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Neil"s Nairn Adventures Podcast

Nairn based Runner, Sea Swimmer and Social Enterprise leader sharing support and tips to get your next adventure or venture started and keep you going. neilmapes.substack.com

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Nairn Beach Notes

Neil"s Nairn Adventures Podcast ·

2022/03/30

Wednesday 30th March 2022It’s been a while since I last shared a recording of the waves from Nairn beach. Frothy, snowy, cold fingered morning. An invigorating swim in between the blizzards and Mallards by the shore.Susie Dent’s writing introduced me to the word Confelicity. The pleasure in another’s happiness. A lovely word. Confelicity, feels good saying it. Feeling good about someone else’s happiness is a key feature of staying mentally well. It is also the foundation of the volunteering

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Nairn Beach Notes

Neil"s Nairn Adventures Podcast ·

2022/01/18

Tuesday 18th January 2022I managed to get to the beach late last night for my first full moon swim, you can check it out here. It was scary and gorgeous at the same time.A hazy overcast start to the beach this morning. Ridges in the sand are sculpted by the receding waves being met by those coming in. Cold still just now with frosty patches on the northern sides of the links by the beach. The lightest of pink clouds above the Ben across the firth.The oil rig has inched closer to Cromarty,

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Nairn Beach Notes

Neil"s Nairn Adventures Podcast ·

2022/01/15

Saturday 15th January 2022Passing through the trees on the links, leafless but full of bird song this morning. Zeee peee zeee peee. Still chilly but the sounds pull me toward Spring. A scent of salt on the breeze as I near the sea. Wagtails waving hello arriving on the rocks above the water’s edge. Soft wet sand underfoot.Knee-deep piles of stones are now high up the beach after successive high tides. Shaping the stones in natural sweeping arches. Rowers out on the firth again enjoying the

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Nairn Beach Notes

Neil"s Nairn Adventures Podcast ·

2022/01/13

Thursday 13th January 2022Tide is just about turning to retreat down the beach. Wind at my back heading East to the groyne. 9C but the wind makes it feel colder. Flag on the horizon flapping in the sunrise. Pink clouds towards Brora across the firth. The sounds of shrieking cold water swimmer friends in the big blue and crows making car-like noises. Birds back today with Oystercatchers and Wagtails flitting about. But it is a crow that catches my attention and I manage to get close enough to

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1:30

Nairn Beach Notes

Neil"s Nairn Adventures Podcast ·

2022/01/10

Monday 10th January 2022Turning the corner the lampost lights on the prom turn off. I guess that means it is officially daytime. Earlier to the beach today. I have to double-check my watch that I haven’t come down at some ridiculous hour by mistake. A feeling of being in the middle of the night at the start of the day.Car headlights on full beam in the half-light. Lights flicker from the lighthouse across the firth and on the early flight coming into Inverness. Warmer today, 6C, no need for

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1:31

Nairn Beach Notes

Neil"s Nairn Adventures Podcast ·

2022/01/09

Sunday 9th January 2022Hard frost. Cold night. The prom with a snow layer, very light. We gingerly tiptoe to the beach. Mum and I arm in arm stepping across the slippery stones in search of the freshest cool air. We stand in the one tiny patch of sun to reach the beach. The air right next to the waves feels different somehow. Looking back down the sand people hug the water’s edge. Are they unknowingly drawn to the air quality next to the waves perhaps? Listening to the waves there seems to

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1:21

Nairn Beach Notes

Neil"s Nairn Adventures Podcast ·

2022/01/08

Saturday 8th January 2022Join me for a slow Beach run. Deeply inhale and then a long slow exhale, feeling much better already. Avoiding barking dogs and rolling stones as the tide begins to rise, subtly reaching up the beach. A large flock of Oystercatchers are back together. Gulls bob about safely out of reach of the dogs. Gentle breeze at my back as I trot along the sand towards East beach. Overcast skies and grey sea but clearing with a hint of blue skies to come later.Fishing boats in the

