Crinan Canal

Since leaving Tobermory we have been in areas where phone, Internet and television signal has been spectaculary absent.
We spent the first night in Loch Aline at the end of the Sound of Mull waiting for tide to take us down to Loch Melfort.

We had intended to stay the night in Loch Melfort but found it a little quiet even for us and as both boatyards cost as much as a proper marina and offered little in the way of amenities we instead headed down to Crinan and anchor off there until morning.

Took the dinghy ashore for a walk round and a drink in the bar and met up with some sailors from Birmingham having a boys week out, and also a family from Conway with five young kids on board their boat.
The Crinan Canal basin is very pretty but Angela found the locks quite difficult to open and close and also there were lots of them. Definitely doing the Mull of Kintyre on the way back, or I'm catching a bus.
Now at the town of Ardrishaig, close to the end of the canal. We intend to stay here two nights and perhaps cycle back down the canal tomorrow to see the sights we missed coming down due to perpetual rain!

Hoping to get some pictures of the sun shining soon!!!