The Last Post on the Caledonian Canal

Waiting for the Off

Going....

The Skipper at the Starboard steering station. There is one on the port side as well-plus the bridge. The side positions are necessary for negotiating Mr Telfords' bendy canal

Past Caleys' cruisers

Our first swingbridge at Tomnahuich

 The Canal to Docgarroch Lock

We stayed the night here and awoke to a covering of snow. That'll teach me not to sleep on the roof.

A Scottish Dangler

Laying up for breakfast

Morning Campers!

Woman in tea cosy with drunk dog

I'm told this is what the bar looked like

Leaving Docgarroch and heading for Loch Ness

Loch Ness

 Urquhart Castle

An enforced stop at Fort Augustus-nay bother

us

A queue of fishing boats in front of 

The broken bridge that held us up for four hours and forced me to have a pint in the Bothy

 A trip round Loch Ness whilst the bridge is mended

My favourite picture of the week

My second favourite

Will it? Won't it?

Yippee-through the bridge and climbing F Augustus locks

 The Caledonian canal to Loch Oich

Cullochy Lock

 The Bridge of Oich where an old dog waits for Lord of the Glens to deliver his breakfast as he has done for years apparently. I think he sabotaged the last bridge to ponce more breakfast but I could be barking up the wrong tree.

RESULT!

entering Loch Oich

Another Swingbridge on way to Laggan

The Laggan Corridor-the narrowest part of the Caledonian

 Laggan lochs

The Eagle floating pub-closed at the moment I think-seaon not officially started

 Loch Lochy

Salmon Farming-I wonder where they get the seeds.....

If that cloud wasn't there you could see Ben Nevis

Deer

More deer

Oh Dear!

 Moored for the night at Kytra Lock. Beautiful place

and in the morning..more campers!

 Back to Fort Augustus

And heading home to Muirtown, Inverness for the last night. You can just see the head of the Lock Ness Monster in the bottom of the portlight

The next post will be from the Grand Union Canal in Hertfordshire.
Hope you enjoyed the stuff on the Caledonian.