Show on map
Doirlinn Castle, Loch Moidart
We awoke to thick fog and the sounding of horns from the Calmac ferries, invisible from our mooring, as was the shore only 40 metres away. We went ashore early to the supermarket and the fog was already thinning on our return aboard. We left to catch the tide down the Sound of Mull, by which time the day was bright and sunny. We continued past Tobermory, round the NW corner of Mull, and down to Gometra, anchoring in the pool there. A quick ascent of the hill above (also called Gometra) helped work up a good appetite for dinner. Although still without wind, the next morning had fairly good visibility and we went north, past Ardnamurchan Point and through the tortuous entrance into Loch Moidart, anchoring just off Shona. An energetic afternoon saw ascents of Beinn a’Bhaillidh on Shona and Beinn Bhreac further up the loch. Then wind at last, but from NW, right on the nose for the short leg up to the sheltered anchorage at Arisaig, where it continued to blow Force 5/6 for the rest of the day.
Fantastic to be invited to your adventures at sea.
It seems somehow too good to be true for a land bound soul who has always wanted to learn how to sail. Hope to meet you – at last – in Plockton!
Warm and Windy Wishes, The Read Crowd (Anna Carina, Julian, Liv, Freja, Lucas and Chole)
Hi There
Like the new layout of the blog. looking forward to following your summer adventure of 2010!
When you mentioned Gometra on the telephone Maggi this was a new place name for me so of course had to look up! I was thinking of La Gomera…an island in the Canaries and thought to myself”By Jingo! You have travelled pretty far in a very short time”!
Great to have confirmed dates now so looking forward to the get together in Gairloch in mid-June.
You had great weather last summer so hope your good luck continues. It is freezing here tonight…reckoning on a grass frost!
Speak to you soon.