Wednesday 17th July
Still camped at Kentra Bay as we didn't fancy sailing as weather
looked like it was closing in but in the end it remained dry but a lot of low
cloud and mist about with the odd warm patch.
Sam and I had a go at fishing off the rocks for mackerel but no
luck so we went hunting for worms (very hard to find at Kentra) and tried our
luck fishing for trout in the brook that ran down into the bay. I had five fish
on the line before finally landing one, it was just a bit bigger than a large
whitebait! It was great fun and very relaxing and most of the fleet joined us
watching and chatting on the river bank until the midges and horse flies drove
them off.
When I eventually succumbed to the last bite from the really
vicious horse flies I went looking for muscles instead and picked a bag full on
the rocks just along from where we had moored in about 15 minutes, too many for
me so I gave the excess to Dave and Julie. I reckon I had them from the rock to
cooked and inside me in under 20 minutes. Poached in a bit of red wine with
garlic and onion they were delicious!
I dined out in the evening at the Mellors who had invited Kate and
I to their tent for chilli, nice to see the in-laws.
Thursday 18th July
Last sail today, set off just after lunchtime as the tide was
rising so not too far to roll the boats down to the sea and sailed around to
the south entrance to Loch Moidart. Kate sailed us in whilst I navigated, quite
testing at times as lots of rocks and narrow channels but we reached the castle
near the head of the loch without any problems and stopped for a bite to eat
and explore.
The loch is beautiful with steep wooded sides and rocks and very
quiet, just us under sail going out the north entrance until it got a bit too
shallow and tricky so we motored for a while to clear the entrance.
The wind dropped unfortunately so we had to motor most of the way
back except for a few short sails and one short attempt with the spinnaker for
a while. Just us the odd dolphin, seal, gannet and usual passing Manx
Shearwater.
We eventually made the beach at Arisaig just after 8:00pm and
pulled the boats up above the tide before dashing to the shower and then the
pub for dinner. What a difference in weather to last year when we had to put
two reefs in at one point.
Friday 19th July
Well that is it, time to pack up and go home, however, a nice end
as Sam and I spotted an Otter fishing out in the bay just as we got up and
watched it for about 15 minutes before it went into rocks out of sight, our
second otter sighting of the trip.
We also met Paul again who we met last year at Arisaig with his
"Camel" Landrover and he gave us all a much appreciated pull off the
sand onto the hard where we could easily load the boats onto the road trailers
to take home. Thanks Paul.
The journey home was long and uneventful in hot sunshine all the
way.
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