To Loch Ness

Guess what? It's raining ! Arghhhhhh. Full wet weather gear all day. Its that very fine rain that soakes you. Several locks and ate cold, leftover, meat pie 'en route'. Nearly got wiped out, in a lock,  by a massive hire boat that seemed to be struggling to agree who was Captain. It appeared fully crewed by several Chinese women and a sole, Brit looking, old bloke. 

Lovely down wind sail on Loch Ochy https://www.dropbox.com/s/93x31ongubfp2u8/Video%2015-08-2013%2012%2007%2042.mov

Reached Fort Augustus, in time for a quick round of bloody golf; surprisingly, in the rain. 

Sam had fun though and has been fab company. I'm already starting to worry about how I'm gonna feel when he goes in a couple of days, especially as I shall be exiting the safety of the canal at the same time. I might feel different if the weather was the same as I had enjoyed on the south coast, only a month ago. It's not. 

Popped to a rough old pub to complete another section of Sams diverse education. Think he quite enjoyed it. He even had a packet of pork scratchlings.  Picked up massive fish and chips on way back. Enjoyed in cosy surroundings, listening to a Radio 4 thing about the delights of Margate. Some painter used to live there?  A good day, all in all and Loch Ness monster hunting tomorrow.