2025-12-27 Loch Lomond with HCC

A nice between Christmas and New Year paddle with Helensburgh Canoe Club - Gordon, Steve and Stuart. Not only was it my first trip with the club, it was my first time on Loch Lomond and my first trip on fresh water in my NDK Romany Surf. 

We paddled across to Balmaha for coffee, via various "Inch-something" islands, before heading back to Luss. I say various "Inch-something", as to be honest, I wasn't exactly sure which islands we were paddling past. I found it quite confusing, as the islands look pretty much the same. And I was the one with the map! In all the excitement I also forget to set my GPS going, until well into the trip. Thankfully, Gordon was able to share his GPS track with me, so I could join the two GPX files together and see where we had gone. Yep, looking at the combined tracks afterwards, I was very confused. I need to get out again on Loch Lomond and learn some of the landmarks...

The weather was a bit of a mixed bag. You could see snow on the tops of the mountains in the north, and it often looked like we could get clear skies, but no, it remained cloudy. Such lovely ever changing light though. The views, especially up the Loch to Ben Lomond were stunning.

Thanks guys for a great day out. Especially to Stuart, for going out of his way to pick me up and take me home.

9.9 nm 4 hours 17 minutes

 Fab paddle!

GPS track