Loch Moidart & Loch Ailort

Wednesday 21st July, 2021

It was supposed to be another glorious sunny day, but we woke to thick pea soup fog! It wasn’t showing much sign of burning away either. There was no wind, so we edged out of Sanna Bay on on instruments, following our track in and motored along the North side of Ardnamurchan Peninsula and edged very slowly in to Loch Moidart. The entrance is a twisting route between rocks in to this Loch and it was definitely made more interesting by the thick fog. We dropped anchor in a bay very close to the entrance, but away from the main route in. Moidart is very shallow in places, and difficult to navigate helped greatly if you can actually see the shore!

Thursday 22nd July, 2021

We woke again to fog! However this time, the sun won the battle early in the day to reveal a cloudless blue sky, and then we realised what a spectacular place we were anchored in. We took the canoe and paddled with the tide about 2 miles down the Loch to reach Tioram castle. Tioram is a faily complete ruin, but its position commands views of the whole Loch and this was a really special day to see those views. Ailsa decides that this is to be our next home when we hang up our sailing shoes. Might need a little bit of work though?

We sailed out of Moidart at 1500 with the intention of the heading to the Borrowdale Islands, a little further North up the coast. However we changed our minds when we saw the huge mountains behind Loch Ailort and diverted to another amazing anchorage off a white sand beach in front of the bothy in the outer loch.

Friday 23rd July, 2021

Caleb and Dom decided today was the day to conquer Rois-bheinn. This is the Munroe mountain at the edge of the loch that stands at 876m. So we loaded the rucksacks with supplies and lots of water, cause it was a hot day and set off across the loch in the dingy to the South shore. We pulled the dinghy up on a rocky beach walked along the shore until we came to track past a house. We didn’t have a map, so we were doing this by feel, but lucky for us we came out on the road right opposite a sign saying this was the access footpath to the hills.

It was a pleasant and easy climb to about half way up. Then the path disappeared and we were faced with a STEEP climb to the top. It was an exhausting climb with many false summits and the heat of the day kicking in, However the effort was well worth it with the huge views from the top.

At the top
Awesome Day!

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