Antipole is back on the water in Inverness! We filled a hire car with gear and supplies and wended our way up from the south. We stopped over in Leeds for two nights to see David and Marcus, visited Tony’s…
Laid up in Inverness
We left the Caledonian Canal through the last two locks and made the very short journey round to Inverness Marina, located in the mouth of the River Ness.
Eastwards through the Caledonian Canal
Loch Linnhe From Oban it is 30nm up Loch Linnhe to Fort William and the entrance to the Caledonian Canal at Corpach. At long last we have fair weather, even some sun, and fair winds, so we took three days…
West About Mull
Coll With a day and a half of fine weather, we made passage south eastward across The Minch to the island of Coll. We had a rare blue sky, rather light winds and a seven hour run dead down wind…
The Outer Hebrides
Stornoway We had an easy crossing to Stornaway, although we were becalmed for an hour or so. Stornaway is the ‘capital’ of the Outer Hebrides. It is blessed with an excellent harbour. Many seals inhabit it too and even come…