A long way in, and a long way out, but nice if you are in a relaxed frame of mind, and not in a hurry. It's all very pretty with lots of deciduous trees each side of the loch. Gentle cruising. As Frank Cowper observed: "The loch is broken up into so many bays, and even subsidiary lochs, and is so beautifully wooded in the valleys which alternate with hills all along its shores that it forms a charming scene to be explored" (Sailing Tours: The Yachtsman's Guide to the Cruising Waters of the English and Adjacent Coasts, Part V, The West Coasts of Scotland, the Orkneys, and the west coast of the North Sea. Frank Cowper, Upcott Gill, London, 1896). Over a century later not much has changed, except for the march of the pine plantations. There must be many places to anchor, as well as those in the Sailing Directions. Tayvallich is good for stores, Castle Sween has a beach as well as the castle, and the Fairy Isles are aptly named.