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Nairn Beach Notes

Neil"s Nairn Adventures Podcast ·

2022/01/07

Friday 7th January 2022Do you have days when you could have easily stayed in bed? A duvet day. Today was that day for me, but I got up and headed down to the beach. Another great sunrise this morning. Low tide and the sun low in the sky. A metallic blue hue to the sea towards Cromarty. Like my wife’s nail varnish.I seem to tire of quite a few things more easily just recently, but I never get tired of the beach. Dogs never appear to tire of chasing the Oystercatchers and splashing in the cold

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Nairn Beach Notes

Neil"s Nairn Adventures Podcast ·

2022/01/03

Monday 3rd January 2022A boisterous beach. Cold snap in the wind, biting the fingers. Snowcap back on the Ben. The beach is a frothy turbulent transition space. Life on the edge, with a very different sea world meeting the land. A large log, previous buried high up on the sand, is now alive and rolling about in the surf like a large happy dog. Big sky and unusual cloud formations today.The tide reaches the large rocks protecting the prom. It has created a steep bank of pebbles under the

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1:07

Nairn Beach Notes

Neil"s Nairn Adventures Podcast ·

2021/12/31

Friday 31st December 2021 - HogmanayGreeted by a flat calm icy blue sea today. A whiteness to the water. Our eyes are drawn out to the paddle boarder by the harbour and the industrious shipping taking oil rig equipment out to sea. A wet beach and a falling tide have once again left behind rock pools for investigating. Seawater meanders down the sand and cascades over tiny rock edges, making its way back to the mother. I find it fascinating how water gravitates back to itself, more than simple

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Nairn Beach Notes

Neil"s Nairn Adventures Podcast ·

2021/12/30

Thursday 30th December 2021Warm southerly winds at my back as I set foot on the beach. Jackets are no longer needed and it feels very Spring-like after the sub-zero temperatures just days ago. Sand sitting above the high tide line and gathering at the groyne. A pebbly stony beach. The wave eroded red rocks looking like a mountain range in miniature. My smart Oystercatchers, disturbed by barking dogs, land right in front of me.No other birds, nor boats, are out on the firth today. A peaceful

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Nairn Beach Notes

Neil"s Nairn Adventures Podcast ·

2021/12/25

Saturday 25th December 2021 - Christmas dayFrosty clear morning, crashing waves. Approaching the beach sounds like an aeroplane taking off. The roar increases our pace, stepping beach-bound. Sunlight clipping the waves, a half-moon in a swimming pool sky over the Soutars. A stunning Christmas day. Families frolicking along the prom. Froth bubbling among the rockpools. Hands frozen in the wind. Long shadows on the beach. Tragedy unfolds. A fellow beachgoer rescues one of my Oystercatchers.

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Nairn Beach Notes

Neil"s Nairn Adventures Podcast ·

2021/12/24

Author’s note: hit the triangle play button above and listen to the waves whilst you read today’s short.Friday 24th December 2021 - Christmas EveTwo degrees again, onto the sand with frozen fingers. An active beach with runners trotting and chatting amongst the barking dogs. A sea kayaker heading out past the winter swimmers preparing to submerge. Some still swimming in skins others in full neoprene, the balaclava brigade. Shrieks echo across the water as they get in. Frothy frilly edge to the

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Nairn Beach Notes

Neil"s Nairn Adventures Podcast ·

2021/12/23

Thursday 23rd December 2021Misty threatening dampness. Feels like a living Turner painting today. Faint flickers of gulls out in the grey. A solitary duck dives. Crows caw and strut on the sand. Are they saying hello or warding me off? Low tide, just turning to head back up and submerge the exposed wide beach. Rock pooling before breakfast. Waves gently breaking on submerged rocks offshore, hinting at sea creatures and folklore. Intrigued by the sounds of the gently rising waves. Subtle

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