Scottish anchorages

An impressive and rather mysterious entrance, rather less sporting now the rock has been marked. That rock is in fact much closer to the shore than I used to think in the days when you had to guess where it was. And once in, which in truth is easy, you are as safe as houses - there are many places to anchor depending on the wind direction. Ignore the extensive mussel farms which may look bad but do employ local people and the product tastes pretty good.

Most people seem to aim for the north western arm where there is wood for a barbeque and a short walk up to a lovely lochan hidden by the trees. For the walk cross the deer fence and scramble up along the burn through the trees. There is a bit of a path along the north side of the lochan which changes to a track which comes out on the road. Turn right and in 200 yards there is a sign back to Loch Spelve - a rather nice round trip with butterflies, dragonflies and water lilies.

And I rather like Croggan in the entrance, especially if one is on passage and does not want to go too far in.