Caledonian Canal to Loch Leven

Leaving Loch Oich for Loch Lochy through another swing bridge and locks onto Loch Lochy. and onto Neptune's Staircase - 7 locks downwards. We now realise that the downwards locking is much easier than upwards locking.


After completing the last of the locks, we dropped Jennifer at the local train station - she had to train to Arbroath to collect the van at 23:30, then drove back to Cambridge in time for work Tuesday afternoon.

Phil and I left the last sealock and headed for Oban into potentially unpleasant weather.


We were not sure how much shelter we would find from the sealoch, and as we made progress out to sea, the wind and waves became stronger, until our progress was very slow. Decided to pull into Lock Leven which was well sheltered against the southerly wind and found another pontoon for the night.