Sea Kayaking to the Edge of the World !! Out Stack & Muckle Flugga, Uk's Most Northerly Point
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 มิ.ย. 2024
- The Ultimate Sea Kayaking Trip to the United Kingdom's remote and most Northerly Point, Out Stack and Muckle Flugga with a great group of friends from Shetland. Erik Isbister, Hamish Leslie, Tracy Lee Woodrow and Rachel Shucksmith.
This trip rates as one of the best I've done in over 50 plus years of sea kayaking, with all the elements of conditions, remoteness, tides and features...sheer enjoyment on a grand scale.
Privileged to be able to land and share I glimpse into the remoteness of the place and ponder over what life and isolation must have been like for the lighthouse keepers on such an exposed rock, to imagine what conditions they must have faced stuck there in severe storms!!
We also enjoyed great conditions in the exposed tide races around the outside of Out Stack and the entire group before returning to Burrafirth to enjoy the magnificent coastline, through the miriad of caves, arches geo's and subterranean tunnels, then out and around to our finish point at Skaw Beach.
An excellent day with its great memories to look back on.
Thank you guys!!
00:00 Introduction
00:30 GPS Route
00:58 Trip Tasters
01:30 Launch Point at Fiska Wick Burrafirth
02:53 Tidal Crossing
04:00. Vesta & Rumblings Gannetry
05:15. West of Tipta Skerry
06:29. Skerries OS Map extract
07:00. Muckle Flugga Landing
10:00 Lighthouse Views
10:40 Views of Out Stack
11:50. Relaunch
12:53. Muckle & Out Stack Tideraces
14:00. Big Seas Seaward of Out Stack!
16:00. Muckle Flugga's West Side
17:00. Return Crossing to Herma Ness
18:00. West Side of Burrafirth Inc Caves
20:04. Natural Arch & Lunch East Side of Burrafirth
21:00. Caves, SubterraneanTunnels Natural Arches & Geo's
27:50. Rounding the Noop in Swell
30:00. Holm of Skaw & Inner Passage & Spaceport
30:55. Last Cave
32:00. Recommended Video's from the Channel - กีฬา
Wow , what a trip. Some excellent planning there
Hi Charles, I appreciate your kind comments👍 😊 I suspect you're new to the channel so welcome & thanks for joining. Please feel free to browse and share with friends, lots of interesting content with beautiful scenery, wildlife and crazy conditions!
Muckle Flugga is an Iconic sea kayaking trip in a spectacularly remote location, swept by strong tide races and huge seas.
We were very fortunate with conditions as its not always possible to cross or get near to Out Stack !! Landing on Muckle Flugga is never easy and the climb to to the lighthouse was "gut busting" but hugely rewarding....stunning.
Best Regards Geoff. Regular new content coming soon 👍
A bit of Viking blood flowing in you chaps! Great vid Geoff!
Thanks for your comments Randy, not sure about the 'Viking Blood' 😂 but we all know and love what Shetland has to offer any serious Sea Kayaker with his/her salt. A magnificent playground with stunning scenery, conditions and wildlife.
Take time to have a look through my Shetland video's from last August, when most of the group paddled 14 glorious days out of 14 spent on Shetland. Comments are always most welcome, please like 👍 and share their links with friends.
Call back for new content being added regularly so make sure you're subscribed ! Cheers Randy 🍺 🍻
Thanks for taking us along with you that looked like an amazing trip. 🙂
Thanks for your comments Craig, great to have you along. It truly was a stunning trip...outstanding in every aspect! 👍 Thanks Again.
What awesome conditions. 50% of outings should be like that!
Thanks for your comments, yes I understand what you mean but if 50% were this good they would loose their 'special feel' 😉 😀😭👍 Thank you!
Hello my friend! Congratulations for your great work! You are the best! 🤗💖👍
Hi Viorel, thank you. You are most kind, it was a fantastic trip and the conditions were amazing too. Shetland is my favourite place to kayak 😃👍
I'm pleased you enjoyed the video.
Perfekt video! Respect and many thanks and good luck to you and youg group! E Germany
Many thanks for your comments Eberhard, much appreciated 👍 Lots more great adventures on the channel, feel free to browse and share with friends... Thank you
You and your friends seem like a tough bunch to me, not easily scared.
Fantastic trip. Fantastic video.
Ah thanks Jose, for your kind comments and pleased you are following with me on my adventures. Yes, a good bunch of very capable friends. They have a fabulous playground up on Shetland with loads of amazing places to paddle.
Please feel free browse and enjoy some of my other video's. Best Regards Geoff
Thank you Geoff for a brilliant video. I was 70 before I started kayaking, if only I had started sooner !!
