Loch Gilp & Crinnan Canal

Ardrishaig is a coastal village on Loch Gilp, at the southern (eastern) entrance to the Crinan Canal in Argyll and Bute in the west of Scotland. It lies immediately to the south of Lochgilphead, with the nearest larger town being Oban. (Wikipedia) A day that varied between bright sunshine and cloud cover, but fortunately the light stayed reasonable even during the cloudy periods,------- A large view recommended if possible! We were based very close by and a for a while this was Our Town www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI6DBIvyEMI

Ripples as the lock gates to the canal are opened to allow a vessel into the Crinan Canal Basin, The ship DUKE OF NORMANDY II was built in 1934 for the German Customs service and was originally called 'Ems' after a varied history she was sold in 1975 to the British Waterways Board where she was used on the Caledonian Canal to tow the gate-lifter barge around. She is now on the National Historic ships list, Large Please See Link for more information, www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/register/3658/duke-normandy-ii

Ardrishaig Parish Church with a Gothic Tower and semi-Octagonal transepts, 1860 with Tower and sharp spire added in1868, Taken from across Ardrishaig basin which is the Southern end of the Crinan Canal. HWW to all ! Large please! A Scottish music link, www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LKZ1gDa7Ns

Stacks of colourful Creels on the quayside at Ardrishaig on Loch Gilp, Argyll and Bute, Enlargement please, Wish you all a great weekend from a very wet South West UK

At one of the highest points on the Crinan Canal this basin is adjacent to Loch a' Bharain an impounding reservoir, This view is looking towards the Western end of the 9-mile coast-to-coast waterway, HBM and a great week to all

These benches are at Cairnbaan locks on the 9-mile-long Crinan Canal, the lock gates in the distance open to the 1,100 yd (1,000 m) long summit of the waterway which is in the distance at Dunardry locks, this is 64 feet (20 metres) above sea level, A busy canal during the summer and this is a popular spot to watch the action, HBM and a nice week, Large view if possible please.

Yachts moored in the basin at the western end of the Crinan Canal with the first canal lock on the left of the image! The 9-mile-long canal links the Sound of Jura to Loch Gilp for access to the Clyde Estuary thus avoiding the long trek around Kintyre especially the exposed Mull of Kintyre ! A part of the 35 acre Crinan wood forms the backdrop Wish you a nice Friday and a good weekend,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Large for detail please !

Lumber on the quayside at Ardrishaig on Loch Gilp, The timber storage area is being filled ready for a Timber Link Ship A busy day will catch up later! The TimberLINK service ships up to 100,000 tonnes of timber a year which avoids around 8,000 lorry journeys – or nearly 1 million lorry miles – from roads between Argyll and Ayrshire. To date, since 2000, the Timber LINK service has shipped 2,115,233 tonnes of timber, which has avoided 21,471,641 lorry miles, forestry.gov.scot

Part of the Cairnbaan set of Locks on the 9-mile-long, Crinan Canal, Argyll and Bute. HFF and a grand weekend. Info on the canal, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crinan_Canal