Dores

We woke to bright sunshine, and the merest breath of wind. The view down the Loch is spectacular. Dores looked inviting so we rowed over after breakfast for a walk around. I had a coffee at the Dores Inn, then we rowed back to Robinetta.

The wind was slightly stronger when we got back, so we rigged Worm for sailing, and Julian had a lovely sail round Dores Bay. A lady called Jane came paddling by in a canoe, and we invited her aboard and chatted for a while. She's a local, and had watched Worm sailing and wished it was tomorrow when their new Laser dinghy is due.

Lunch beckoned, and the coffee at the Inn had been very good, so we rowed over again and ate lunch in their garden. Gorgeous! Then I wrote up yesterday on the blog while Julian went for a walk and fetched lovely ice creams from the Black Isle Ice-cream company. After that it was back to Robinetta.

When we anchored here last night we could not get a good reading from the echo sounder and so stayed well out. We've 20 metres of chain out, and held well all night, but the echo sounder is more co-operative this afternoon, and I know we are in 45'. We could (and should) let more chain out, but we're holding well and the winds are forecast to stay light, so we haven't.....We watched a big barge Ros Crana come into the bay. It motored confidently in, getting closer and closer to the beach, then stopped. They left after a while, leaving Robinetta in sole possession of the anchorage again.