Great Glen Paddle Challenge

18/06/2026

The final post of 3 in Andy Burrow's experience of the Great Glen Paddle Challenge 2025 is live.
https://greatglenpaddlechallenge.com/loch-ness-where-great-glen-stops-being-fitness-and-becomes-seamanship/
Find out how he coped with an overnight change of direction, along with the mysteries of Loch Ness' and her temperamental weather and water shifts!
To get your hands on Andy's book, head to our partner Sailingfast:
https://sailingfast.co.uk/product/improving-your-stand-up-paddleboarding/
To register for the 2026 Great Glen Paddle Challenge as a team or solo entry, two day or non-stop AND get a discount on Andy's book, published by our sponsors Fernhurst Books:
https://greatglenpaddlechallenge.com/product/register/

Fernhurst Books Sailingfast

19/05/2026

“This is easy” - the most dangerous words to utter during the Great Glen Paddle Challenge!
Continue reading part 2 of Andy Burrows’ take on the 2025 team challenge with experienced GG paddler Niall Colquhoun.
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👉 https://greatglenpaddlechallenge.com/this-is-easy-are-the-most-dangerous-words-on-the-great-glen-paddle-challenge/ 👈
Huge thanks to Books for sponsoring the event with discounted copies of Andy’s book.
Next in the Series: Day 2 on Loch Ness—speed highs, rebound-wave lows, and the kit choices that matter when the loch turns strange.

19/05/2026

"This is easy" - the most dangerous words to utter during the Great Glen Paddle Challenge!
Continue reading part 2 of Andy Burrows' take on the 2025 team challenge with experienced GG paddler Niall Colquhoun.
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👉 https://greatglenpaddlechallenge.com/this-is-easy-are-the-most-dangerous-words-on-the-great-glen-paddle-challenge/ 👈
Huge thanks to Fernhurst Books for sponsoring our event with discounted copies of Andy's book.
Next in the Series: Day 2 on Loch Ness—speed highs, rebound-wave lows, and the kit choices that matter when the loch turns strange.

In 2025 I entered Great Glen in the two-day team category with my SUP compatriot Niall Colquhoun, a Great Glen Paddle Challenge veteran. Looking back, being

11/05/2026

Why does the Great Glen Paddle Challenge get under your skin?
Read Andy Burrows’ take on the 2025 challenge he completed as a team entrant with the indubitable Niall Colquhoun.
https://greatglenpaddlechallenge.com/great-glen-paddle-challenge-on-a-sup-why-this-race-gets-under-your-skin/
Sign up today and get a discounted copy of Andy’s book: Improving your stand up paddleboarding. Full of tips and techniques to help you cover the miles as efficiently as possible!
Next in the series: how Day 1 went brilliantly… until it didn’t, and what Andy learned about pacing, transitions and hydration.

Fernhurst Books

11/05/2026

Why does the Great Glen Paddle Challenge get under your skin?
Read Andy Burrows' take on the 2025 challenge he completed as a team entrant with the indubitable Niall Colquhoun.
https://greatglenpaddlechallenge.com/great-glen-paddle-challenge-on-a-sup-why-this-race-gets-under-your-skin/
Sign up today and get a discounted copy of Andy's book: Improving your stand up paddleboarding. Full of tips and techniques to help you cover the miles as efficiently as possible!
Next in the series: how Day 1 went brilliantly… until it didn’t, and what Andy learned about pacing, transitions and hydration.

Fernhurst Books

I first heard about the Great Glen Paddle Challenge in 2018, in my early months of stand up paddleboarding. At that point I felt “quite good” if I could

08/05/2026

You too could paddle amongst rainbows 🌈 (aka changeable conditions 🤣🫣)

Weather was changeable tonight for training, but we were blessed with some fantastic Rainbows.

Photo- RNLI-Kenny.

06/05/2026

We are delighted to see we have paddlers coming over from USA, various countries in Europe, not to mention UK and Ireland of course!
Has your 2026 season kicked off yet? As the sun warms up, minds turn to training and hopefully you now have an event or two under your belt in 2026 already.
We'll be bringing you a series of reports and tips from the lovely Andy Burrows who authors the book 'Improving your Stand Up Paddleboarding' - having done the Great Glen Paddle Challenge in 2025, he is well placed to give you some hints and tricks on how to maximise your training ahead of the event.
Keep your eyes peeled! Thanks to Andy and Fernhurst Books for their help in pulling this together...

14/04/2026

This is just one of the many reasons we choose Fort Augustus as our base for the Great Glen Paddle Challenge.
Oh and it’s central! Just in case the wind changes direction…

The beautiful village of Fort Augustus recently featured as The Daily Record's Village of the Week!

The accolade was received for the incredible history and heritage of the Caledonian Canal, brought to life by the Caledonian Canal Centre; for the spectacular views out to Loch Ness and the daily Cruise Loch Ness sailings; and for a fish and chip shop recently named the best 'newcomer' in the UK, Monster fish and chip co ltd Loch Ness.

Have you planned your visit yet?

See the full story at https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/scotland-now/gallery/highlands-town-along-edge-loch-36914421

22/02/2026

“It’s not about the destination, it’s the journey.”

Couldn't be a truer word said about the Great Glen Paddle Challenge.

https://greatglenpaddlechallenge.com/product/register/

17/02/2026

We've teamed up with Fernhurst Books for the challenge this September. This book will help anyone interested in SUPing get better at it. It shows how to improve your efficiency, technique, skills and physical capability, which should be perfect for the EPIC Great Glen.

All participents get £7 off, you just need to sign up to get the discount

https://greatglenpaddlechallenge.com/product/register/