Not a day for boating

One of those 'have to go' situations that boat owners try to avoid in a tough little Pionier 12

- Marsali Taylor

The worst journey of 2025 was taking baggage from 'our' Highland cottage, a mile and a half by boat to the head of the loch, where the road began.

It was showery all day.

My sister, Joan, cousin Lita, and I watched as squalls swept up the loch in a flurry of white horses and stair-rod rain. Between showers the loch calmed to reasonable, and the sun even broke through at one point, though the minute we went out to enjoy it, the rain began again.