Wednesday 24 June

Millport to Holy Loch

Wednesday 24 June Millport to Holy Loch

The crew of BEAR came aboard us for a look around and a coffee before both Fishers slipped and proceeded: BEAR to Loch Fyne and us to Holy Loch.
Very pleasant sail for a couple of hours and with Toward Point approaching our port beam the wind dropped completely. Engine on for an hour or two to bring us up to Holy Loch. What lovely friendly place. They have a deal where you pay in full for one night and if you stay a second, consecutive, night, that one is half price. We opted for a couple of nights so we could nip into Dunoon and do some shopping.

At the top of the slope up from the Marina is the Holy Loch Inn. Spent the evening there and stumbled back onboard. Nuff said.

Thursday 25 June Holy Loch

Today was the day for shopping so, armed with Monsieur Le Stripes (our little old lady’s shopping trolley) and 2 back packs, off we trudged to the bus stop. Oh boy! Talk about hot! By the time we had done the shopping and got it all stowed, we were knackered. Having discovered that the fridge’s dedicated solar panel had stopped giving us amps, it needed a serious looking at. As with all elderly solar panels, glues various had given up the ghost and one of the flimsy, foil-like connections had parted. So, full dismantle off its polywood support panel, careful dismantle clean up of what was left of the foil ‘wires’ before some soldering of new wire into place and a voltage test in the blazing sunshine. 22.5 volts. That’ll do. More gluing and left to cure while we hopped back on the bus and into Dunoon for a nose around. We nearly managed an ice cream but, as we approached the shop, our return bus sidled up and opened its door invitingly. Hmm! Bus or ice cream? We took the bus. Nice and cool onboard.

Lovely dinner onboard, panel repair approaching completion, early night.Read more