man at play?
That night the two Daves found a wee hostel
to stay in and Carl, Jason and I spent the night
in Carl’s van, munching down on our Walkers
Shortbread, listening to the rain lashing down,
with the wind rocking us to sleep.
Day 2 was going to be the biggest day of
the trip. Our goal for the day was to paddle
from Gairlochy to Dores, 50km away, on the
shore of Loch Ness.
After a delayed start, due to the foul weather,
we set off at 9.30am, making our way towards
Loch Ness. We paddled through several canal
sections, including one slightly wider section
called Loch Oich. Our final section of canal, for
that day, took us to Fort Augustus.
hitting our first bit of big water at Loch Lochy.
As we left the shelter of the canal and entered
Lochy, the tailwind picked up from a steady 58