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A Look at Loch Ness: The Caledonian Canal
Did you know that a number of our tours sail along the Caledonian Canal? Running from Inverness in the East, to Fort William in the West, the canal is 60 miles long, only one third of which is man-made. These … Continue reading
Posted in A Look at Loch Ness, Boats, Jacobite, Loch Ness, Scotland
Tagged Caledonian Canal, Jacobite, Jacobite Cruises, scotland, Scottish highlands, Thomas Telford, Torvean Hill
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Charleston Academy Sponsored Walk along the Caledonian Canal
While sailing on the Caledonian Canal with the Jacobite Queen, we noticed a large number of very colourful young people heading towards us on the tow path. Over 600 students from Charleston Academy were taking part in a sponsored walk … Continue reading
PUFFING DOWN THE LOCH
Every year we see the VIC 32 on long Loch Ness and the Caledonian Canal. It is the last sea going coal fired steam Clyde Puffer, and you can spot it from a fair distance with the smoke rising from … Continue reading
Jacobite Spirit escapes Loch Ness!!
The Jacobite Spirit has had a wee holiday on the Caledonain Canal. Without any passengers she travelled through the locks and two swing bridges to break out into the salt water at the sea lock and into the Moray Firth. She could not have … Continue reading
Fish Beware!
Herons are very obvious birds during flight but when they are standing still on the waters edge looking for fish they are much harder to spot. Staff at Jacobite Cruises easily picked out this large heron though, it was using … Continue reading
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Tagged Caledonian Canal, Jacobite, Loch Ness
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Tall Ships grace Loch Ness
This years tall ships’ race saw some of the vessels stop off in Ullapool and Stornoway between the racing sections from Ireland to Greenock, and Shetland to Norway. But apart from those stopping off at the sea harbours, we have … Continue reading
Weasel-y Wildlife
There is plenty of wildlife to be seen around Loch Ness and the Caledonian Canal, which is also easily missed. Just recently on a quiet morning while waiting for passengers to arrive for the sailing on the Jacobite Queen, the … Continue reading
This canal ain’t big enough for both of us.
A slight problem today when the swing bridge on the canal caused a small backup in boat traffic. We came round the bend aboard the Jacobite Queen and were faced with this vessel sitting in front of us, the Forth … Continue reading
