To Inverness

Today we had no wind, no sun, no vis, a complete contrast to the lovely day we had yesterday... however, we are now just  outside the enterance to the Canal!


After an early start to get out of Lossiemouth, and catch the tide, we ended up motoring the 35 miles to Inverness, in thick fog! With hardly any visibility, we had a pretty boring trip  spent staring into the whiteness infront, and shooing away the occasional wasps/storm flys/ swarms of fruit flys!


Luckily, the fog did start to lift as we appoached the big bridge before Inverness Marina, and we were left with a beautiful afternoon. Getting in around 1pm, we then had all day to top up with fuel, make a few repairs, a (breif) tidy, and most importantly, make a swing out of a fender!!


Tomorrow, once the first few locks have opened, we can start our transit of the Caledonian Canal - exciting and terrifying at the same time! I have been told the Canal is beautiful, so have been looking forward to it, but also still partly nervous about all the locks..


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Fender-swing in action

Fog! 


When the fog finally lifted 10 mins away from Inverness marina



Fender-swing in action!




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