Great night's sleep in Corpach Basin inside the first lock of the Caledonian Canal. Due to take on fuel at 9.00am - but due to a dead dear floating in the lock and an unhelpful Yachty who berthed infront of the fuel pump.... no fuel til 11.00am. filled all four tanks and emptied the British Waterways fuel reserve ! 900 litres of red deisel (fox piss as it is known by the French)
When at last underway, we had one lock to Negotiate before heading to the foot of Neptune's Staircase (8 locks rising 80ft) The flight of locks took about 1 hour 20min to climb before setting off north east towards Loch Lochy. The speed limit on the canal sections is just 6 knots - so progress seemed very slow in comparison with earlier in the week. Once on Loch Lochy we opened the engines up and within minutes we were at the end of it... By this time we were all soaked and very cold. A real shame that due to the low cloud and rain we didn't see Ben Nevis or much above 200 ft.
Loch Oich was beautiful and at long last the rain ceased and the cloud began to lift... what a beautiful stretch of water. We are now safety berthed at Fort Augustus for the night. At 9.30am we will be first through the locks to enter Loch Ness. Can't guarantee to get a picture of Nessie but we'll do our best !!
Same time tomorrow.. ?
When at last underway, we had one lock to Negotiate before heading to the foot of Neptune's Staircase (8 locks rising 80ft) The flight of locks took about 1 hour 20min to climb before setting off north east towards Loch Lochy. The speed limit on the canal sections is just 6 knots - so progress seemed very slow in comparison with earlier in the week. Once on Loch Lochy we opened the engines up and within minutes we were at the end of it... By this time we were all soaked and very cold. A real shame that due to the low cloud and rain we didn't see Ben Nevis or much above 200 ft.Loch Oich was beautiful and at long last the rain ceased and the cloud began to lift... what a beautiful stretch of water. We are now safety berthed at Fort Augustus for the night. At 9.30am we will be first through the locks to enter Loch Ness. Can't guarantee to get a picture of Nessie but we'll do our best !!
Same time tomorrow.. ?
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Question Tim, did you haul the deer on board and have a veritable feast? ;O)
Sounds like you are seeing some great scenery
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