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Round Britain 2007

11 degrees.

Loch Nevis was our next stop, at Inverie, and mainland Britain’s most
remote pub. Everything comes to Inverie by boat, there are no roads to the
area, though there are footpaths.

All of the vehicles, not that there are many as the roads don’t go far, come
by landing craft. A great place, really unique. We had dinner at the pub in
the evening.
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At Tobermory on the Isle of Mull on the 27 June, it was raining and cold,
we were glad of mains electricity on the pontoon for the fan heater. As had
been usual ever since we arrived in Scotland, the water was clear and the
rudder and sterngear could be seen, as could the bottom when it’s a couple
of metres deep. Usually rocky!

Zig Zag in the
Crinan Canal

Two days later saw us transiting the Crinan Canal, doing locks just like
narrow boating! and on the last day of June we were at Campbeltown.
From there we had to decide which way to go south, down the English
coast, (not very appealing) or down the Irish coast (better but some wicked
tides). So we went to the Isle of Man. Our last port in Scotland was
Portpatrick, arriving at low water and through a 20 metre wide entrance

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