Days 76 -77, July 12-13. Rest days

We’re busy doin’ nothin’
Workin’ the whole day through
Tryin’ to find lots of things not to do
We’re busy goin’ nowhere
Isn’t it just a crime
We’d like to be unhappy, but
We never do have the time

written by Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke

Well, with nowhere to go for a few days we set about getting the boat cleaned up and ship shape. So we’ve scrubbed the decks , aired the duvets (in between the rain showers) cleaned through the cabins, polished the windows, done a few minor repairs and bits of maintenance, polished the chrome work, washed all the dirty clothes and bedding, rearranged the accomodation ready for our guests Russell & Nicola and walked into Inverness to do shopping a couple of times.

A relaxing couple of days…

Saturday will be deja vue as we enter the Caledonian for the second time.

The Square Inverness

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Day 75 July 12th Inverness.

With four days to go until we move on, it seemed a little strange to have a lie in and know that there’s no specific reason to get up. However the sun was shining, a bit of a rarity up to now, so we took the opportunity to enjoy it.

We spent a lazy day exploring Inverness once again, lunch at a restuarant called Prime, sitting outside by the River Ness across from Inverness castle. In the afternoon we got down to more serious stuff of restocking the boat with food. A visit to the supermarket and a taxi back to the Marina and the day was gone.

Then around eight in the evening we could hear a helicopter nearby, when I say nearby, I mean just off the end of the marina. Looking out we saw there was a full scale police incident going on, it seemed that just about every policeman in Inverness was here. Sadly it was a search and rescue mission for someone who had jumped from the Kessock Bridge. They searched until dark before leaving, we can only guess at the outcome.

A somber end to the day with the sunset matching the mood.

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