Sun 5 July, Crinan Basin

Still raining. Laundry done. Weather clagged in with miserable rain all day. Dougie and Fiona (Bavaria 39 Vela Mhor) walked down from Bellanoch Bridge to see us. Coffee and cake in the coffee shop and back onboard for tea and chat. We bought 3 books in the coffee shop: The Complete Tales of Parahandy, a book on the hisdtory of the Crinan canal and ‘The Bone Cave’ all about Scottish folk lore. While enjoying our coffees we heard that a large Dutch yacht ‘Yolo’, who left Crinan this morning, had gone aground up near Bellanoch and the canal crew were busy shifting water to raise the pound and lift them off.’ A chat with the lock keeper revealed Yolo was carrying a ton of fresh water in her tanks, so was probably a wee bit deeper than her claimed 2.3 metres.
Curry for supper and bed with a good book.Read more