Left early to catch the tide through the Kyle Rhea and this
time managed to hit speeds of 9 knots with assistance from the tidal flow. We travelled
back down Loch Sleat, retracing our steps from yesterday. The weather threw up
some eerie light, it was very still with low fog. The island of Muck now looked
as if it was floating mid-air (3rd picture), as the distinction
between the sea and sky had gone.
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| Eigg |
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| Rum |
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| Muck floating |
We motored on and found the entrance to Loch Moidart. The
pilot said it was very tricky with multiple rocks to negotiate at the entrance.
We made our way in slowly using the chart plotter with me on the bow to see if
I could spot rocks. We were very close to low tide so had the minimum amount of
water to help us. We got to an area of 3m depth and paid out the anchor chain
but couldn’t get it to hold in the weed so moved further out of the bay and
found a good spot. The loch was stunning and even had a ruined castle on an
island in the middle of the loch.
We set off and tried to get to the castle but failed as the
shallow water and fast incoming tide was not giving us many options with the
dinghy, we ended up beaching it on the closest beach and walking up a very
steep hill, which proved a great location to take some pictures.
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| Ruined castle |
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| Loch Moidart |
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| TyMor
in the middle of the Loch, at anchor |
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| On
the beach with Ty Mor in the background |
Later that evening and back on board the sunset was amazing,
the last 2 pictures were taken at 11pm:
Hi guys. Looking at where you are and have been recently on Google maps, what fantastic scenery and locations!! No doubt the tide makes it 'interesting' navigating around all those isles and channels. Hope you have a clear sky for the longest day :-)
ReplyDeleteYes David, scenery is wonderful, especially in the sun. Weather not been so good in the last couple of days. Rainy and cloudy, but still light at 11:30 pm.
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