don't get me wrong, packrafts are fantastic in many ways and are ideal for short still-water crossings, moving rivers and rapids, hiking and so on but would I want to do a 30km Loch paddle loaded with my bike and gear? No way!
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