Zen and the Crinan Canal

When I had notion two years ago of taking the boat through to the west coast, I was very much inspired by a booklet I’d picked up in a tourist office. It was a Calmac brochure covering the music festivals on the islands which of course they were using to flog their Hopscotch tickets. Well, there’re no festivals now, so I’ve had to consider what I should be doing, what places I should be trying to visit. So much to attempt to fit in with the availability of friends and the patterns of weather. So it was great to find myself so content after a short sail down to Crinan. Just happy to be there. To be here. That’s all. More than enough.