River Spey Canoe Descent - Solo Canoeing & Wild Camping Scotland

River Spey canoe trip.
A solo Open Canoe journey on the River Spey.
Favourable river levels and wind for a fairly quick descent in October 2019.
This video aims to tell the brief story.
Started at Laggan, departing 13:00 on the Monday.
Arrived Spey Bay on the Thursday at 11:45.

I've tried to be helpful detailing progress etc.
I wouldn't suggest using these timings for planning a journey with a larger group, or with inexperienced paddlers, or in lower river levels.
Hope you enjoy it!

Adventure
Summer
Dreams
Evolution
Epic

My filming equipment:
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My canoe is a Venture Prospector 15 Corelite X
An Endless River Sailing Kit
Endless River Carbon Phantom Paddle

0:00 River Spey canoe trip
0:15 River Spey river gauge
0:26 Canoe launch Laggan
1:25 Canoeing Scottish wilderness
1:40 Canoeist saves sheep
1:51 Canoeing Scottish highlands
2:25 Wild camping Scottish highlands
2:44 Canoeing Calder Scotland
3:05 Newtonmore Spey Canoe
3:21 Newtonmore Access Point
4:10 Insh Marshes
4:25 Canoe sailing
4:53 Loch Insh canoe sailing
6:22 River hazards kayak canoes
6:46 Canoe camping Scotland
7:30 Canoeing the River Spey
7:51 J stroke canoe
8:05 Canoeing rapids
8:41 River Spey Washing Machine
9:05 Knockando rapids
10:38 Carron bridge Spey
10:50 Whitewater canoeing
11:06 Wild camping Scotland
11:26 River Spey canoe trip
12:25 Spey estuary
12:45 Spey Bay

[BuGRlive]

Good tips and info included, Thanks for sharing!

[EzeAdventurer]

Phil mate how are you? Thought I'd reach out to ask you for advice if possible!
Have you paddled the Royal Dee? I'm considering going at it alone... quite a bit of class 3 rapids... any insights? THANKS my friend hope you are well!!

[EzeAdventurer]

awesome dude! the sail is so cool and 50km in day 2 in immense!!

[wrzlgummidge]

Great vid, some useful stats, thanks for sharing. Planning similar trip this autumn, so really handy. atb

[ZenzeroCAM]

Hi, currently planning a trip from Aviemore to Spey Bay. Wanting to camp by the river near Grantown so we can walk in and also near Aberlour to do the same. You don't happen to know the coordinates of where you camped? Don't want to be next to peoples houses or disrupting fishing or anything.

[wrzlgummidge]

enjoying this vid yet again - lockdown giving me itchy feet! Have you paddled the Spey in springtime/early summer Phil? atb

[DM-tnjd]

Great vid Phil. What boat are you paddling? I’m tossing up between 2 so interested in what you use.

[adrianhowell]

Please add commentary, otherwise it’s meaningless.