Monday 19 September 2011 – Loch Craignish to Crinan Canal

A rather yellow sunrise.  After breakfast the rain started and visibility was poor, so we sat around reading books etc.  Just before lunch we set off for Crinan, which is only a few miles away and was a biased beat with 1 reef. At Crinan we entered the Sea Lock and soon found ourselves in the canal.  The canal is much narrower than we had expected – you would not want to meet a boat coming the other way in most places.  Stopped above Crinan Bridge for a cup of tea and to take a quick walk in the woods.  Then we moved on to a staging beside the bird hide, shortly before Bellanoch Bridge.  We have not yet found the bird hide. Follow the track on Google Maps.

Dawn from “The Lagoon”. The sky soon turned yellow.

In the sea lock at Crinan

Crinan Sea Lock: going up.

Narrower than we had expected

Tea stop by the bridge

Estuary of the Add with canal on the right.