Rumline around Britain: July 25-31 Across the Great Glen

Out of the salt and into the fresh, Rumline has spent the past week traversing Scotland via the Caledonian canal. The scenery was gorgeous, the engineering involved in the building of the canal is awesome and the weather was sunny throughout, it is an experience but if I am to be truthful I am a little disappointed. Fort Williams with Ben Nevis looming above was great. The pontoons were overcrowded, the towns too touristy, too many charter river cruisers, over worked lock keepers and long delays. Neptune's staircase was impressive but Fort Augustus was just chaos with boats queue jumping and being handled in a manner that I would like Rumline to be far from. We hoped to find secluded spots to stop along the way but the lochs shelved deeply and we were unable to drop our hook save a few spots. Why aren't mooring buoys available?
Loch Ness allowed us to anchor away from the charter hires. The one spot in fact the only spot possible due to wind direction was at Dores, It was what we were hoping for throughout. A Little bay, wooded at the edges and clearing to a shingle beach. Great holding for the anchor. A tiny village not far with a super pub, The Dores Inn. We swam ran around in the dinghy and ate delicious lobster for £14. Needless to say we decided to remain a few days, sailing to Urqhart Castle for lunch but returning to anchor at night.
We pressed on to the sea lock towards Inverness.

Loch Linnhe Beginning of the Great Glen