Plockton to Loch Torridon to Mallaig and something about the weather

Refreshed by a night moored at Plockton, we set off for Loch Torridon ...."Diabaig", actually. 

XC Weather forecast F1-3, but The Met Office  said up to F6.

We got F7.

It is often said that in Scotland you can get four seasons in a day. We got just the one, winter.

Torridon looked wet and cold

Torridon.. 

We decided to anchor in a pretty little loch just a little way up Torridon. 

Loch Diabaig.

Our anchorage.

Being without Internet, we could only speculate about the impending weather (well, if guesswork is good enough for....  etc).

Anyway, we decided that although Ullapool had been our target destination, even though we could probably get there in a couple of days, getting back might have been a problem, and anyway, who needs hypothermia. And my socks were wet.

We would head back to civilisation...  Mallaig.

Fully dressed  for winter gales, we motored quietly back to Mallaig. Wind F0-2. No rain. Quite pleasant. 

We even hit 13 knots down Kyle Rea.

13 knots.

It's  a lovely day in Mallaig and we are now safely berthed and drinking tea.