Monsters and mountains
PROGRESS
Andrew and Hilary Clark
Fri 26 Jun 2009 21:34
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56:54.9N 04:59.54W
We are now berthed at Gairlochy, beneath the shadow
of Ben Nevis, and only a few miles from Neptune's Staircase, Fort William and
the end of the Caledonian Canal. The last few days have been a magical interlude
in our cruise this year. We have been blessed with good weather, the scenery has
been magnificent, and this early in the season the waterways have been quiet and
peaceful. We have traversed the four dimensional splendour of Loch Ness, passed
along canal sections lined with trees higher than PROGRESS' mast, climbed
staircases of locks to reach a plateau 106ft above sea level, and wound our
way through the intricacies of the shallow higher lochs. And we saw Nessie!
Rather than stretch my vocabulary of superlatives to the point of repetition, I
have just included below a few photographs of some of the
highlights.
Muirtown sunset
 still at Dochgarroch
 Urquhart Castle, Loch Ness
 Nessie
 into Fort Augustus locks
 Fort Augustus staircase
 Knowlegeable, helpful and courteous
lock-keepers
 Ben Nevis
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