Quite a quirky thing to do:
Although we were happy here, amongst the unusual artwork, folks had told us how nice Loch Sunart was. So, after raiding the Co-op again (no proper shops expected for a few days!) we decided to test it out. The only problem was more low cloud that kind of spoiled a view that the pilot book calls "One of the most picturesque of west coast lochs, with successive ranks of mountains and islands arranged as in a Victorian engraving of highland scenery".
Indeed. Have you seen any Victorian engravings of highland scenery that would help you picture this vista then? Strange comment in a modern book - we hope that the sailing directions are better and more up to date than the author's analogies....
We didn't get to fully enjoy the "successive ranks" as the cloud base had dropped down to the top of the hills. Instead we had an atmospheric trip up the loch, twisting and turning to avoid the odd rock (most unmarked):
The trip didn't really finish in the middle of the loch. The AIS tracking service obviously gave up when we were truly in the middle of nowhere - we stopped in Salen bay which is the bay shown on the map below Acharacle. Some nice Yorkshire born folks have put in some moorings there to supplement the old stone jetty (another Thomas Telford construction from around 1820) and were very welcoming, joining us on board for a coffee when the rain started (of course) and telling us about the local area. A walk around the bay in the evening gave some pretty loch views and made us appreciate the quiet beauty of the area:
Spotted the Nordhavn?
We kind of like it here. Might take some time to do a little exploring
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