This map shows our overall route while in Scotland. Due to lots of rain and gales, we make longer runs than we had wished, and had to choose anchorages primarily for shelter, missing several places we had wished to visit.
All our stops are shown
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After leaving the Crinan Canal, we sailed to Oban, where Kirsteen Currie joined us, then on to Rum and Mallaig where Diane Norwood arrived.
We toured the amazing Victorian mansion on the Isle of Rum, and learned that as well as being the "summer cottage" of an ultra wealthy English industrialist, it was a favourite spot of King Edward VII and friends to sneak off to for orgies at the beginning of the last century.
All this without taking any pictures, because of the lousy weather
From Mallaig up to Plockton, where we had some good hikes and enjoyed the local pub. This shot of the Torridon hills from a hill above Plockton tells a story of the weather on one of the better days.
East
of Plockton was snow covered too, but the higher peaks of the Cuillins
of Skye were surprisingly clear.We did not have the weather to climb to the top, but had a good hike there
Although
our anchorage in Plockton was snow free, and well sheltered, we still
had a major storm one day, with the wind whipping the tops off the waves.We were rolling around, just like our immediate neighbour.
We
toured Skye for a day by car, with a look into Dunvegan Castle and some
short hiking. Waterfalls were huge, but any long hikes or climbs
unappetisingAs we sailed North to Lochinver the weather improved.