After two days in Inverness, we left our cozy B&B to pick up the boat we hired from Caley Cruisers and began our journey down the Caledonian Canal, between Inverness and Fort William in the Scottish Highlands. If you have ever been tempted by the history, people and spectacular geography that make up the Great Glen in northern Scotland, I can’t recommend Caley and their superior fleet of boats enough. Audrey, Karin and the rest of the staff should write a book on customer service, if they haven’t already. We loved our first experience with them in 2011 so much, that we did it all again in April of this year. This second trip was a totally new experience. For one thing, the weather was not the perfect sunshine and warm temperatures that we had in 2011. Instead, this time we had a mix of sun, rain and cold wind that is much more usual for the Highlands in the spring. To put a positive swing on things, I’ll tell you that we saw a rainbow almost everyday. When you look at it like that, and pack for all weather contingencies, it’s hard to complain. Especially when you remember you’re […]
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