Thank you so much Andrew and so pleased you are enjoying being along with me. Lots more video's on the channel so please feel free to comment, like and share with friends 👍
Yes our fantastic sport has so many wonderful aspects to enjoy, which are constantly changing as we paddle along on our adventures. I agree with your comment regards starting late, but hey, it's never to late when it comes to sea kayaking as there's something for everyone and you can choose whether it's a relaxed trip, tranquil and calm or spiced up a wee bit for a more adrenaline fuelled trip.
Best Regards for your kayaking future Andrew. Cheers Geoff
Great episode loved it
Hi Bryan, sorry for the late reply, just returned from another 5 days exped off the West of Scotland.
So pleased you enjoyed Out Stack and Muckle Flugga, that trip has got to be up there with the best 👌 👍 something for everyone but with a special air of remoteness.
Thanks for your comments.
Stay tuned for more adventures coming soon, I'm way behind with my editing 😂
My grandads family Crofted at Budabrake just above where you had lunch ..after starting kayaking this year one of my long term aims is to do that sea cave section up the right side of the bay ..great videos!!
Thanks Paul, yes that stretch of coastline is absolutely spectacular and certainly not to be missed! You are all totally spoilt with such a stunning playground. Paul, I wish you every success with your kayaking progress, there are certainly lots of very capable paddlers and an enthusiastic network of folk to assist with your skills development. Best of luck my friend and hope to meet you on the water when I return...planning for next year. Best Regards Geoff
awesome Seakayakers 🙏👍
Thanks Dog, it was an awesome trip with amazing scenery, great company and awesome conditions 😀! Cheers 🍺
Fantastic video and commentary. Thank you for sharing this with an elderly landlubbers.
Thank you for your kind comments and so pleased you enjoyed the video 👍👍
Thanks Geoff, another stunning video in stunning locations.
Thanks Gadget 👍 so pleased you continue to enjoy my video's. This one was particularly special, a classic on a grand scale. Thank you.
Outstanding work, Sir! Your videos continue to inspire!!! Kudo!!!
Many thanks for your kind comments Trevor and so pleased you've subscribed to join me on my adventures...welcome aboard 😀 Please feel free to browse and if you see anything you think your friends would enjoy please share to help spread the word, it's much appreciated, and keep those comments coming, it helps me through the long process of editing and thinking of ways to improve. Thank you! Best Regards Geoff
Wow, this is simply fascinating! What are you possibly going to do to top this? Geoff your videography and editing skills get better with every installment. I hope we don't soon loose you to the BBC, "the Attenborough of the sea".
Spectacular beauty with imbedded instruction and information as always.
All the best.
Well the trip was one of the best and I was trying do it justice with the video but I certainly didn't expect that response. You flatter me Doug 😚☺!! Everything else is going to turn out crap now 🙃 😂.... Just busy editing the warm up paddle we did the day before, which was all rock dodging and scooting through gullies, sadly no extreme races or fabulous features even the day was grey, so I'll make my apologies now 😢 🙄🙄
Thanks for your wonderful comments Doug and I'm overjoyed you're enjoying the video's...could you have a word with the BBC then please 🤔🤔😂😂😂
Just managed to get round to Skaw beach. Originally were going to paddle the other way round but a strong wind changed the plan. Saw a few Great Skuas hastling the huge flock of gannets.
Aye, conditions change so quickly up there, requiring constant monitoring things and having back up plans & escape routes. The bonxies are, what I can only describe as pure evil in the way they gang up on single gannets until they drive them into the sea, where if they don't regurgitate their catch they drive the gannet underwater and drown them in a desperate attempt to steal food. 😡😡
In fair weather I like to join!
Hi Erwin and welcome along. This trip was really special for me as the location is so exposed and utterly weather dependent, but with carefully planning, local knowledge and special friends on Shetland, it was a magnificent trip!
So many great memories. Thanks for your comments 👍
Great video. We launched from the same spot.
Thanks Colin, yes I think it's the nearest launch to get to Muckle Flugga, did you finish at Skaw beach then or just a there and back?
Hey Geoff. Your spectacular paddle to the edge of the world is worth well watching....like so many films made by You!
I have send some fellow paddlers the link of this trip, but still have a lot of enquiries. I would like to show this one on our yearly film meeting at our paddle club, if that is OK for You. I send some pics in return 😉.
Hi Dominic, thanks again for your wonderful comments! Certainly, I have no objections to you showing at your club or sharing with others. Feel free and encourage them to like👍, and subscribe to my channel, all comments are most welcome.
Thanks 👍
@@geoffburke Hi Geoff.
We had a nice movie evening and the group was stunned by your tour to Muckle Flugga! I do have the feeling, some of the guys are willing to go up north to Scotland 🙂. I have encouraged to subscribe and like. Let`s see what's going to happen.
drive.google.com/file/d/1O70fPnlaY2PPTlCe9BP4Orl5tZioowOo/view?usp=share_link
Greetings
@@geoffburke Hey Geoff.
