MORISTON 
After surviving Canada, it was back to Scottish boating on the Moriston, shared by clouds of midges. After a mammoth drive from Glasgow to the Moriston via Edinburgh (to pick up Dave and Chris), we finally arrived in torrential rain.
This was more like it; finally some rain!
The skies soon cleared and we had a quick peek at the top drop. A group from Aberdeen and another from the Borders bimbled down as we got changed and I pointed out the line to the guys. They'd never done the Moriston before: disgraceful!
A few down the upper section warmed us up. Dave started off with an awe-inspiring line on the first drop by (accidentally) dropping off the middle. A good start to the day!
(I was tempted to lead them down the more technical river right side but decided against it- in a generous mood that day!) We caught up with the guys from Aberdeen Uni and paddled with them for the rest of the day. Boofs were made and grins could be seen everywhere, even from the more nervous!
After two runs down the upper we headed for the lower section and the gnarly-looking top drop. Water levels were a bit low for everyone to run this, but me and Rich (from Glasgow) jumped on. Rich headed off first, but didn't inspire confidence as he battled not to go down backwards. I headed straight for the boof at the top, and then to my suprise managed to get a clean line down the drop, riding the rocks all the way.
The rest of the lower was brilliant, punctuated only by a swim and kit damage from one of the Aberdeen guys on the second fall. They then headed south, while we jumped on for a last run of the upper.
All in all a brilliant day: 4 sections and 400 miles of driving! Hope it rains soon..............
Thanks to Paul Seddon for some of the photos.
See here for Dave's version of the day!
After surviving Canada, it was back to Scottish boating on the Moriston, shared by clouds of midges. After a mammoth drive from Glasgow to the Moriston via Edinburgh (to pick up Dave and Chris), we finally arrived in torrential rain.
This was more like it; finally some rain!
The skies soon cleared and we had a quick peek at the top drop. A group from Aberdeen and another from the Borders bimbled down as we got changed and I pointed out the line to the guys. They'd never done the Moriston before: disgraceful!
A few down the upper section warmed us up. Dave started off with an awe-inspiring line on the first drop by (accidentally) dropping off the middle. A good start to the day!
(I was tempted to lead them down the more technical river right side but decided against it- in a generous mood that day!) We caught up with the guys from Aberdeen Uni and paddled with them for the rest of the day. Boofs were made and grins could be seen everywhere, even from the more nervous!
After two runs down the upper we headed for the lower section and the gnarly-looking top drop. Water levels were a bit low for everyone to run this, but me and Rich (from Glasgow) jumped on. Rich headed off first, but didn't inspire confidence as he battled not to go down backwards. I headed straight for the boof at the top, and then to my suprise managed to get a clean line down the drop, riding the rocks all the way.
The rest of the lower was brilliant, punctuated only by a swim and kit damage from one of the Aberdeen guys on the second fall. They then headed south, while we jumped on for a last run of the upper.
All in all a brilliant day: 4 sections and 400 miles of driving! Hope it rains soon..............
Thanks to Paul Seddon for some of the photos.
See here for Dave's version of the day!
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