Total rubbish published by The Spectator...

[adwuk]

Which brand of midge repellent do the Scots recommend?

I was going to go with a 15 knot breeze, but admit that earlier suggestions are just as effective!

 

[Kukri]

I suppose the other thing I need is about half a mile of anchor chain.

 

[adwuk]

I suppose the other thing I need is about half a mile of anchor chain.

We'll keep an eye out for a big red Nicholson, and hopefully one of the locals will point out a few spots where you can get by with less than 50m.

 

[Kukri]

We'll keep an eye out for a big red Nicholson, and hopefully one of the locals will point out a few spots where you can get by with less than 50m.

Thank you.

 

[penfold]

Which brand of midge repellent do the Scots recommend?

Hugh Foulis recommends Lyle's Golden Syrup applied generously.

 

[robmcg]

Avoid Lochaline after July. Our anchor dragged last time there - the mud gets softer as the season progresses. Just like Puilldobhran.

Really? I have always viewed Loch Aline as a place you could probably get away with a house brick on the end of a piece of string for an anchor. Usually spend the next two months chasing the black mud and sand, from the chain, around the decks.

 

[ctva]

Which brand of midge repellent do the Scots recommend?

Avon Skin So Soft was the repellant of choice for the military, Forestry Commission and climbers in the know (was sold in climbing shops too) but I think they have changed the formula. As long as the temp is below 10C or the wind is above 4kts you'll be ok as the wee buggers can't fly.

 

[adwuk]

Skin So Soft isn't what it used to be. The new kid on the block is Midge Magic - rated by forestry folk I know, and better for you than the DEET based stuff.

 

[dutyhog]

Really? I have always viewed Loch Aline as a place you could probably get away with a house brick on the end of a piece of string for an anchor. Usually spend the next two months chasing the black mud and sand, from the chain, around the decks.

Maybe try a housebrick next time, rather than the old CQR. The mud does get like soup up near the beacon on the west side

 

[Kukri]

I have to say that, despite the title of this thread, am becoming more interested in visiting Scotland by boat.

I have made a note of Edward II’s error in trying to fight men armed with claymores with a rolled up copy of the “Spectator”, and I shall try not to do that. I’m obliged for the up to the minute advice on midge repellent. At the moment we have 90 metres of chain…

 

[grumpy_o_g]

.... There are a few pubs still staffed by the extras who played the fighting skeletons.

Takes stroppy jocks to a whole new level. Hopefully they've fleshed out a bit by now...

 

[steve yates]

Hugh Foulis recommends Lyle's Golden Syrup applied generously.

Party time for the wasps then

 

[steve yates]

I have to say that, despite the title of this thread, am becoming more interested in visiting Scotland by boat.

I have made a note of Edward II’s error in trying to fight men armed with claymores with a rolled up copy of the “Spectator”, and I shall try not to do that. I’m obliged for the up to the minute advice on midge repellent. At the moment we have 90 metres of chain…

It is simply THE best cruising in the uk

 

[Minerva]

It is simply THE best cruising in the uk

No no no no NO!!! Lustyd pointed out in the other thread that the Solent is the best place, and he is almost certainly probably correct.

The Scottish west coast, is bleak, windy, poor holding anchorages, midge infested, plagued by ticks ashore and the peak of culinary delight being a deep fried mars bar and a bottle of Bucky.

You should most certainly head down to the Solent to enjoy rafting up in a convivial nature and heading to civilised restaurants !

 

[Gwylan]

That would be a quiet night in the Loch Aline anchorage. Have seen it in double figures this summer ?

Well that's because someone put a pontoon in there.

Prior to that only got shouted at from the only other boat in there.
AngryMcAngry who was entertaining his niece or the nanny and resented us even being anywhere in the Lough.
Stood on the foredeck and expostulated whilst the considerably younger companion seemed to be pretending she always wore a towel 2 sizes too small.

I suppose we were spectators, but not quite in the sense of the thread

 

[awol]

No no no no NO!!! Lustyd pointed out in the other thread that the Solent is the best place, and he is almost certainly probably correct.

The Scottish west coast, is bleak, windy, poor holding anchorages, midge infested, plagued by ticks ashore and the peak of culinary delight being a deep fried mars bar and a bottle of Bucky.

You should most certainly head down to the Solent to enjoy rafting up in a convivial nature and heading to civilised restaurants !

I feel my work is done!

 

[Gwylan]

So this thread is working…

Though as a YBW reader, you’d be made very welcome.

Real threat is the Staycationers. Evil breed that are spreading at an awful rate. Create demand for Full English with all the Sangria you can drink. Or want to speak slowly and loudly at you whilst ordering a pot of tea. Then confiding in members of their party that we don't really understand them.

 

[Gwylan]

Umm. I was thinking of pottering in a generally Scottish sort of direction, but if the place is going to be full of Spectator readers, as well as midges, perhaps I should think again?

Beware the wash from the Calmac kept a friend at our yacht club awake all night.

Also the locals who will swim out to your boat and nick your fenders. They'll be on sale in Tobermory by morning.

 

[Gwylan]

Finally, what's the link between Loch Aline and Cheltenham?

 

[dunedin]

Finally, what's the link between Loch Aline and Cheltenham?

Glass ?