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| The route from beginning to end. |
When the sea lock operation started at 0900am the first boat out was a Swedish 30 footer and we joined her to enter the first lock. It was a tight fit and during the following 20 or so locks we refined the method of how we could arrange ourselves. Our Swedish colleagues were on the last leg of their 8 year trip around the world and were heading via the Caledonian Canal, the North Sea and Denmark, home to a small town south of Malmo. Fortunately we had help with the locks throughout our passage and this made all the difference. Nevertheless I think John's arms may be a little longer than when we started.
The weather has been kind to us, dry, warm, bright but rather cloudy. I has enable us to appreciate the glorious scenery along the banks of the canal. Many of the locks leak like a sieve and let in almost as much water as the sluices let out. On all occasions the sluices won.
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| The "Niagra Falls" lock. |
The Crinan Hotel harks back to an earlier age but provides an excellent seafood restaurant. The Crinan Scallops and John's Arbroath smokey have left us pleasantly satisfied.
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| They obviously have their own version of rugby up here, played in a marsh! |
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| Journeys end, Crinan Basin. |
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