A Week on the Caledonian Canal, Scotland, July 2011
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Start & end base: |
West Highland Sailing, Laggan Locks, Spean Bridge, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
Craft: |
Elegance class, number 18 |
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Date |
Routes |
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| Direction | Cruising time | Locks/Swing bridges | |
Fri 1 July 2011 |
1. Laggan boat base -> Letterfinlay | 1¼ hours | |
Sat 2 July 2011 |
1. Letterfinlay -> Gairlochy Locks 2. Gairlochy Locks -> Banavie 3. Banavie -> Gairlochy Locks |
1¼ hours 1½ hours 1¼ hours |
1 / 1 0 / 1 |
Sun 3 July 2011 |
1. Gairlochy Locks -> Laggan Locks 2. Laggan Locks -> Loch Oich picnic area 3. Loch Oich picnic area -> Loch Oich Invergarry castle |
2¾ hours ¾ hour ½ hour |
2 / 0 0 / 1 |
Mon 4 July 2011 |
1. Loch Oich Invergarry castle -> Fort Augustus top lock 2. Fort Augustus top lock -> Fort Augustus bottom lock |
2½ hours 1¼ hours |
2 / 1 5 / 1 |
Tue 5 July 2011 |
1. Fort Augustus bottom lock -> Urquhart Bay 2. Urquhart Bay -> Dochgarroch lock |
3 hours 1½ hours |
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Wed 6 July 2011 |
1. Dochgarroch Lock -> Fort Augustus bottom lock 2. Fort Augustus bottom lock -> Fort Augustus top lock |
3¾ hours 1¼ hours |
5 / 1 |
Thu 7 July 2011 |
1. Fort Augustus top lock -> Cullochy Lock 2. Cullochy Lock -> Aberchalder swing bridge 3. Aberchalder swing bridge -> Loch Oich Invergarry castle 4. Loch Oich Invergarry castle -> Laggan boat base |
1½ hours 5 minutes 20 minutes 1¼ hours |
2 / 0 0 / 1 1 / 1 |
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Note: Timings do not include any possible waiting periods at locks or swing bridges, nor the time to pass through them. All Sat Nav locations can be copied and pasted directly into Google Earth to show the exact location. |
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