{"id":5290,"date":"2026-11-08T09:44:48","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T09:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itsonlyahill.co.uk\/?p=5290"},"modified":"2026-11-08T09:44:48","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T09:44:48","slug":"octoberfest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itsonlyahill.co.uk\/?p=5290","title":{"rendered":"Octoberfest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After a summer of sunshine we head north in search of water. To be fair Scotland didn’t experience the drought that other parts of the UK endured. We arrive safe in the knowledge that there are dam releases scheduled all week but with the weeks forecast we wouldn’t be needing them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Glen Etive in all its splendour gives us our day one warm up, which turns out was much needed for day two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feith Talagain, described as a remote adventurous spate river, we discover it is just that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It takes us a while to slog in the 5 or so K before we put on, waterlogged terrain and windy conditions with more rain promised coming in from the west. We catch the river coming down from a higher overnight level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There’s no warm up, its a tricky one boat eddy to put on, moving on a whistle blow as there’s no line of sight available once safety is in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Laggan Dam is releasing on 5 of its 6 pipes, a pretty spectacular sight on our way to the Pattack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A ferry across Loch Linnhe after a night of heavy rain has us putting on the Scaddle, a short stretch of water about 300m long after drawing a blank at two other rivers with only a small catchment, the Tarbert and Carnoch. Glen Scaddle provides a huge catchment draining Ardgour and at least 3 Corbetts, Sgurr Dhomhnuill, Carn na Nathrach and Beinn na h-Uamha and they are hard enough to spell never mind pronounce!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A quick run down the Loy finished off the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Orchy always entertains, at a higher level than I have done before, not high, just a bit more water than any of my previous runs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Finishing the week off on the Etive again, with just a touch more water than earlier in the week, on a blue sky day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thanks to Andy and Brian, much fun on and off the water, just be aware of Andy and his off piste missions, whilst they are worth it, they can involve a bit of pain to achieve the end result, although a couple of weeks later the memory of the walk in to the Feith Talagain is overshadowed by the memory of a remote, spectacular day out in the Scottish highlands, with some kayaking thrown in for good measure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After a summer of sunshine we head north in search of water. To be fair Scotland didn’t experience the drought that other parts of the UK endured. We arrive safe in the knowledge that there are dam releases scheduled all week but with the weeks forecast we wouldn’t be needing them. Glen Etive in all … <\/p>\n

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