Leave the house at 8:30 (Oliver gives us a lift) to Ipswich Train Station to catch the inevitable ‘bus replacement service’ to Bury St Edmonds.
From there it was a run through the fens looking at the barren backyards and rubbish of the small settlements along the way to Peterborough. Then we drag the bags over the bridge and into the cold waiting room for our lunch before we get onto a very crowded train for the four hour leg up to Edinburgh Waverly.
Half an hour wait in the station and then we’re leaving the city and off to Inverness arriving after another four hours. So at 20:16 we’re heading into Inverness for supper in a bar and after a short taxi to the marina we arrive at the boat about 21:30. Clearlake II is a Dufour 445 – well-appointed and sturdy 45 foot boat. We chat to Barrie and Linda our fellow crew members and meet up with the Skipper (Ian) and his partner (Fiona).
So after only 12 hours of traveling we’re magically there. Interestingly it was hard to get Ipswich and Inverness on the same map even if their area codes are only a 10 digits apart – 01473 vs 01463.
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