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How lovely to have a lie in! And the suns shining despite the forecast. Given that I’d booked an early meal a nice brunch was in order. Decided a good plan would be to go in search of a bakery for croissants or something similar. Given that I’d investigated the Harbour facilities the evening beforeContinue reading “Thursday 20 August Oban”

Perfect morning over Mull. Up quite early as have to be off by 9 in order to catch the tide at Lismore, before it starts going the wrong way. I took the rubbish to the bins and saw the Tobermory cat on the way. Didn’t have my phone with me so don’t have a picture,Continue reading “Wednesday 19 August Tobermory to Oban 25 nm”

The alarm went at 6 am . It was a nice morning though and no fog thank goodness. Let go the mooring and off we went, leaving the Skye bridge behind . We had to be at the Kyle Rhea by 8 am to have a favourable tide ie in the right direction but notContinue reading “Tuesday 18 August Kyle of Loch Alsh to Tobermory 55 nm”

Portree looked a lot prettier this morning. Didn’t sleep well as Trixi ( the windmill) was whirring away at varying decibels during the night. We didn’t really have the option of turning her off as we need her to charge the batteries, just wish she would work during the day rather than the night shift.Continue reading “Monday 17 August Portree to Kyle of Lochalsh 20 nm”

Seeing the blue sky and sunshine was a real relief as was dreading another day of fog. Fortunately although there was fog out to sea, it never really caused a problem and visibility was good throughout. We started off by making our way to a little pontoon which had a hose on it so weContinue reading “Sunday 16 August Sheildaig to Portree ( Skye) 30 nm”

We woke to an absolute pea souper! See photo. You literally couldn’t see the land which was 50 m away. No wind to blow it away either. We went out anyway about midday hoping ( and thinking) that it would clear. it is a very strange and disconcerting thing. You are completely surrounded by cloud.Continue reading “Saturday 15 August Badachro (Loch gairloch) to Sheildaig (Loch torridon) 16 nm”

The last two days have been very similar weather wise. Misty murk in the morning… really quite chilly, but it’s burnt off in the afternoon to reveal beautiful clear blue skies and a bright sunshiney day! We left Ullapool 8 ish as had about 8 hours to go. Unbeknown to us, the friend of aContinue reading “Friday 14 August Ullapool to Badachro in Loch Gairloch 40 nm”

Lochinver is a bit of a dour place. However our stay here has been good and we had a really lovely chat with two divers before we left this morning. We knew that they were working on the pontoons today as we’d been asked to move our boat forward this morning. They were so lovelyContinue reading “Thursday 13 August Lochinver to Ullapool 28 nm”

Sadly we had to leave Stornoway this morning .it was a really lovely place… it had everything that you could want , and we would definitely look forward to coming back . The morning promised yet another Beautiful day but disappointingly, the cloud and murky visibility persisted all day. To begin with there was noContinue reading “Wednesday 12 August. Across the North Minch to Lochinver 41 nm”