Heading South via the Crinan Canal

JB, Claire & Sooty

The weather has just been awful. We watch the weather forecast and the north west gets a brief mention of wind and showers (it’s been like this all summer) while the south is basking in the sunshine with the odd drop off rain! We had friends on board for a couple of days and then attended a Moody muster in Loch Aline. The loch is famous for mining the best Silica in the world that’s used in the glass making process. This morning we left at six am to get to the Crinan canal. This is only 9 miles long but saves you going round the Mull of Kintyre. The forecast for the next week is not good and going through the canal saves 80 miles. It’s also very pleasant as the photos show. We have tagged along with another yacht with four people on board and that’s saved us the price of a pilot that would operate the locks for us. We are now half way through and have stopped for the night as the canal is full of boats making the transit. Scottish canals must think it’s Christmas with so many boats transiting due to the weather 🥴