Back to Ardfern

Drove up to Ardfern, leaving Stortford at about 0930. Weather was fine for driving, dry and sunny, and we had no holdups, managing to make it past Glasgow before 1700, which meant we were at Ardfern by 1900. I had phoned the marina before we left home, and asked them to leave the key out for us, which they did. I thought they said one place and we could not find it there, but luckily there was still someone working, who knew where it should be, and it was!

Key safely in pocket we headed for the Galley of Lorne Inn for dinner, then collected Worm from the dinghy park and rowed out to Robinetta. It was almost dark by the time we got on board, and felt cold; there was a thin film of black mould over a lot of the paint work, and our mugs needed washing before we would drink tea out of them. It had obviously been quite wet in the month we were away! Some of the clothes we had left on board were damp too, and Julian's Guernsey was growing mould...

The water that had been standing in the pipe smelt odd, but we pumped it away, and soon had a fresh flow that had just run through the charcoal filter between tank and tap. A very useful piece of kit! After a cup of tea we got the bedding out. Sleeping bags and pillows were all fine since we had stowed them properly in dry bags.