Yesterday’s strong wind had gone, just leaving occasional gusts, so it was time to move on and leave the canal. We stopped to visit the shop at Ardrishaig as our food stocks were rather low, stopped in Ardrishaig basin to top up the water and then left the canal at the same time as another boat. It requires a bit of an effort and a change of mind-set to move from the confined canal to the sea with its complexities of tides and navigation. At least we had kept up with the weather forecasts so we expected the weather to be acceptable, though a bit wet and cool. Just outside Ardrishaig we had a brief glimpse of 2 porpoises.
Pam was keen to visit Loch Gair, on the grounds that it was downwind, downtide and free. Those are reasonable criteria to help choose a destination, but if we stick to them we might never get to Kip! We picked up a free mooring in Loch Gair, but could not be bothered to go ashore as there was nothing special to visit.
Hopefully tomorrow we will go into the Kyles of Bute. Follow the
track on Google Maps.
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| Locking down – the last lock before the sea lock |
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| Out into the sea at last |
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| Approaching Loch Gair |
