Cottage Diary - Aspenwood self catering luxury Holiday Cottage overlooking Loch Ness in the Highlands of Scotland.

Over the weekend we have noticed several unusual tall masted ships navigating westwards along Loch Ness. On further investigation we found out that they were heading to the Corpach basin near Fort William to celebrate 200 years history of the Caledonian Canal. During this time a great contribution was made by the Canal to both local communities and to various types of sailing craft enabling them to avoid using the treacherous Pentland Firth between mainland Scotland and Orkney. This week there is a week long event on the entire length of the Canal from Fort William to Inverness. We look forward to seeing a fleet of about 20 craft, typifying the various types of craft that have used the Canal over the past 200 years Check out more information on the Caledonian Canal . Will look out for the fleet and keep you posted.