Ardminish Bay, Gigha to Ardfern, Loch Craignish Weds 18th August
Time to move on. We slip the mooring and we are soon motor sailing. A bit of low cloud over the hills, and as we head out into the Sound of Jura a big cloud comes across from the hills (Paps of Jura), and heavy rain completely flattens the sea - its weird when it does that - feels quite eerie!. Course, its me on watch, and I get a good soaking!! Sun soon comes out, and I dry off. As we approach the entrance to Loch Craignish, the tide is coming across the sound, from the West side, and some powerful current is creating eddies and mini whirlpools, which makes steering interesting briefly! The Loch itself is beautiful and peaceful, with Ardfern nestling at the head in a sheltered spot, where we re-fuel, shower, do laundry and stock up on food. The plan is to stay 24 hrs on the pontoon, move to an anchorage for the next night, then head out with the tide on up to Oban.
Then we get the weather forecast! Not good. Gales off the West coast of Scotland. We move up to the anchorage, a nice sheltered spot, and the wind certainly does get up. The evening forecast is saying force 9, 10 and even 11 in the area we are in. So we resign ourselves to a day at anchor (actually we found a nice secure mooring to use!). We spend all day Friday chilling and reading. The wind is quite high, with a few lulls, and we keep up with the forecasts. By evening, we think the worst has passed, and plan to go the next day.
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