Scottish anchorages

Loch na Droma Buidhe or Loch of the yellow hill - known as Loch Drumbuie - is an intriguing but over popular anchorage. If you want to get away from the crowds of Tobermory there are better alternatives. But it is ideal for windsurfing or dinghy sailing because there is no way you can get blown away! Otherwise there is not a lot to "do" here. The south west corner has a suitable rocky beach for a barbeque with plenty of wood lying around, and the deciduous woods along the south shore and up the hill are lovely. I am not sure why this loch is such a very popular anchorage – maybe because it is near Tobermory but is not Tobermory, or maybe because it has a fascinatingly narrow entrance (Caolas nan Conn, Strait of the dogs), but I guess mostly because it is very well sheltered from all wind directions.

One can get to the track between Drimmin and Doirlinn, easiest from the anchorage about half a mile inside the loch on the south side and do the very nice walk to the West Kyle of Carna and a view of Loch Teacuis.