I thought I answered last week to give You some feedback on our movie evening...somehow it did`nt work. Well, I'll just wright it again.
We had a nice evening and everybody in the room was stunned by Your great film about Muckle Flugga. I have the feeling that some of us will be heading to the UK and paddle some tours ;-). We`ll see what happens.
Greetings
@@KITTechniker Hi again Dominic, no worries I do the same all the time, I guess we get distracted/interrupted 😂😂
Thanks for spreading the word and I'm so pleased they all enjoyed it. Let's hope a few more folk have subscribed and continue getting some pleasure from them...I've more trips still to edit, its a never ending task trying to fit time in.
If you do decide to come over please get in touch and I'll try and join you all, that would be awesome 👌
Thanks again and keep up the good work! 👍 Cheers 🍺
A fantastic video from an awesome day Geoff, it captures the conditions well. Foula next year?😊
Thanks Erik, Foula!!! Absolutely 👍 and the Skerries 😂😂
That trip is right up there with the best I've done...ever! But the company was extra special too !! I'm not just saying it either, you guys rock and I'm very jealous of your playground 😃👍
Hi Geoff. Can you tell me what models are the three polyethylène kayaks please? (a orange, a yellow and a white-cream). On my sailing boat, a PE kayak is much preferable than a polyester kayak. Thank you.
Hi Vincent, I've just been in touch with Erik from Shetland who was in the Orange 'Valley Sirona' and he confirmed that the yellow was a 'Valley Avocet' and the Cream/off white is a Romany. I hope this helps and wish you all the best 👍
@@geoffburke Yes, thank you very much, because these boats are on my list. The Seller tells me a Romany would be perfect for my use. He sells the Atlantic PE Low volume or standard, the Sirona PE and the Romany PE. I wille try the "Delphin P&H" too. Do you have a favourite kayak on this list?
@@vincentleger9875 Hi Vincent, I'm totally bias as I love my Atlantic, it has no bad traits at all. It has all the performance and stability in very Challenging Conditions, I can relax and film from it. It's very predictable, laden or empty, does exactly what I need it to do as and when I need it. This is a very personal thing that suits my style of paddling and may not suit everyone!
Not for beginners... 👍👀👏
Hi Gérard, Thanks for your kind comments. My video's are primarily made as a personal record (memory) of my adventures and I hope, to provide a little inspiration and insight to others into what is achievable and open to participants of our magnificent sport.
Within my video's, I also try to provide advice in planning, equipment, skill development and execution of trips.
I welcome and always respond to every comment I receive, and I'm always here to answer any questions or give advice to viewers.
I absolutely agree 💯% this trip is NOT for beginners!! but with a little commitment to skill development and with the right group of experienced kayakers, great journeys like this are possible.
Please feel free to browse and view more of my adventures and plesse share any of my adventures with your friends.
Best Regards Geoff
Can we please have a video where we can hear and enjoy the natural sounds of the environment, instead of stupid over-dramatic music.
Hi Laki, and thanks for your very candid comments. While I'm aware of people's varied taste in music it is always very difficult to select something to suit all tastes, but I do try, especially with a sport and area that is so remote and dramatic as its location. Producing any video or professional documentary requires music to enhance the captured images and can't just be produced with natural sound especially when shot on a simple "action camera" and as stated any soundtrack is completely subjective and impossibleto please everyone.
I produce these video's as a record/memory of a sport/lifestyle that I love (as you have a passion for cars but unfortunately no video's of your own to show as an example). Feedback I receive is always most welcome (and I get lots of amazing comments) so it comes as a shame and a great surprise to have my work criticised as "stupid over-dramatic" and leads me to think of what a shame you have such a self centered view that you need everything changed to suit your taste.
Thanks again for you comments and when you do produce something of your own please forward the link to me for an honest unbiased review. Best Regards Geoff
I unfortunately agree, the music is a little to loud and repetitious and would rather hear you and your paddling friends. No disrespect though!
Laki you sound like the kind of guy who turns the music off at a party
@@matthewjames1394 Thanks for your comments Mathew. As previously stated to Laki..... It's very difficult to put any soundtrack to a video that will suit everyone's taste and as you so eloquently imply.... there is always a volume button to adjust. Instead he takes the time and thinks it acceptable to make derogatory comments of peoples work, calling it "stupid, over-dramatic" but don't have time or the balls to produce and share their own work. All that's required is "constructive comment" !!!
Thanks for you comments, appreciated
@@user-eu4ld8km4b Thanks for your comments, it's appreciated and duly noted, please feel free to view my other adventures. Best regards, Geoff