Loch Ness to Inverness

Sunday 26/5/19

It rained heavily all night and we arose to low cloud and an almost ghostly scene.

Life on the canal is a leisurely affair. The 0830 lock time we had booked turned to be 0845 but we flew down the 5 locks in an hour and into Lock Ness. The clouds were almost brushing the water. The restrictive speed limits in the canals do not apply in Loch Ness and so we took the opportunity to give the engine a good run and clear away the carbon that would have built up through operating at low RPM for a protracted period.

A ghostly scene

Preparing to descend the 5 locks into Loch Ness

Some prime Loch Ness real estate

1245 Loch Dochgarroch

1400 Muirtown Loch where we tied up awaiting the lock keeper’s lunchtime break to run its course. 

1515 locked in for the flight of 4 locks

By 1615 we were tied up at Seaport Marina. We chose to remain in the canal in order to get to Caley Marine as soon as it opened in the morning to pick up the new gearbox solenoid we had ordered whilst in Stornaway. 

The rain FINALLY abated.

Not much around the marina so went to the pub, and back, had pizza and watched the EU Election results on TV.

Along the canal we noticed something unusual in what appeared to be someone's back garden. These models where very large, detailed and meticulously built and it was sad to see them floundering amongst the foliage.