The waters we entered after the Crinan are known as the Firth of Clyde, and offer some of the most scenic cruising in Scotland. I decided to take a route up and around the Isle of Bute, through what is know as the Kyles of Bute. It was a very peaceful place, with many quiet anchorages. We spent our last night out at anchor, with a couple of other boats.
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| The Kyles of Bute |
The next morning, we travelled down Bute, and put in at the town of Rothesay for lunch, and a walk around. The marina was tiny, and we had to wait for a drawbridge to open before we could get in. It was a nice town, and we had excellent fish and chips, and a good walk around.
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| Rothesay Castle |
We then headed of to Ardrossan, where we are leaving the boat for the winter. We had a very busy day and a half there, packing up, and preparing the boat for the winter ahead. I decided to have the boat lifted out of the water and placed on a stand. They use a big mobile crane for this.
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| Lifting out |
We spent our final night on board in the boatyard, up in the air.
Then off to the train station. Manchester is around 5 hours away by train, but we decided to break it up a bit, and stop an hour short, and spend the night in Preston. We finished off the trip this morning, and are now about to board our flight back to Canada. It has been a great summer, but it will be nice to get home again.
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