The weather forecast for tomorrow and possibly Tuesday is pretty bad with strong wind. There is nowhere with really good shelter between here and Arisiag so we decided to go for a day trip up Inner Loch Carron and then stay at Plockton until the weather improves.
The village beside Inner Loch Carron is called Lochcarron. A dinghy race was in progress as we approached – it seemed to go on for ages in the light wind as we came up the loch. At last the OOD shortened course so it was all finished before we arrived. We picked up the mooring beside the hotel, did some inessential shopping and bought some diesel fuel. This place is not sheltered enough for the forecast wind, so we returned to Plockton. On the way back we heard a Mayday Relay about the canoe accident in Gairloch. The coastguard said they had taken 4 people ashore and were looking for one more. We thought the incident sounded quite serious, however we did not realise at the time the awful scale of the tragedy in which 4 people died. We had passed the scene of the accident when entering Gairloch just 2 days ago.
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| Moorings at Plockton |
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| Inner Loch Carron becomes visible through the narrows |
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The old ferry slipway.
We chartered a boat here a long time ago |
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| The village of Lochcarron beside Inner Loch Carron |
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| No wind. We will have to motor back |
