Thursday 23/5/19 - European Election Day!
We set off at 0900 for Dunstaffnage immersed in low cloud and drizzle. As we passed under the Skye bridge we could barely see the shoreline. Nonetheless, Bruce managed to play the Skye Boat Song on his pipes as we approached the bridge.
By lunchtime the weather had picked up but so had the wind. We spent several hours with 15- 18kts on the beam - the worst direction if you’re looking for a comfortable ride. Between the Isle of Mull and Lismore Island heading into the Firth of Lorn the tide was running at 2.6kts. This really affected the handing of the boat through the narrows where eddies can be severe. We pushed the speed up which helped with directional control - particularly helpful since we were being overtaken by a fast moving ferry just as the eddies did their worst.
After 11 hours we arrived a Dunstaffnage. A large marina but isolated from shops, restaurants, drinking establishments or other signs of civilisation. At £47.85 it was the most expensive we’d experienced to date which, considering we were moored alongside working ships with their generators running all night, did not seem like a bargain.
We ate on board - a ready meal of haggis, neaps and tattles which we picked up for £2.00 in Stornaway. Not the most appetising or tasty fare but it filled a gap.
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