Good visibility today, wonderful vistas as we left Malliag of the small islands and Skye with the Cullens astride, up the Sound of Sleat.
The crux of the day was to traverse Kyle Rhea a narrow channel connecting the Sound of Sleat to Loch Alsh. At springs the tide achieves 8 knots so timing is critical so as not to find oneself carried backwards.
I had dreamed for some months of this challenge but as it transpired we entered the Kyle at slack water and within a few minutes had 2 knots of tide behind us.
Then past Kyle of Loch Alsh past a towering French cruise ship, under the new Skye Bridge.
On to Plockton, ancestral home of the Hamilton's, a place I last visited in my early years in the UK.
Sitting on a swinging mooring 360 degree changing panorama of the most extraordinary vistas.
A wonderful complex day giving all a sense of accomplishment and confidence for the journey to come 
Greetings everyone. You seem to be having an amazing voyage and the pictures give us an insight into your travels they look amazing. love to all Gay
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely amazing. Did you get ashore at Plockton?
ReplyDeleteAnother dragon slain! (Rattray, Ardnamurchan, Kyle Rhea!)
It was a bizarre experience yesterday driving at 50-60mph instead of sailing at 5-6 knots, spotting points along the way that we had negotiated by water (Eigg and Rum, Corpach, The Great Glen, then at the end spotting Coquet Island as I drove up past Amble after dropping Mike off.
It seems like a million years ago that we started this journey. Thank you for inviting me to be part of it. I am now very jealous that I am not on board for the next bit - but the grass needs cutting and the fence needs painting!
Best wishes to the new crew, and thank you Lester and Mike for a memorably happy fortnight.
Alan
So envious, just as well we are heading up to the Hebrides ourselves. Watching the World Cup in Rio - you will now be heading towards 'little Rio' ie Lochinver with Suilven (Scotlands own sugarloaf).
ReplyDeleteJust make sure there are no RAF exercises at Cape Wrath as its an RAF bombing range !
Enjoy
H & Jim
Looks amazing. All I managed was the radio mast and back yesterday. You have insipired me to a cruise next year too.
ReplyDeleteThe only time I've ever been on a yacht was at Plockton. We had abandoned tent in a wild storm and gone to the pub on the quayside. There a couple invited us aboard for a nightcap, or a toddy or whatever the nautical term is, as there must surely be one, for drowning things sorrowful.
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