The Caledonian Canal, Scotland

Everyone appeared to be very relieved to finally hit the Caledonian Canal at 3am, if only to get a good dinner and a hot shower. The weather so far has been constant drizzle, but the scenery is beautiful. We're currently sitting in a small pub overlooking Ben Nevis. There were 29 locks to navigate through, three lochs and a castle on the way. Sam managed to fall in only once. Loch Ness was spectacular, but we didn't catch sight of nessy. Half way along we jumped off to try hagis at a nearby restaurant (which looked more like someones front room) - the haggis was surprisingly good seeing its sheep's offal.