Fishing in Lochs Crinan and Craignish



Off Eilean na Gabhar, Loch Craignish

 

First bite, Loch Crinan



Preparing the catch (9 mackerel) for smoking

 

Ardfern, Loch Craignish



Dresssed over all for the Diamond Jubilee. At anchor, Ardfern Yacht Centre.

Gigha

Bagh na Doirlinne,  a favourite lunchtime anchorage of Royal Yacht Britannia
when she cruised the Western Isles

Photograph taken in 3ft of water from the tender, Bagh Rubha Ruaidh, Gigha

Gigha sunset

Campbeltown to Gigha

Heading north from the Mull of Kintyre. Islay on the port side, with Jura beyond

The Paps of Jura

Approaching anchorage on Gigha -

Bagh Rubha Ruaidh

Holy Island. Arran

Kitchen Garden, Buddhist Centre, Holy Island

Cruise around Bute and Inchmarnock

Seal colony, Inchmarnock - just before the seals heard us.  A 'stampede' of blubber followed. The colony, 25-strong, followed us along the shore to the tender and then out to Chico.

The dolphin which has been spotted at Ardlamont Buoy for the past year.

Nuclear sub and 5-strong escort passing Great Cumbrae on its way up the Clyde

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Millport

With a steady northwesterly forecast for the week we sailed from Portavadie to Millport Bay at the south end of Great Cumbrae for our first anchorage. It's a busy spot for shipping coming up the Clyde and to the Hunterson Bulk Terminal, and for yachting with Largs and Fairlie Quay just round the corner.

It also has a spectacular view of the Arran hills, with Goat Fell in the background to Chico.