Published by Pesda Press this new guidebook will establish the UK’s first long distance trail for sea kayakers. 

It will describe a linear route along Scotland’s west coast, from the Isle of Gigha off the Kintyre peninsular, to the Summer Isles near Ullapool.

The trail will be divided into four sections so visitors with a month or more to spare can tackle the entire route, while others can approach it section-by-section, hopefully coming back for more.

The book’s emphasis is on practical advice; the best state of tide to tackle tricky sections; places to visit; the availability of food re-supply; where kayaks can safely be left unattended overnight; how to shuttle a vehicle around the trail; and the accessibility of public transport. 

A more complex, historical thread is also woven through the text to tell ‘Scotland’s Story’.

To minimise environmental impact, the book will not identify wild camping or picnic locations, the aim being to spread the impact of kayakers along the entire coast. 

Incorporating advice from Scottish Canoe Association and Mountaineering Council of Scotland, the book emphasises minimum-impact wild camping within the terms of the Scottish Access Code and Land Reform (Scotland) Act.