Day 1 Clachnaharry Sea Lock to anchorage at Invermoriston
Day 2 Invermoriston to Laggan Locks
Day 3 Laggan Locks to Fort William
Day 4 Fort William to Oban
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| The final leg was back out to sea from Fort William to Oban |
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| A view of Neptune's Staircase which is the 8 locks taking you down to Banavie Top Basin |
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| Working our way down the staircase. The whole lot took close to 2 hours |
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| After the staircase are a few more locks and swing bridges before you finally make it to the sea loch and the sea |
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| This was very typical of the many railway swing bridges that are extremely challenging to maintain. The Canal Team did a great job of opening them quickly for us. |
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| Ben Nevis overseeing proceedings |
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| The final Sea Lock before exiting the Canal |
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| Brimble can smell the sea |
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| As you look back this is the sign welcoming you from where we'd come. Quite poignant because obviously our journey had been far beyond the Shetlands and the North Sea |
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| Out at sea and we soon had the sails up. A characteristically shy porpoise followed us some way out to sea |
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| Corran Point lighthouse marking the ferocious tides that can sweep through here. On the day we had a couple of knots in our favour and all was well and very benign. The fickle finger of fate had served us well. |
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| The sail along the coast was uneventful and beautiful. We tucked in shore of Shuna Island, mainly to see whether we could and then had a lovely beat up the Lynnn of Lorn and then the Firth of Lorn into Oban. We arrived at tea time. Perfect. |
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| Brimble snugged up at Oban |
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| The following day was forecast rain and gales so Tim and I slipped off for a run round the mountain. We did it but goodness me it was blustery to say the least. Still a perfect end to a great few days sailing. |
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| So, next time we're back will most probably be for the Scottish Isles Peak Race. We may be able to sneak in a weekend before that. I'm not sure. |
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