Neptune's Staircase is intense. It can take over an hour to go through. We went through the seven locks and road bridge and railroad bridge in about 50 minutes..
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| Banavie top basin before Neptune's staircase (7 Corpach and Banavie). lots of floating dock space. It was about 2:15 pm and we were given a time for 4 pm. It takes about an hour to get through Neptune's staircase (9 locks then a swing bridge and Rail Road bridge opening) We went through by ourselves with no other boats as per the lock keepers instructions. |
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| We walked the lock while we waited to take a look. You can see they are nested together and the drop is big. This is the top one. |
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| A walkway over the loch These open to when the pressure and water level is equal. There were improvements to these lochs as the pistons that control the water flow were newer. The walls of the lochs are inspected regularly. Sometimes when you are in a loch that has emptied you see water spouting out from the walls. We need a Dutch boy to hold back the leaks! |
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| The top before the Neptunes staircase. Some of these boats will be here for a long while. |
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| The railroad bridge. View from Below Neptune's Staircase. |
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| Ariel's overnight spot. |
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| A Great Restaurant and Bar closest to the boat after Neptune's Staircase. Great food. |
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| Ariel is over this hill on her floating dock for the night. |
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| The Railway station next to the lochs. |
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| A well deserved beer after a hard day on the canal! |
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| The Garden Next to the bar. |
In the morning we did the last portion of the canal. Three lochs brought you out to the sea.
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| The last stop. |
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| A little rain as we are leaving. |
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| Our last lock keeper who caught our lines on the last dock. |
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| The lighthouse next to the sea. Ariel is tied up here. |
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| A reminder of the large tidal changes in the area. Out into Lock Linnhe. Oban next |
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